Two-Weapon Trip - Approved

[Jdvn1]

I think we're not using the Complete books, but the Exotic Weapon Master lets you do it with exotic weapons, which includes the Orc Double-Axe and such. So I don't think it's a huge stretch...

 

[Steve Jung]

Is it OK that a human fighter can take this at first level?

 

[Jdvn1]

A human fighter that specializes in the quarterstaff can take this at first level? I don't think that's so bad. He still needs Combat Expertise and Improved Trip to be any good at it.

 

[SlagMortar]

Anyone who takes this feat could have taken Exotic Weapon Proficiency (Dire Flail) and gained the same benifits and +2 to disarm checks and an improved damage die (1d6 to 1d8). There are advantages to quarterstaff over Dire Flail such as cheaper, easier to find, more inconspicuous, but I think this feat is less powerful than exotic weapon proficiency (Dire Flail).

 

[Jdvn1]

Well, it's also color. I mean, you wouldn't deny an old man his walking stick would you?

 

[Manzanita]

I think it would be a stretch to call this feat overpowered. I vote YES

I like the flavor of quarterstaff's myself. (& I caught your quote, JDVN1) You can't really carry them while you shoot from a bow, but Tenebryn doesn't even use a bow, does he? Just those durn scrolls of magic missile...

 

[Erekose13]

Yeah but hes out, gotta read through the craft points thing and make a bunch more. cant wait till he gets a wand

So thats three! I'll add the feat to his character sheet.

Proposed modification that would need votes:
Change Quarterstaff to: Quarterstaff, Two-Bladed Sword, Orc Double Axe, and Dwarven Urgosh (the other two already allow tripping).

 

[nimisgod]

I'm not sure about the two-bladed sword, but I'm kewl with the Two-bladed Axe and the Urgosh.

 

[Manzanita]

I'm with Nimisgod on that.

 

[Jdvn1]

Wow, that surprises me. I don't know how tripping with a two-bladed sword would be any different from tripping with a quarterstaff, but I also don't know much about two-bladed swords. So I guess it'd be, "All double weapons except for the two-bladed sword."

So if you take it for a weapon that already allows tripping, then it'd just be redundant. Unless you wanted to add, "If the weapon already allows you to make trip attacks, you now get a +2 bonus to the attempt." Which is similar to the Exotic Weapon Master ability that I mentioned earlier, if anyone bothered to look it up.