Melee Weapons

This skill was made obsolete in 7.3. See Melee

Strength,(Combat Skill)

A Combat Skill used to wield melee weapons.

Skill Use	Action	Description
Melee Attack (Heavy)	Standard	At-will; you attack with a heavy melee weapon. Your skill check sets the DC of any Parry or Dodge the enemy might have.
Melee Attack (Light)	Standard	At-will; you attack with a light melee weapon. Your skill check sets the DC of any Parry or Dodge the enemy might have.

Feat	Prerequisite	Description
Cleave	-	On successful hit with a heavy weapon, you may chain to another target within reach.
Deadly Precision	-	You may subtract a number from your hit chance with a light weapon and add it to critical chance. Adjusting this number is a free action.
Flurry	-	Whenever your attack with a light weapon misses or is avoided, you may immediately attempt to hit again. Max once/attack.
Power Attack	-	You augment a single melee attack with a heavy weapon, increasing damage by +100%, at the cost of 1 Stamina. Stackable.
Power Charge	-	On a charge with a heavy weapon, you gain +100% damage.
Rapid Strike	-	You may replace a normal attack with a light weapon with two attacks; each attack suffers a -50% hit penalty.

Feat	Prerequisite	Description
Improved Sunder	-	The force of your blows with a heavy weapon is such that the enemy must pass a Con check (opposed to your hit result) upon a successful hit in order to hold on to his weapon.
Knockback	-	Optionally, your melee attacks with a heavy weapon cause a push equal to your natural reach.
Knockdown	-	Your melee attacks with a heavy weapon have a chance to cause knockdown equal to the weapon's base Hit Power bonus (Fort negates).
Stay Inside	-	When inside an opponent's square, if the opponent moves, you may take an immediate 5-ft step to stay with the opponent.
Step Inside	-	When entering an opponent's square, you do not provoke an AOO, nor are you flat-footed while inside. (You still suffer the normal penalties to hit with medium and large weapons)
Whirlwind Attack	-	Recharge 33%, augment; a single melee attack with a light weapon or maneuver becomes a close burst with radius equal to your weapon's reach, striking all enemies within range once.

Feat	Prerequisite	Description
Bladestorm	Whirlwind Attack	Costs 5 Stamina, std; you create a path of destruction as you move up to your normal walking speed (not provoking) and hit every creature within 1 square of the path with normal weapon damage +100% (treated as an area effect).

Power Charge - Increase multiplier of damage by each factor of base move over normal, max against skill rank.
Divide feats between light fighting and heavy fighting?
Weapon Focus?
Stunning Blow: Spend Stamina to stun enemy with heavy weapon. *Knockdown: Spend Stamina to trip with heavy weapon. *Disarming Strike: Spend Stamina (heavy) or Focus (Light) to disarm with weapon. *Unbalancing Strike: Spend Stamina to unbalance a foe with a heavy weapon. *Hamstring: Spend Focus to slow movement with a light weapon. *Stay Inside: Spend Focus to stay inside opponent's square. *Extended Reach: Increas your reach with a weapon by 1 square. *Crushing Blow: Spend Stamina to penetrate opponents DR with a heavy weapon. *Supreme Cleave: Spend Stamina to take 5 ft. steps between Cleave attacks.