You can increase your defense at the expense of your accuracy.
Prerequisite: Int 13.
Benefit: You can choose to take a –1 penalty on melee attack rolls and combat maneuver checks to gain a +1 dodge bonus to your Armor Class. When your base attack bonus reaches +4, and every +4 thereafter, the penalty increases by –1 and the dodge bonus increases by +1. You can only choose to use this feat when you declare that you are making an attack or a full-attack action with a melee weapon. The effects of this feat last until your next turn.
DMs note: Power Attack and Combat Expertise can be stacked, provided you are doing a full-attack that round.
DMs note: Combat Expertise and fighting defensively do not stack.
You cannot use Combat Expertise for casting spells.
Power Attack chart
BAB | Penalty to hit | Bonus to dodge AC |
---|---|---|
+1 | -1 | +1 |
+4 | -2 | +2 |
+8 | -3 | +3 |
+12 | -4 | +4 |
+16 | -5 | +5 |
+20 | -6 | +6 |
+24 | -7 | +7 |
+28 | -8 | +8 |