Northlander Hewing

Northlander Hewing

Type of Feat: General / Fighter [Style]
Prerequisite: Strength 13, BAB +5
Use: Selected (mode)

Northlander hewing is a style of melee combat made famous by the Northern barbarian tribes, who are reknowned for the savage strength they can put behind each blow. You limit yourself to 2/3 of your attacks (rounded to nearest integer) each round but do maximum damage with the remaining attacks. You add your strength modifier as extra physical damage. Due to the strength you must put behind your blows you suffer an attack bonus and dodge AC penalty of 2.

Gameplay Notes

• All attacks are counted, whatever their source is (haste, whirlwind frenzy). You lose the last attacks of your normal attack schedule, even though those are not shown on your character sheet.
• The combat stance Northlander Hewing can be combined with combat modes like Power attack, Combat Expertise and their upgrades.
• Northlander Hewing is deactivated on item switches and has a cooldown of 6 seconds to be switched on again.
• The only maximized damage is your base weapon damage and any additional physical damage, due to a game bug the critical hits are computed normally and not maximized.
• Northlander Hewing doesn't add damage to Shieldbash attacks nor does it reduce Shieldbash attacks per round.