Defensive Strike Question [Archive] - Wizards Community

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mobius2702

06-08-07, 04:54 PM
Suppose you have the Defensive Strike feat, and are using the Total Defense Action.
Suppose your opponent has multiple attacks, hits you once and misses you once.
Do you get the +4 bonus on your next attack roll because your opponent attacked you and missed you?
Or do you gain no bonus because that opponent attacked you and hit you?

One has to override the other, I'm wondering which way it goes.
tarkin

06-08-07, 05:14 PM
I read the attacking and hiting you over-rides attacking and missing you.

You are specifically told that you gain no bonus against an opponent that attacks and hits you.

Otherwise those words would be meaningless, as obviously if you don't achieve the circumstances that activate the feat you would not benefit from it.
mobius2702

06-08-07, 05:23 PM
Yeah, that's what I though too, makes it seem like a pointless feat.

But then again, if you can get that first attack to miss...