Exalted Feats Stack? [Archive] - Wizards Community

Exalted Feats Stack? [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Ogg
05-09-07, 10:58 AM Would Sanctify Martial Strike & Sanctify Natural Attack stack if you had weapon focus, Claws for example if you bought both feats & of course claws?

I know it's a whopping +2 damage to evil creatures, +2d4 verses undead & evil outsiders. It's just that Sanctify Martial Strike is more easily to qualify for while you're not going to qualify for the other until you're at least 5th level. (hit dice or combo thereof).
foxtail
05-09-07, 11:16 AM It's worth noting that while similar in some senses, an unarmed strike is not the same thing as a natural attack. A creature with both Improved Unarmed Strike and a natural weapon has to make a decision whether to deal claw/slam/whatever damage with their natural attack or deal unarmed damage appropriate to their size (1d3 for Medium creatures, aside from feats and monk abilities); both cannot be combined in one attack, and thus the two feats you mentioned would not provide stacking damage.

Edit: Never mind, completely wrong.
Ogg
05-09-07, 11:21 AM It's not an unarmed strike. That's a different feat. Sanctify Ki Strike. This is Martial Strike & Natural Attack. Martial Strike just says "a certain type of weapon" neither feat says anything about an unarmed strike.
foxtail
05-09-07, 11:29 AM You're right, my bad; I was going by faulty memory, not the book.

Now that you've set me straight, I would argue that while the wording doesn't explicitly say so, I'd argue Sanctify Martial Strike is probably intended for manufactured weapons, so that there's one feat each for natural, unarmed, and manufactured. Just an opinion this time around.

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Ogg 05-09-07, 10:58 AM	Would Sanctify Martial Strike & Sanctify Natural Attack stack if you had weapon focus, Claws for example if you bought both feats & of course claws? I know it's a whopping +2 damage to evil creatures, +2d4 verses undead & evil outsiders. It's just that Sanctify Martial Strike is more easily to qualify for while you're not going to qualify for the other until you're at least 5th level. (hit dice or combo thereof).
foxtail 05-09-07, 11:16 AM	It's worth noting that while similar in some senses, an unarmed strike is not the same thing as a natural attack. A creature with both Improved Unarmed Strike and a natural weapon has to make a decision whether to deal claw/slam/whatever damage with their natural attack or deal unarmed damage appropriate to their size (1d3 for Medium creatures, aside from feats and monk abilities); both cannot be combined in one attack, and thus the two feats you mentioned would not provide stacking damage. Edit: Never mind, completely wrong.
Ogg 05-09-07, 11:21 AM	It's not an unarmed strike. That's a different feat. Sanctify Ki Strike. This is Martial Strike & Natural Attack. Martial Strike just says "a certain type of weapon" neither feat says anything about an unarmed strike.
foxtail 05-09-07, 11:29 AM	You're right, my bad; I was going by faulty memory, not the book. Now that you've set me straight, I would argue that while the wording doesn't explicitly say so, I'd argue Sanctify Martial Strike is probably intended for manufactured weapons, so that there's one feat each for natural, unarmed, and manufactured. Just an opinion this time around.