Bull Rush Strike

(General)

Your critical hits can push back your foes.

Prerequisites

Strength 13, Powerful Maneuvers, base attack bonus +9.

Benefit

Whenever you score a critical hit with a Melee Attack, you can push your opponent back, in addition to the normal damage dealt by the attack. If your confirmation roll exceeds your opponent's CMD, you may push your opponent back as if from the Bull Rush combat maneuver. You do not need to move with the target if successful. This does not provoke an attack of opportunity.

Normal

You must perform a Bull Rush combat maneuver to Bull Rush an opponent.

Special

You can only apply the effects of one of the following feats to a given critical hit: Bull Rush Strike, Disarming Strike, Repositioning Strike, Sundering Strike, or Tripping Strike. You may choose to use this feat after you make your confirmation roll.

Combat Trick

If you have a Stamina pool, the following Combat Trick may be used with this feat.

When you fail to confirm a critical hit with a Melee Attack, you can spend 2 Stamina points to attempt to Bull Rush the target anyway. If you do, reroll the confirmation roll to determine if the Bull Rush attempt exceeds the opponent’s CMD. This reroll is only for the Bull Rush combat maneuver; it can’t cause the critical hit to be confirmed. You still can’t make the attempt if the target is immune to critical hits.

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