Conan Feat Clairifications

[Phivus Maximus]

These have most likely already been answered, but I haven't been able to find it anywhere.

First off, take a fencer with the Intricate Swordplay Feat. He has the weapon focus in the arming sword to qualify for the feat, can he use the feat with a rapier for example, which he is not focused in?
After that consideration, it says "sword in one hand"...
Can he stack the charisma bonus to parry for being a flashy sword fighter with the parry bonus for the large shield in his other hand, seems very overpowering, and from a roleplay perspective, I see it as harder to pull off being tricky while fencing with a large shield in hand.

Secondly, the Hard as a Rock Feat states you take a -2 on your dodges if you have this feat, if you took it a second time, say you were resistant to slashing AND piercing, would it still be a -2 dodge penalty, or would it become a -4?

 

[Evil_Trevor]

* NOT official *

I have had a player ask exactly this question about this feat, I ruled for my game that the weapon must be a finesse weapon, that the off-hand could have a buckler/second weapon of smaller size held. It cannot be used with a non-finesse weapon. I would therfore say he couldn't use the bigger shield.

Normally bonuses from feats stack with other bonuses but check the feat descriptions since there are some circumstance based exclusions. With two 'hard as a rock' feats the bonuses would stack, so do the penelties.

 

[Phivus Maximus]

Thanks for getting back to me on that. Your house rules sound pretty correct and logical to me. I do kind of wish they covered the Intricate Swordplay a little better on the FAQ though.

I was looking back though some of the old forums, and saw two things I hadn't heard of previously.

Doublefisting your weapon adds Str x 1.5 to damage/AP?

Improved Unarmed Strike can allow you to make an additional kick attack as part of a full attack if you are wielding a weapon two handed?

Had never heard of the second one, I think it sounds reasonable in a swordfight, but a leather jerkin would pretty much render it a moot point.
I see how you could read the first one that way, as the armor piercing wording is a little vague upon that.