Unarmed Fighting Style (3.5e Feat)

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Fighting Technique [General] You don't only know how to fight unarmed, you know a powerful fighting style allowing you to excell at it.Prerequisites: Base attack bonus +1 or more.Benefit: Choose a fighting technique from the list below. No matter the technique selected you are considered to be armed even when unarmed—that is, you do not provoke attacks or opportunity from armed opponents when you attack them while unarmed. However, you still get an attack of opportunity against any opponent who makes an unarmed attack on you.

In addition, your unarmed strikes can deal lethal or nonlethal damage, at your option. Special: Whenever a class give you improved unarmed strike as a bonus feat you may take this feat instead.

You only gain the benefits of a style as long as you are unarmed. Special effects of all level stack together unless they specifically overlap.

Table: Iron Claw Style

Character Level	Damage Dice	Special Effects
1-4	1d8	Strong Strike
5-9	1d10	Armorbane
10-14	2d6	Sharpened Claws
15+	3d6	Claws of Ruin

Strong Strike (Ex): Your unarmed attacks count as two-handed for damages and power attack.

Armorbane (Ex): Your first unarmed attack in a round ignore armor bonus and/or natural armor bonus to AC.

Sharped Claws (Ex): You may have your unarmed attacks deal slashing damages, if you do it also count as wounding.

Strong Strike (Ex): Your unarmed attacks bypass all damage reduction except DR/-.

Table: Lightning Kick

Character Level	Damage Dice	Special Effects
1-4	1d10	-
5-9	2d6	Flurry of Kicks
10-14	3d6	Lightning Strike
15+	4d6	Supreme Lightning Kick

Flurry of Kicks (Ex): You may make an additional unarmed when taking a full-attack action even if wielding a weapon. All attacks in that round are made with a -2 penalty.

Lightning Kick (Ex): You may make an unarmed attack at your highest attack bonus as a swift action.

Supreme Lightning Kick (Ex): Your Lightning Strike can now be used as an immediate action.

Table: Serpent Style

Character Level	Damage Dice	Special Effects
1-4	1d6	Sneak Attack (+1d6)
5-9	1d8	Poisoned Chi
10-14	1d10	Soul Venom
15+	2d6	Death Attack

Sneak Attack (Ex): As a rogue.

Poisoned Chi (Su): Your unarmed attack are as poisonous as an actual large viper. The saving throw is however base on your highest mental ability score.

Soul Venom (Ex): Your unarmed attack poison now affect creatures normally immune to poison, if that cretaure dosne't ahve a constitution score it deal wisdom damage instead.

Death Attack (Ex): As a assassin.

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