Reactive Combat Maneuver (3.5e Feat)

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Reactive Combat Maneuver [Fighter, Monk] The master deftly blocked his student's blow with his staff, and swept his student's feet from under him in one smooth motion. "You have much to learn."Prerequisites:  Combat Expertise, BAB +6, at least one of: Improved Grapple/Trip/Disarm/Bull Rush/SunderBenefit: When you make an attack of opportunity, if the attack hits, you can choose to immediately attempt a Grapple, Trip, Disarm, Sunder or Bull Rush as part of that attack. When you trip or disarm in this manner, if your attempt fails, your target can't attempt to trip or disarm you; And when you bull rush with this way, you do not move with your target. This feat can be very deadly when combined with Reactive Riposte.

However, in order to use one of these combat maneuvers with this feat, you must possess the matching Improved Grapple/Trip/Disarm/Bull Rush/Sunder for that maneuver; Thus, if you want to Sunder as an AoO, you need Improved Sunder to do so. This makes the Improved Combat Maneuver feat very useful for this specific application, though if you intend to specialize in a particular combat maneuver instead of having them all available, the specific feat is still better. Special: A Fighter may take Reactive Combat Maneuver as one of their Fighter bonus feats. A Monk may take this feat as their bonus feat at 2nd or 6th level, even if they do no meet the prerequisites.

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