Targeted Two-Weapon Attack — Epic Homebrew Feat
Targeted Two-Weapon Attack rewards an epic-level combatant for landing a continuous series of strikes against one enemy. Each hit makes the next strike more accurate and damaging; a miss breaks the sequence. It was contributed by a community author under the name Shadowfoot and is a fan-created D&D 3.5e-style feat, not an official feat in D&D 3.5e, 2024, 2014 or Pathfinder 1e.
Originally posted by Shadowfoot on the Wizards Community forums. The archived forum citation is retained for attribution, but the original forum service may no longer be accessible.
Archived original reference: Wizards Community discussion.
- Prerequisites: Strength 20, BAB +20, Greater Two-Weapon Fighting feat, Improved Two-Weapon Fighting feat, Power Attack feat, Two-Weapon Fighting feat.
- Benefit: When wielding a weapon in each hand and focusing your attacks against a single target, you progressively strike more accurately and for more damage. If you successfully strike the target with a two-weapon melee attack, all subsequent and consecutive iterative and off-hand attacks made against that same creature that round enjoy a cumulative +1 morale bonus to attack and damage rolls with each successful strike. If all of your possible iterative and off-hand attacks in a round successfully strike the same creature, you receive an additional off-hand attack against that creature at a -15 penalty; this additional off-hand attack does not benefit from the morale bonuses of this feat. If you fail to strike the targeted creature with any attack or you switch targets, you lose the benefits of this feat for the remainder of your turn. For example, if your first attack of the round strikes the targeted creature, then your next attack that round, if you target the same creature, enjoys a +1 bonus to attack and damage rolls; if that second attack successfully strikes, then your third attack that round, if it targets the same creature, enjoys a +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls; and so on. If your second attack had missed the target, you would lose the benefit of this feat for the rest of your turn. If you had targeted all of your possible two-weapon attacks against the target and successfully struck each time, you would received the bonus off-hand attack.
How to Use This Feat
Choose one opponent and make your ordinary sequence of main-hand and off-hand attacks. If the first attack hits, the following attack against that opponent gains +1 to hit and damage. A second consecutive hit raises the next bonus to +2, and so on. Any miss ends the bonuses for the rest of that turn. Switching targets does the same, so the feat rewards committing every strike to one creature.
If every available iterative and off-hand attack hits the target, the feat allows one final off-hand attack at a −15 penalty. The accumulated morale bonuses do not apply to that extra attack. This makes the feat strongest against a foe whose defences the fighter can reliably beat, but its benefits disappear quickly against an elusive enemy.
Edition and Source Notes
These prerequisites use D&D 3.5e terms, including base attack bonus and iterative attacks. Pathfinder 1e has related mechanics but this is not an official Pathfinder feat. Fifth-edition characters do not use the same iterative-attack structure; bringing this design into 2024 or 2014 D&D requires a separate, clearly labelled conversion rather than copying the numbers above.
Browse other Epic Feats and compare the published Two-Weapon Fighting feat. The original contributor credit is preserved above.
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