Tactical feat

Tactical feats, or Combat feats are feats that correspond to melee special attacks requiring a DC check to succeed.

Many special attacks granted by class enhancements and also some Epic Destiny abilities, especially those in the Grandmaster of Flowers and Legendary Dreadnought trees, are also considered in the same category and benefit from items and enhancements which improve the DC of all tactical feats. Assassinate and Bluff are excluded.

Improving tactical DC[edit]

Ability score[edit]

Traditional tactical feats (Sunder, Trip, Stunning Blow) rely upon the Strength modifier of the player rolled against various monster stats. Any items or spells, such as Rage which improve your Strength also improve your DC.

The important ability score can be different for class-specific special attacks, for example many Monk attacks rely on Wisdom.

Racial abilities[edit]

General improvements to Tactics DC can be found in the racial trees for Dwarf enhancements, Warforged enhancements, and Bladeforged enhancements.
Sunder specific bonuses can be found in the Half-Orc enhancements racial tree.
Purple Dragon Knight enhancements: Add 1/3 of Charisma bonus to DC if higher than Strength
With Bond of the Fallen as the chosen feat, Aasimar's third core racial enhancement grants +2 Tactics.

Class abilities[edit]

Artificer Battle Engineer: +3 to Sunder DCs
Cleric: War domain adds half cleric level to tactical DCs, Warpriest enhancements - Add Insight bonus to damage and the DC of tactical feats equal to 1/2 of your Charisma modifier
Druid: Nature's Warrior enhancements +3 Trip,
Favored Soul: War Soul enhancements - Add Insight bonus to damage and the DC of tactical feats equal to 1/2 of your Charisma or Wisdom modifier
Fighter:
- Kensei enhancements - Tactics: Up to +3 to all tactics DCs
- Kensei enhancements - Alacrity: +2 to all tactics DCs
- Stalwart Defender enhancements - Last Stand: +2 to all tactics DCs
- Vanguard enhancements - Brutality:up to +3 to Stun DCs
Monk: Shintao enhancements (+2 stun, sunder, trip in fire stance)
Paladin:
- Knight of the Chalice enhancements - Shieldbreaker: Up to +3 to Sunder DCs
- Knight of the Chalice enhancements - Divine Might: Add Insight bonus to damage and the DC of tactical feats equal to 1/2 of your Charisma modifier
- Vanguard enhancements - Brutality: Up to +3 to Stun DCs
Rogue Thief Acrobat: +3 to Trip DCs
Any: Harper - Add Insight bonus to damage and the DC of tactical feats equal to 1/2 of your Intelligence modifier
Any: Falconry - Add Insight bonus to damage and the DC of tactical feats equal to 1/2 of your Wisdom modifier

Feats[edit]

Improved Sunder: +4 to Sunder
Improved Trip: +4 to Trip
Onatar's Forge: +3 to all
Past Life: Fighter: +1 to all, stacks up to 3 times
Scion of the Astral Plane (Legendary feats): +4 to all
Tactician (Epic Destiny Feats): +2 to all
Tactical Training, Tactical Combatant, Tactical Mastery, Tactical Supremacy

Items[edit]

The following item enchantments increase tactical DCs: Combat Mastery, Vertigo, Stunning, Dazing, Sundering, Shatter

Epic Destinies[edit]

Legendary Dreadnought
- Tier I ability Epic Tactics: Up to +3 to all tactical DC's.
- Tier III ability Action Boost: Tactics: For 20 seconds, adds +3/6/9 Action Boost to all tactical DC's. Shares cooldown with all other action Boosts and has its own set of charges.
Grandmaster of Flowers Tier I ability Strike with Poise: Up to +6 to Stunning DCs
Fatesinger Tier V ability Ballad of the ages: Adds +1 to all Tactical DCs, if your character has the Baridic Ballad feat.
Divine Crusader Tier I ability Divine Sundering: Up to +6 to Sunder DC's
Fury of the Wild Tier I ability Savage Takedown: Up to +3 to Trip DCs (or up to +6 if your character is wearing Medium or Light armor).

Please note that some of Epic Destiny combat abilities may not accept these bonuses, even if advertised, due to mistyping bugs in the game.