Type: Tactical
Source: Dragon #345
You know special attacks for temporarily blinding a foe or degrading a gaze attack.
Prerequisite: Dex 13, Power Attack, base attack bonus +5.
Benefit: The Blinding Strike feat enables the use of three tactical maneuvers.
Blind the Foe: To use this maneuver, you must use a full-round action to make an attack with a melee weapon using your Power Attack feat. The penalty you take on your attack must be -5 or more. If the attack succeeds, instead of taking damage, your opponent must make a Fortitude save or become blind for 1d4 rounds. The DC for the Fortitude save equals so plus the value of the penalty you took on the attack (minimum DC 15).
Weaken Gaze: To use this maneuver, you must use a full-round action to make an attack with a melee weapon using your Power Attack feat against a creature with a gaze attack. The penalty you take on your attack must be -5 or more. If the attack succeeds, you deal normal damage and also degrade one of the target's gaze attacks. For the next 10 rounds, the creature's gaze attack save DC decreases by 2. Each successful Weaken Gaze attack further reduces the save DC by 2. Against a monster with more than one gaze attack, such as a beholder, this maneuver only affects one gaze attack at a time. In such an instance, you choose which gaze attack you affect.
Eye Gouge: To use this maneuver you must use a full-round action to make an attack with a melee weapon using your Power Attack feat against a creature with a gaze attack. This maneuver provokes attacks of opportunity. If you take damage from an attack of opportunity the maneuver is disrupted and your turn ends. Otherwise, you may make an attack using your Power Attack feat. The penalty you take on your attack must be -5 or more. If the attack succeeds, your opponent takes normal damage and must also make a Fortitude save or lose the use of its gaze attack for 1d4 rounds. The DC for the Fortitude save equals 10 plus the value of the penalty you took on the attack (minimum DC 15). Against a monster with more than one gaze attack, such as a beholder, this maneuver only affects one gaze attack at a time. In such an instance, you choose which gaze attack you affect.
Special: Constructs, oozes, and creatures without visual organs (including most undead) are immune to the effects of these maneuvers.
A fighter may select Blinding Strike as one of his fighter bonus feats.