Pressure Point Strike

Type: General
Source: Dragon #336

You know how to strike opponents in supernaturally vulnerable locations.
Prerequisite: Dex 13, Wis 13, Knowledge (arcana) 5 ranks, Improved Unarmed Strike, Stunning Fist, base attack bonus +8, ki strike (magic).
Benefit: You must declare that you are using this feat, as well as which pressure point you wish to strike, before you make your attack roll (thus, a failed attack roll ruins the attempt). You can use Pressure Point Strike as an attack against an enemy or to remove a detrimental condition from an ally. As an attack, Pressure Point Strike forces a foe damaged by your unarmed strike to make a Fortitude save (DC 10 + 1/2 your character level + your Wis modifier), in addition to dealing damage normally. A defender who fails this saving throw suffers the effect of the targeted pressure point. This ability only works on giants, humanoids, and monstrous humanoids. Other creature types either lack pressure points or have very different ones.
You can aid an ally by bolstering him in some way or by attempting to remove a detrimental condition. Make a level check against the DC of the effect that caused your ally's condition to remove the condition.
The different uses of this feat count against the number of times per day you can use the Stunning Fist feat in specific amounts. See Dragon #336, page 103.

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