Shards of Granite
Type: Tactical
Source: Tome of Battle
Like the great Stone Dragon, you hammer through your opponents' defenses using raw, brutal, strength. Each blow sunders steel, shatters bone, and cleaves through flesh, With each successive attack you make, you hit with greater force.
Prerequisite: Stone Power, base attack bonus +6, two Stone Dragon maneuvers.
Benefit: The Shards of Granite feat enables the use of three tactical options.
- Battering Smash: To use this option, you must make a successful melee attack using one of the preferred weapons of the Stone Dragon discipline (greatsword, greataxe, heavy mace, or unarmed strike) and take a -5 penalty on the attack roll using your Stone Power feat. If you hit, you ignore the target's hardness (if any).
- Eviscerating Strike: To use this option, you must hit the same creature at least two times in the same round using one of the preferred weapons of the Stone Dragon discipline (greatsword, greataxe, heavy mace, or unarmed strike). On your next turn, you ignore any penalty you take on your attack roll from your Stone Power feat when making a roll to confirm a critical hit.
- Unstoppable Onslaught: To use this option, you must make a successful melee attack using one of the preferred weapons of the Stone Dragon discipline (greatsword, greataxe, heavy mace, or unarmed strike), and take a -5 penalty on the attack roll using your Stone Power feat. If you hit, your melee attacks against that creature on your next turn overcomes its damage reduction (if any).