Weapon Specialist
You are highly trained at using specific weapons.
Autofire Assault
When making an autofire attack, you can brace a weapon that is not restricted to autofire only. You must be proficient with the weapon being used.
- Prerequisite: Weapon Proficiency (heavy weapons).
Crushing Assault
You use your attacks to beat down your opponents’ defenses. When you successfully damage an opponent using a bludgeoning weapon that you have the Weapon Specialization talent for, your next attack against that opponent made before the end of the encounter gains a +2 bonus to the attack roll and to the damage roll. The effects of multiple Crushing Assaults do not stack.
- Prerequisite: Weapon Specialization.
Devastating Attack: Choose a single exotic weapon or weapon group with which you are proficient. Whenever you make a successful attack against a target using such a weapon, you treat your targets damage threshold as if it were 5 points lower when determining the result of your attack. You may select this talent multiple times. Each time you select this talent, it applies to a different exotic weapon or weapon group. If you select heavy weapons as the weapon group this talent applies to, you may use this talent with vehicle weapon attacks. Disarming Attack: Choose a single exotic weapon or weapon group with which you are proficient. You ignore a target’s armor bonus to Reflex Defense when disarming with such a weapon. Additionally, as a free action, once per encounter, you can grant yourself a +10 bonus on your attack roll when attempting to disarm opponent while using such a weapon. Prerequisites: Improved Disarm, Intelligence 13, Weapon Specialization with the chosen weapon. Impaling Assault: You can hit your opponents to slow them down. Whenever you successfully damage an opponent using a piercing weapon that you have the Weapon Specialization talent for, your opponent reduces its speed by 2 squares until the end of your next turn. The effects of multiple Impaling Assaults do not stack. Prerequisite: Weapon Specialization. Improved Suppression Fire: When you successfully suppress an enemy using the aid another action, that enemy takes a -5 penalty on its attack rolls until the start of your next turn. When targeting an area with an autofire weapon, each enemy in the attack area takes a -2 penalty on its attack rolls until the start of your next turn, regardless of whether your attack hits. Penetrating Attack: Choose a single exotic weapon or weapon group with which you are proficient. Whenever you make a successful attack against a target using such a weapon, you treat your target’s damage reduction as if it were 5 points lower when determining the result of your attack. You may select this talent multiple times. Each time you select this talent, it applies to a different exotic weapon or weapon group. If you select heavy weapons as the weapon group this talent applies to, you may use this talent with vehicle weapon attacks. Prerequisite: Weapon Focus with chosen exotic weapon or weapon group. Stinging Assault: You can deliver nasty injuries that leave your opponents reeling. Whenever you successfully damage an opponent using a slashing weapon that you have the Weapon Specialization talent for, your opponent takes a -2 penalty on melee attacks against you until the start of your next turn. The effects of multiple Stinging Assaults do not stack. Prerequisite: Weapon Specialization. Weapon Specialization: Choose a single exotic weapon or weapon group with which you are proficient. You gain a +2 bonus on damage rolls with such weapons. You may select this talent multiple times. Each time you select this talent, it applies to a different exotic weapon or weapon group. If you select heavy weapons as the weapon group this talent applies to, you may use this talent with vehicle weapon attacks. Prerequisite: Weapon Focus with chosen exotic weapon or weapon group.