Tai Chi Style

A "real life" martial style (I practice it too).

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Tai Chi Style: A tai chi (“Supreme Summit Style”) practitioner endeavors to achieve balance between yin and yang energy- slowness and speed, calm and energy, stability and power. Feat Path: Tai Chi Style, Tai Chi Form, Tai Chi Energy.

Tai Chi Style (Combat, Style)

You can move slowly and precisely, concentrating on your body response to attack efficiently while maintaining your defences high.

Prerequisites: Dex 13, Int 13, Combat Expertise, Improved Unarmed Strike, ki pool.

Benefits: While using this style, if you have at least 1 point in your ki pool, you gain a +2 bonus on saving throws against slowing and paralyzing effects and on your CMD against trip. In addition, if you spend 1 ki point from your pool as a swift action, you negate all penalties to your attack rolls while using Combat Expertise.

Special: This feat counts as Quick Draw for the purpose of meeting the prerequisites for the Ready for Anything feat.

Tai Chi Form (Combat, Style)

The more your legs are rooted to the ground, the faster your arms can strike.

Prerequisites: Str 15, Dex 15, Int 15, Combat Expertise, Improved Initiative, Improved Unarmed Strike, Tai Chi Style, ki pool.

Benefits: While using Tai Chi Style, if you have at least 1 point in your ki pool, your bonus on saving throws against slowing and paralyzing effects and on your CMD against trip from Tai Chi Style increases to +4. In addition, if you spend 1 ki point from your pool as an immediate action, you negate all penalties to your attack rolls while fighting defensively. 

Tai Chi Energy (Combat, Style)

You can surprise your opponents with sudden and unexpected explosions of power.

Prerequisites: Str 17, Dex 17, Int 17, Alertness, Combat Expertise, Improved Initiative, Lightning Reflexes, Ready for Anything, Tai Chi Form, Tai Chi Style, base attack bonus +6 or uncanny dodge class feature, ki pool.

Benefits: While using Tai Chi Style, if you have at least 1 point in your ki pool, you are immune to all slowing and paralyzing effects, you cannot be tripped, and you can always act as normal in the surprise round without being considered flat-footed. When your opponents are surprised, as a free action, you can spend 1 ki point from your pool to make an additional attack during the surprise round. This stacks with additional attacks gained through flurry of blows and other effects.