Expertise

**Expertise**
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Type of feat: General

Prerequisite: Intelligence 13+

Required for: Improved expertise, Whirlwind Attack, Improved Whirlwind Attack, Weapon Master

Specifics: When expertise is toggled on, gaining a +5 bonus to AC but receiving a -5 penalty to attack rolls.

Use: Toggled Combat Mode

Notes

Power Attack, Expertise, Defensive Casting and their Improved variants are toggable Combat Modes and cannot be used alongside other Modes, but they can be used alongside Stances.
Modes have been reworked to only disengage when they are toggled off under specific magic actions, such as spellcasting or using the Bard Curse Song.
Modes can be toggled off at any time but they are only queued to toggle on at the start of a combat round, or freely if out of of combat.
Entering a mode is a free action with no animation.