LOVE shield bash, especially now that light shields are finessable. To me it's just perfect, because it provides more offense than just using a shield but less than using two weapons or a two-handed. It's just... *chef's kiss*. I love having the option to adjust my offense/defense ratio on a situational basis.
Currently using Create Diversion with my halfling rogue/bard and loving it. It's VERY skill intensive, of course, but it does save me from having to get mobility feat for shadowdancer (Mobility being pretty redundant for any dex character with high acrobatics) or devote 8 levels to assassin. This character has more skill points to spare than feats so it's a great fit. It's probably not, in the long run, a replacement for HiPS, but it's fun and works more than well enough for a character I don't plan to ever solo with. Thank you so much for it!
Demoralize Opponent (non MaA version) is also amazing. It's so good for my higher charisma tanks, like my Favoured Soul/Hospitaler/warpriest and my MaA. My one and only complaint about it is that it's a little TOO good. I think undead and constructs should all be completely immune, and extra-planer enemies like mephits, elementals, demons, devils, etc, should have a bonus to their opposed roll. They've seen some stuff out in the planes, they should be harder to impress. Other than that, it's perfection incarnate.
So, THANK YOU! SO much!
Has anyone else been using a custom mechanic you particularly enjoy? Let them know. Let me know so I can try it
Except I guess the finessable bucklers, but that's just a minor refinement.)