Cunning Torch and Steel

Opponents are bemused by your unorthodox torch and steel fighting style and are unused to defending against it.

Prerequisite(s): Pyro torch attack class feature, Catch Off-Guard, Two-Weapon Fighting.

Benefit(s): When you fight with a simple, martial or exotic (non-torch) melee weapon in one hand and a torch in the other hand, opponents often overlook your torch as a threat. On the first round that you attack a target, you gain a +2 bonus on all attack and damage rolls with your torch and your torch inflicts x3 damage on a critical hit. The damage bonus only applies to the torch bludgeoning damage, not torch fire damage. This feat applies every time you engage a new target for the first time, but it only works once per combat on each opponent. This ability has no effect against other pyros. The benefits of this feat cannot be combined with sneak attacks, if the pyro has sneak attack from another class or ability. A pyro with sneak attack must choose to either use this feat or the sneak attack on the first round of engagement.