Subduing Strike

(Book of Exalted Deeds, page 46, DnD 3.5)

[General, Fighter Bonus Feat]

You are adept at striking to deal nonlethal damage even with normal weapons.

Benefit

You can use any melee weapon to deal nonlethal damage with no penalty on your attack roll. If you are a rogue, you can deal nonlethal damage with your sneak attack even if you are using a normal melee weapon. This feat does not allow you to deal nonlethal damage with ranged weapons.

Special

A fighter may select Subduing Strike as one of his fighter bonus feats.

Normal

If you use a melee weapon designed to deal lethal damage to deal nonlethal damage instead, you take a -4 penalty on your attack roll. Rogues normally can only use saps or unarmed strikes to deal nonlethal damage with their sneak attacks.