Pikeman [General]

[The Hive Mind]

Prerequisites: Proficiency with a hafted reach weapon.

Benefit: When wielding a hafted reach weapon that can be set against a charge, you may set to receive a charge as a move action rather than as a ready action. This only allows you to attack charging foes that provoke attacks of opportunity by moving out of one of your threatened squares, however, since you did not ready an actual attak. For instance, if you are Medium and wielding a longspear, you would gain an attack (and inflict double damage, if you hit) against an orc that charges through your reach to attack you with a vardatch, but not against an ogre that charges and attacks you from 10 feet away.

Normal: You must use a ready action to set to receive a charge in order to deal double damage against him on a successful hit.

Source: Destiny and Shadow, p. 56