You instinctively react to interfere with foes that attack your allies or innocents.

Prerequisite(s): Combat Reflexes

Benefit(s): Whenever an opponent you threaten makes an attack against a helpless, prone, or stunned ally or any attack against a noncombatant, that opponent provokes an attack of opportunity from you. If your attack of opportunity hits your foe, she takes a – 4 penalty on the attack roll that provoked this attack of opportunity.

Combat Trick

Note If using the optional Stamina Pool rules, the following trick may be used with this feat.

Combat Trick: When an opponent provokes an attack of opportunity from you as a result of the Intrepid Rescuer feat, if your attack of opportunity hits, you can spend 5 stamina points to cause the opponent's attack to automatically miss your ally.