## Deafening Critical (Combat, Critical) Your critical hits cause enemies to lose their hearing. **Prerequisite:** [[Critical Focus]], base attack bonus +13 **Benefit:** Whenever you score a critical hit against an opponent, the victim is permanently deafened. A successful Fortitude save reduces the deafness to 1 round. T he DC of this Fortitude save is equal to 10 + your base attack bonus. This feat has no effect on deaf creatures. T his deafness can be cured by heal, regeneration, remove deafness, or a similar ability. **Special:** You can only apply the effects of one critical feat to a given critical hit unless you possess Critical Mastery.