Quote Originally Posted by batsofchaos View Post
Ah, so you get repeated AoO based on the rats moving in and out of being threatened, and then get a bonus hit from great cleave on additional opponents provided you kill the rat on the AoO? That's rather clever.
Another variant involves whirlwind attacking the rats and cleaving into your enemies. This only works in D&D 3.0, because 3.5 added the "When you use the Whirlwind Attack feat, you also forfeit any bonus or extra attacks granted by other feats, spells, or abilities" clause to the feat.