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Min/Max 3.x / Daily Feats for Everyone
« on: September 09, 2023, 04:13:19 PM »
Did you ever feel jealous of the Chameleon and his snazzy daily bonus feat? Well don’t be, they had to take a feat and be of a certain race. That daily bonus feat is worth the cost, so let’s expand this tactic to the warriors and spellcasters.
First step is to pick a class with the following rider tacked onto the description for the bonus feat: "If she already has that feat, she may choose a different one." This was a common sentence in the Miniatures Handbook and shows up in various (prestige) classes and races. I’ve summarized my finds here:
Honorable Mentions: Knight of Veluna(9), Legenday Captain(1)
Warmage had notably poor editing when copied over from Miniatures Handbook to Complete Arcane. They added the restriction of Metamagic feats and forgot to print Sudden Enlarge. I'd like to ignore this printing if not for the spell list. Original source arguments might give this class some relief, but don’t count on it as Sidestep should also be a fighter feat.
Two common feats show up quite often, the problematic Focus feats; Skill & Weapon. Each specialty is a separate feat that needs to be duplicated exactly. Weapon Focus has affiliations, classes, feats, and weapons that can loosen these limitations. Skill Focus has no such redemption and is technically useless. In both cases, its worth asking your DM if just the Focus feat is enough.
Next, we need to acquire the bonus feat on a temporary basis. Everybody can solve this by spending money on items and potions of substitute domain, heroics, and alter self. Others have covered this topic exhaustively, so look over these wonderful resources.
Handbook of the Exotic Practice of Feat Binding
Spells that save you from taking feats or investing skill points
3.5 Forms for Alter Self
Lastly, lets talk about how to tailor your bonus feats to be more useful. Favored Soul’s ACF eliminates one bonus feat and adds another, leaving the language about choosing another feat intact. This is a helpful little example when one brings in the tactic of the Dark Chaos Shuffle. This allows you to fine tune your class bonus feat to something which has a more easily accessible feat for duplication in your build.
First step is to pick a class with the following rider tacked onto the description for the bonus feat: "If she already has that feat, she may choose a different one." This was a common sentence in the Miniatures Handbook and shows up in various (prestige) classes and races. I’ve summarized my finds here:
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Warmage had notably poor editing when copied over from Miniatures Handbook to Complete Arcane. They added the restriction of Metamagic feats and forgot to print Sudden Enlarge. I'd like to ignore this printing if not for the spell list. Original source arguments might give this class some relief, but don’t count on it as Sidestep should also be a fighter feat.
Two common feats show up quite often, the problematic Focus feats; Skill & Weapon. Each specialty is a separate feat that needs to be duplicated exactly. Weapon Focus has affiliations, classes, feats, and weapons that can loosen these limitations. Skill Focus has no such redemption and is technically useless. In both cases, its worth asking your DM if just the Focus feat is enough.
Next, we need to acquire the bonus feat on a temporary basis. Everybody can solve this by spending money on items and potions of substitute domain, heroics, and alter self. Others have covered this topic exhaustively, so look over these wonderful resources.
Handbook of the Exotic Practice of Feat Binding
Spells that save you from taking feats or investing skill points
3.5 Forms for Alter Self
(click to show/hide)
Lastly, lets talk about how to tailor your bonus feats to be more useful. Favored Soul’s ACF eliminates one bonus feat and adds another, leaving the language about choosing another feat intact. This is a helpful little example when one brings in the tactic of the Dark Chaos Shuffle. This allows you to fine tune your class bonus feat to something which has a more easily accessible feat for duplication in your build.