Feral mutagen and certain feats...?

[LordClammy]

Hello,

I have a 4th level alchemist with feral mutation. Now, because I do not have claws in my base form I do not qualify for feats such as rending claws from the apg? Or do I count as having them for the feat?

My group ran into a similar issue with a synthasist summoner wanting to take improved Nat attack but didn't have Nat attacks in his base form.

Thanks everyone,
Clams

[Sean K Reynolds]

I'm a proponent of the school of "you can *select* it if you sometimes qualify, but you can only *use* it when you actually meet all the requirements."

[Dosgamer]

What SKR said. It's like having power attack but having your strength drained below 13. You still have the feat, but you can't use it until you meet the prerequisites. /salute!

[LordClammy]

Great, thanks guys.

[otter cake]

Dotted for easy reference. Love that SKR came and supported a common-sense approach to the rules - very helpful.

[Some Random Dood]

otter cake wrote:

Dotted for easy reference. Love that SKR came and supported a common-sense approach to the rules - very helpful.

I agree and share this line of thinking.

[Lastoth]

Sean K Reynolds wrote:

I'm a proponent of the school of "you can *select* it if you sometimes qualify, but you can only *use* it when you actually meet all the requirements."

I've seen some people cite this for purposes of qualifying monks early for feats based on flurry BAB, but I noticed that flurry specifically states against using it to qualify for feats. Am I right in guessing you don't allow monks to use flurry BAB for feat qualification?

[Archaeik]

RAW, monks have to wait as long as any other 3/4 BAB class to access feats. However certain feats like power attack have you plug in your functional(FoB) BAB to determine current benefit.