| 1 person marked this as FAQ candidate. |
The Sohei monk archetype is able to get "mounted combat feats" when they are able to take free feats. The only issue that I have with this is the fact that "mounted combat feats" are not defined anywhere. One would assume that it would mean feats that are availible in the mounted combat ranger style, but then you would be able to take feats that the ranger can take at level 10 at level 1 and 2.
Help me out here.
| 1 person marked this as a favorite. |
I'd normally presume "mounted combat feats" refers to any feat with mounted combat in the prerequisites. However, given that monk feats don't require you to meet any of the prerequisites, this would seem to be a bit strong (even if technically what the rules say). o.O (Mounted Skirmisher at 1st level anyone? Maybe not good if you started out as a 1st level monk, but definitely useful if you're a character dipping into monk at a later level.)
If you wanted a more restrictive list, you could go with the mounted combat feats for ranger you referenced earlier. Much like the ranger, monks get a pool of bonus feats initially available (at levels 2 and 1 respectively), and then expand that pool at 6th and 10th levels. By applying similar restrictions, that would prevent situations like the one you mention. I imagine this latter approach would probably be more palatable to most DMs. I'd also note this would be house rule deviation - without any references to ranger bonus feats in the sohei archetype, the most literal reading of "mounted combat feats" would be what I outlined in the previous paragraph.
Really?
This question was just asked yesterday.
That's what I get for not searching... also for not asking my buddy I was talking to about this yesterday if he posted, which he for some reason didn't mention to me what the concensious from the forums was. I appoligize for wasting space.