Eldritch Guardian / Martial Master Fighter Question

[Dumpy]

So, the Eldritch Guardian's second level ability grants my familiar all combat feats I possess as long as it sees and hears me.

Martial Flexibility states it grants me the benefits of a combat feat I qualify for.

In my head, this would mean that I can martial flexibility and my familiar will gain the feat I choose to benefit from.

On paper however, flexibility states I gain the "benefits" of the feat. Thus, I am unsure if I actually gain the feat to give to my familiar, or if I only gain the benefits of it.

Unless my search-fu is weak and dishonorable, I haven't seen this brought up anywhere else. Does anybody know how this works exactly?

[Blackwaltzomega]

Unless your GM is being super-unreasonably strict about how they read that ability, you gain the feat when you use Martial Flexibility.

[arcanine]

Why wouldn't it work. If its a feat it is shared.

[NRVNQZR]

I've been wondering about this very same thing, and on paper it does say "benefits" rather than "gaining" the feat itself. From what I understand, going strictly by RAW, the answer is unfortunately 'no'. Unless we get an errata/FAQ from Paizo saying otherwise.

Regardless, I'd say the interpretation could slide either way depending upon how RAW-based your GM is. All we can really do is wait and see. :\

If I am wrong, however, please correct me!

[The Mortonator]

NRVNQZR wrote:

I've been wondering about this very same thing, and on paper it does say "benefits" rather than "gaining" the feat itself. From what I understand, going strictly by RAW, the answer is unfortunately 'no'. Unless we get an errata/FAQ from Paizo saying otherwise.

Regardless, I'd say the interpretation could slide either way depending upon how RAW-based your GM is. All we can really do is wait and see. :\

If I am wrong, however, please correct me!

I think you have an odd interpretation of the word benefits. For all purposes Martial Flexibility gives you a feat. One could even say the Familiar gaining the feat as well is a benefit. As far as I am concerned, the two synergize and produce a new baseline against which I judge Fighter builds.

[Panchio]

I was playing an Eldritch /Martial on my campaign when the DM suddenly came with that same observation. In the end, after some dialogue, I agreed with him that his interpration was reasonable.

Still, he also accepted he may be wrong.

I would really like a FAQ about thia, or at least a designer could do the blessijg of awnsering this haha.