Vexing Daredevil spell selection and build help


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Hello, I've been messing around with the Mesmerist class, more specifically the Vexing Daredevil archetype. I would like some advice on spell choices to complement the build idea as well as more advice on how to improve the build further. Here is the build in question.

Half-elf Mesmerist
20-Point Buy
STR 14
DEX 14
CON 14
INT 10
WIS 10
CHA 16
Trait: Community Minded, Two world magic (Acid Splash)

1 - Martial Weapon Proficiency: Glaive, Feat: Dodge, Skill Focus (Survival)
2 - Mesmerist trick (Meek Façade)
3 - Dazzling Feint (Piercing Strike), Bonus feat (Improved Feint), Feat: Eldritch Heritage (Orc)
4 - Mesmerist trick (Mesmeric Mirror)
5 - Feat: Mobility
6 - Mesmerist trick (Shadow Splinter), Bonus feat (Greater Feint)
7 - Dazzling Feint (Surprise Strike), Feat: Disengaging Feint
8 - Mesmerist trick (Levitation Buffer)
9 - Feat: Disengaging Shot
10 - Mesmerist trick (Misdirection) , Bonus feat (Greater Mesmerizing Feint)
11 - Dazzling Feint (Sloppy Defense), Feat: Blind Fight
12 - Mesmerist trick (Vision of Blood)
13 - Feat: Moonlight Stalker
14 - Mesmerist trick (Free in Body), Bonus feat (Excoriating Stare)
15 - Dazzling Feint (Blinding Strike), Feat: Improved Eldritch Heritage (Orc)
16 - Mesmerist trick (Avian Escape)
17 - Feat: Greater Eldritch Heritage (Orc)
18 - Mesmerist trick (Cursed Sanction)
19 - Dazzling Feint (Outmanuever), Feat: Intense Pain
20 - Mesmerist trick (Faked Death)

Some explanation behind the feat choices.
A) The Eldritch Heritage Feat chain is mainly to buff the character.
B) Moonlight Stalker Feat chain is to improve to hit and damage. Concealment will be using Shimmering Body to get Blur and movement needed for Shimmering Body will be from Disengaging Feint.
C) Disengaging Shot Feat chain is the main trick of the build. If I'm reading Dazzling Feint correctly, every time I feint, I can activate a Dazzling Feint. So I'm thinking of using my swift action for Hypnotic Stare, move action to feint and get Surprise Strike (1), standard action for Disengaging Feint and getting Surprise Strike (2) + movement to activate Moonlight Stalker & Disengaging Shot which will trigger Surprise Strike (1) & (2).

Do you guys think this build is viable?


While I do not have much input on your build (as I am in the early stages of researching the archetype myself) I would very much like to hear other people's opinions on the build in question or the archetype in general.

In other words: bump.


i'm not so sure the attacks from dazzling feint "stack"

i mean you "trigger an extra attack the next time you hit" is the effect.

you getting twice the same effect from the same source.

if you could do something like
feint->attack->bonus attack->feint attack->bonus attack it would be fine.

but you actually want to do "feint->feint->attack->bonus attack->bonus attack"

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