Are Nualia's Feats Legal?


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Before other comments on the matter: I am aware that she doesn't qualify for Power Attack and have already swapped that out for Improved Initiative.

I didn't notice this before when I was running Nualia against the party, but then they let her live and even let her go (minus some hair and a few fingers as 'proof' of her death). They had a new party member who was a Kitsune with the Realistic Likeness racial feat take the place of Lyrie to go with Nualia and act as a spy.

This hasn't panned out the way the party was expecting, but that's something I could discuss in a more appropriate thread (on that note, where would you recommend I post about it? It's quickly developed into a redemption arc involving Desna). Suffice to say, Nualia's earned enough XP to level up, so I'm doing that as a Fighter, making her a Fighter 3 / Cleric of Lamashtu 4.

I had forgotten about the Power Attack and swapped it out this point, but then I noticed something: Nualia has Weapon Specialization (Bastard Sword), which has a prerequisite of "4th-level-fighter". But Nualia only had 2 Fighter levels when the party faced her. I was led to believe that because the Bonus Feats class feature of the Fighter did not say that the Fighter could ignore the prerequisites, that this was not a way to get the Weapon Specialization feat early.

So... Can someone tell me how Nualia is able to have the feat???

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Because evil cheats.


In my copy Nualia doesn't have weapon specialization, just weapon focus which she does qualify for.


She has Weapon Focus, not Spec.


Misroi wrote:
Because evil cheats.

Hahaha! That's the best answer. :P

*sigh* Thanks guys. As it turns out, I had completely missed that she had it anyways until I was levelling her up (I know... I ran it for the boss fight and then forgot it existed after that), so no harm. I just need to replace it with something else is all. I'm thinking Vital Strike...


Fair Strides wrote:
Misroi wrote:
Because evil cheats.

Hahaha! That's the best answer. :P

*sigh* Thanks guys. As it turns out, I had completely missed that she had it anyways until I was levelling her up (I know... I ran it for the boss fight and then forgot it existed after that), so no harm. I just need to replace it with something else is all. I'm thinking Vital Strike...

I'm a bit confused, as neither the 3.5 version or the PF updated/Anniversary Edition version of Nualia has the Weapon Specialization feat. Where did you get the version of Nualia you are using from?


Geez, I just double-checked and yeah. I don't know where I was looking...

Maybe I shouldn't be messing with this stuff on lack of sleep? :)

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This is what one of the errata documents has to say about Nualia:

Nualia: Does not qualify for the Power Attack feat (base strength 12); due to breastplate her
speed should be 20 ft.; cannot have cat's grace memorized. Nualia's hitpoints include the false
life from her amulet but activating the amulet is in her combat tactics; gear should include
“masterwork comp longbow (+3 Str)” and spell component pouch; Initiative should say “Init +1
(base -1)”.
The bonus for Fury of the Abyss is included in her AC but not her melee attack, melee damage,
and CMB, which should all be +2 higher. However, this is an enhancement bonus and will not
stack with her +1 bastard sword.

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