Improved Disarm - useful or waste of feats in Kingmaker?

Im currently playing a h/elf fighter L2 wishing to start his own school of swordfighting later on, kind of like an Aldori swordmaster with an Elven curveblade (love that sword!). Improved and Greater Disarm sound pretty good as a focus, but I dont want to invest in these feats if I'm only going to be fighting animals, fey or other creatures without weapons 90% of the time..

Is a disarm fighter going to be any good in Kingmaker, or should I go for Improved Trip or something else?

It will be useful at times, and not-so-useful at other times. I'd say you'd end up getting as much use out of it as you would expect in any non-urban campaign.

Honestly, it's mostly swingy: the usefulness will come in streaks. In other words, you'll rock for 5 sessions in a row, then you'll suck for 5 sessions in a row.

It's never a good idea to be a one-trick pony, for any class, for any AP. So make sure you can do something else other than just disarm.

But yea, take the feats. You'll definately use them. I have a PC who is disarm-focused and is doing pretty well.

Not so hot in the first chapter, you'll get a LOT of mileage out of it in chapters 3 4 and 5, and a fair amount in chapter 2. I wouldn't make it your main trick in the first chapter though. Save it for your lvl 4 and 5 feats is my honest advice.

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Overall you'd get more use out of it in urban settings but it's certainly not a waste - plenty of humanoid foes in Kingmaker.