| Jean-Francois Caron |
I'm about to start a Pathfinder Society game, and I really wanted to make a diviner. In the Pathfinder Society games, there are no magic item creation feats, so all wizards start with a bonus Spell Focus(school) feat of their choice instead of Scribe Scroll.
Unfortunately for me, there are only two Divination spells that have saves: Detect Thoughts and Scrying. For an enchanter, illusionist, evoker, etc, the free Spell Focus feat is really great, something they would have taken anyways, but for a Diviner it is mostly a waste. Sure I could take Spell Focus in one of my other non-banned schools, but then it feels weird that my Illusion spells are better than my Divinations, even though I am a diviner.
Because of this limited choice of bonus feats, I'm required to either waste the feat or take a feat that is out of character just because it gives me a better game advantage (i.e. powergaming). It would be nice if the list of feats replacing Scribe Scroll was expanded just a little bit to accomodate diviners.
My suggestion: add metamagic feats (yes, you can use them a first level, ever hear of a cantrip?) and Spell Mastery to the list. Spell Penetration could also fit, but it's a more powerful feat than the others listed, so it could be ommitted.
Jayef