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True, I wouldn't qualify for power attack anyway. So, I'd need a new feat.

Tripping can be very useful, but not everything can be tripped, especially later on. Using a reach weapon and tripping though, would keep me in melee range for healing, but out of reach of most of the bad stuff. Also, with being one step out of melee, it would make it easy to heal or cast other needed spells without worrying.

I think Weapon Mastery is awesome. Most people blow a feat simply to get weapon focus, why not get the revelation for weapon focus and two other feats later on? Especially considering that you would have a +0 BAB to start, the extra +1 to hit would be useful at first level.

I'm planning on starting an oracle with the battle mystery. I want to be able to hit things in melee, heal my friends, all while surviving. I would not be the tank, but I might end up as the primary healer. Am I stuck with a shield, or can I survive with a greatsword?

Human oracle, level 1
Battle Mystery
Curse - probably vision
Revelation
1 Skill At Arms
1 Weapon Mastery

Feats
1 Power Attack
1 Extra Revelation

Spells known:
Bless, Shield of Faith, Cure Light Wounds

Obviously if I'm going to get killed constantly using a 2 hander, and I have to use a shield, then I wouldn't need shield of faith. I'd really like to use a greatsword, especially when I get improved crit for free later on from weapon mastery.

I thought about grabbing a level of barbarian at first, so I would be able to be alright in melee at first. With the Lame curse, and becoming immune to fatigue later on, I figured I could pop in and out of rage. Someone mentioned that he thought I would still be able to fatigue myself, but that I would be immune to other effects that would fatigue me.

Then I considered Rage Prophet, but with the loss of so many levels of casting, 3 in the PrC itself, and the two levels of barb, I didn't want to be a subpar caster, and subpar melee. So, I figure straight oracle is the way to go.

So, the question is: Can an oracle survive in melee, and be worth while?