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I suspect I've wasted a feat here, but I wanted to get a second opinion before I wrote it off. I picked Furious Focus from memory, without re-reading its limitations, and I suspect it won't actually work for the purpose I'd intended.
For the sake of background, I've got a Barbarian / Druid (Wolf Shaman) who is built around turning into a dire wolf and raging.
RAW, does Furious Focus negate the Power Attack penalty on a Bite attack if that Bite is my only attack.
First, the limitation, from Furious Focus
Benefit: When you are wielding a two-handed weapon or a one-handed weapon with two hands, and using the Power Attack feat, you do not suffer Power Attack's penalty on melee attack rolls on the first attack you make each turn. You still suffer the penalty on any additional attacks, including attacks of opportunity.
However, if the bite is my only natural attack (and, for a dire wolf it is) then this sentence from the Combat section of the CRB applies (found under Combat - Natural Attacks).
If you possess only one natural attack (such as a bite—two claw attacks do not qualify), you add 1–1/2 times your Strength bonus on damage rolls made with that attack.
I see enough here to argue RAI, but RAW, this sentence seems insufficient to allow Furious Focus to work with my Bite attack.
Am I correct, or have I missed something important?
RAW, it doesn't work. Would I allow it? Yes.
The two have nothing to do with each other. The feat specifically calls out manufactured weapons basically. It wouldn't work with natural attacks as you cannot 'two hand' them.
The STR mod from being your only natural attack does nothing to modify anything in the feat and so is irrelevant to the primary concern of the feat. Your bite gets 1.5 str mod, it still isn't a 2h or 1h weapon used with two hands.
So yeah, you wasted a feat.