Cavaliers, Squires, and Noble Scions

[Eric Hinkle]

I just have a few quick questions about how to handle a Cavalier/Noble Scion (from Paths of Prestige) who would like to pick up the Squire feat.

1) In Knights of the Inner Sea we're told that the Squire feat (which you can get at 5th level) becomes Leadership at 7th. If I do it that way, then what happens when I get to level 2 of Noble Scion and get Leadership as a free feat? Should it be changed to picking another feat entirely, probably from the Noble Scion's 'regional expertise' list?

2) The Dilettante Studies that the Noble Scion gets at 5th and 9th level don't seem especially helpful to a cavalier beyond 'Dilettante Warrior'. Would a 'Dilettante Cavalier' option that allows for a +1 to the bonuses from either the cavalier's banner or his challenge ability be too potent?

Thanks for any help.

[David knott 242]

1) You explicitly can take a feat more than once, but its effects do not stack unless the feat's text says that they do. That means that you are stuck with a useless feat -- at least until the end of this month, when Ultimate Campaign's retraining rules may provide a way out of this situation.

2) The bonus sneak attack damage is not entirely useless, so I would take that as your second option. Extra damage never hurts. But a cavalier bonus that is roughtly equivalent to the bard bonus looks like it would make sense.

[Weirdo]

If we're talking houserules, though, a regional expertise feat instead of leadership sounds perfectly reasonable if you already have Leadership, and the Dilettante Cavalier option sounds balanced.

[Eric Hinkle]

David_knott_242, Weirdo, thanks for those suggestions, they really are appreciated.