Here's fighter feat progression:
- 1.Improved Shield Bash
1b. Weapon Focus Short Sword
2b. Dazzling Display
3. Intimidating Prowess
4b. Two-weapon Fighting
5. _____
6b. Shatter Defenses
7. Shield Slam
8b. Greater Weapon Focus
9. _____
10b. ______
11. Deadly Stroke
12b. Shield Master
I'm using a short sword as weapon focus to incur less penalty while two-weapong fighting, but at 12th I recieve shield master and that not longer matters.
So my rules question is: Can I swap weapon focus (short sword) at 12th level (using fighter bonus feat swapping) to weapon focus (longsword)?
As far as I can tell, sure. But, you will lose access to greater weapon focus (short sword) until you hit 14th lv and can swap greater WF SS for Greater WF LS.
As far as I can tell, sure. But, you will lose access to greater weapon focus (short sword) until you hit 14th lv and can swap greater WF SS for Greater WF LS.
I believe this is correct. However, doesn't greater weapon focus also require weapon specialization as a prerequisite? If so, then you'd have 3 feats you would have to swap, one at a time each time you can swap them, in order to get full functionality. IMO, it's not worth the +1 to damage rolls for the transitionary losses.
You'd have to swap them in reverse order too.
Since Greater Weapon Focus has Weapon Focus as a prerequisite, you'd need to swap Greater Weapon Focus for something else, then swap Weapon Focus at 16, and finally at 20th you could get Greater Weapon Focus again!
My advice: See if you can use the Retraining rules instead.