So I just hit level five with my human Razmiran Priest with the Sylvan Bloodline.
Stats are Str 7 Dex 10 Con 12 Int 14 Wis 10 Cha 21 .
I took the alternate racial traits Eye for Talent and Silver tongued to trade my bonus feat for +2 to any stat of my animal companion, and +2 to Bluff and Diplomacy.
My feats are 1: Noble Scion (War)
3: Boon Companion
5: ?
My main focus is buffing my animal companion and then my allies. I also enjoy pretending to be a druid ( so a high bluff) and being the party face. I think the relevant quote was "Speak softly but carry a big ape" but I might be slightly mistaken.
My question for everyone is what feats should I pursue from this point? I would prefer something more interesting than improved initiative, which is my current working idea. ( Item crafting is unfortunately not allowed.)
Friend to Animals
You show great respect for all living things, and they sense and return the gesture.
Prerequisites: Nature Soul, Handle Animal 3 ranks.
Benefit: As a standard action you can require all animals within 30 feet to make a Will saving throw. Animals who fail the save cannot attack you unless you attack them or one of their allies first. The DC of the Will save is equal to 10 + half your character level + your Charisma modifier.
That is a really interesting feat. Nature Soul is not particularly good but it may be worth it. Particularly since that feat works better for me ( due to my high CHA) than any "actual" druid.
Indeed. Sorry I can't think of any others, but I figured that one would suit your fancy.
What 'pretend'? Looks like a good druid (concept) to me.
You can also use Nature Soul to pick up Animal Ally.
I actually already have a full advancing animal companion thanks to my sylvan bloodline arcana so I can't qualify for Animal Ally.
Also thanks for bringing Faiths and Philosophies to my attention, it has a lot of useful feats for me.
Other than Druidic Decoder does anyone know of another way to learn Druidic without being a druid?
Max out your Linguistics and pray nobody catches on.
Keep in mind that if the illusion gets too convincing there's no point in roleplaying it as an illusion. ;D