Pummeling charge only works on unarmed strikes.
Also, no pre reqs outside of BaB is kind of dumb, Steel Soul wont do anything for you since you don't have Hardy. Also, improved second chance doesn't do anything because you don't have second chance.
(assume feats integrate previous feat effects when needed)
Feats like Spring Attack are way overpowered without feat taxes.
Here's a challenge for you. Find four feats that are as good or better than a 4th level spell. Then find any 4th level spell which requires that you permanently take some inferior spells to be able to use it. And when you've done that, explain why requiring characters take things that are poor so that can get something that isn't even particularly great at high levels is a good idea.
@gamer-printer: Are you suggesting that Spring Attack is better than a 4th level spell?
If offered a straight-up trade: Spring Attack or a feat that lets me use greater invisibility as a spell-like ability, I'd take the SLA. But it's not even a straight-up trade, since you can't get Spring Attack without a shedload of useless feats.
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@gamerprinter: are you suggesting that spring attack is better than a 4th level spell?
No, and nowhere in my post is there anything about spells - I don't know where you're getting that. Other people are talking about spells, I'm only talking about feats - so don't link my post with others that aren't a part of my conversation. In my mind there is no connection nor equivalency between feats and spells - they are apples and oranges.
Since, as a player, I primarily only run martials. So trade a feat for a spell I can't cast is no advantage for me.
What if Dodge, Mobility, and Spring Attack were all equally good?
Better yet, what if they were a single feat?
@gamerprinter: are you suggesting that spring attack is better than a 4th level spell?No, and nowhere in my post is there anything about spells - I don't know where you're getting that.
Well, you said that "Spring Attack was way overpowered without feat taxes." I'm vaguely wondering "way overpowered" compared to what? As far as I can tell, it's only way overpowered compared to features that are entirely useless, since Spring Attack is merely mostly useless.
Well, you said that "Spring Attack was way overpowered without feat taxes." I'm vaguely wondering "way overpowered" compared to what? As far as I can tell, it's only way overpowered compared to features that are entirely useless, since Spring Attack is merely mostly useless.@gamerprinter: are you suggesting that spring attack is better than a 4th level spell?No, and nowhere in my post is there anything about spells - I don't know where you're getting that.
Compared to other feats that don't have prerequisites. Again, I'm only talking feats here. I've run a monk that won several major encounters when the other PCs failed relying solely on spring attack. They might have been corner case issues, but spring attack worked fine for my monk. I don't see it as useless. Perhaps your games play differently.
Spring attack isn't great for every character build, but situatially and with certain builds, it's pretty darned powerful.
Which seems to me like a fine place for a feat to occupy, conceptually. Not good for every character, but it can be useful if your character is built for it.
In a hypothetical AnzyrFinder, the only way feats would have prerequisites if they were required to be able to use the feat (ie. a feat that uses Smite, require you to have Smite), or if the feat actually improved on another feat.