Retraining Feats using Ultimate Campaign rules in PFS

[Caliban_]

OK, toying around with different swashbuckler concepts, thinking of making one using a Falcata (1 hand slashing, 1d8, 19-20/x3 crit) with Slashing Grace.

Problem is, this requires 3 feats, and I want to sidestep not being able to use my Dex to damage if at all possible.

My idea is:

Human swashbuckler

Lvl 1 - Weapon Focus (rapier)
lvl 1 - (human) Fencing Grace.

This gives me dex for att/dam for my 1st two levels.

Lvl 3 - exotic proficiency: Falcata

Retrain: Fencing Grace to Weapon Focus (Falcata) - cost of 5 Prestige and 150 gp

Retrain: Weapon Focus (Rapier) to Slashing Grace - cost of 5 Prestige and 150 GP

Potential problem: Weapon Focus requires proficiency in the weapon - and I'm using my lvl 3 (weapon prof. Falcata) feat to meet the prerequisite for the lvl 1 weapon focus (falcata) feat I'm retraining into.

Fighter bonus feat swaps allow this, but I'm not sure if the retraining rules do.

[kinevon]

You can replace, say, Dodge, learned at first level, with Weapon Specialization, as long as, at the time of retraining, you meet the requirements of the feat.

Quote:

When you use retraining to replace some aspect of your character, you must meet all prerequisites, requirements, and considerations for whatever you're trying to acquire. For example, a 6th-level rogue can't use retraining to learn the Weapon Specialization feat because only fighters can choose that feat. When retraining multiple character options (class features, feats, classes, etc.) in one continuous period, all of the new selections are made at the end of that period in an order decided by the player. If this period is interrupted for any reason all choices must be made immediately. In this way players can retrain class features and their prerequisites at the same time.

[Bronnwynn]

Yep. Cannot, however, retrain normal classes into prestige classes. Basically the only case in retraining where it's "You can't do this even though you qualify *now*"