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Hiya all!
I have a lvl 5 Human Inquisitor, and I'm looking for advice on what feat to choose when I hit lvl 7. I use a longspear and my strategy is to try to maximize my opportunity attacks with my reach weapon and try to keep bad guys at a distance. My feats are/will be:
1 - Dodge
H - Combat Reflexes
3 - Power Attack
5 - Pushing Assault
7 - ???
9 - Lunge
I'd love to pick up Lunge at lvl 7 and use it in conjunction with Pushing Assault, but my BAB isn't high enough. Our campaign only uses the Core Rulebook and the APG. Let's hear some ideas for a lvl 7 feat to work with my reach fighting theme!
Cheers all!
Furious Focus is obvious, right?
Depending on what spells you have Extend Spell may be handy.
....darn, from the thread title, I thought I could go with my usual speil, but you already pretty much picked up my handbook on how to own with reach.
Yeah, you have the gist- 5'step back, using pushing assault (and lunge to continue your full attack), and they are back at perfect distance to set up some more AoOs. That deals with most things that get up next to you. A set of tactics that can allow you to limit most types enemies to 1 attack/round and you to ALL THE ATTACKS/round. Defense and offense in one.
With lunge to expand the area where you can full attack (45' wide circle with from starting point each round) and to allow you to attack first without losing AoO range, you are perfect.
The only thing I can advise is that you try to sweet talk your GM into putting in loot from ACG (cause fortuitous is perfect- 1/round, you can get an extra attack in for the same AoO, but it is at BAB-5; a mini full attack in AoOs basically)
Racial Heritage (Half-Orc) so you can then take Razortusk, so you always threaten at close range as well.. :-)
outflank +4 to hit when flankign and when your flank buddy crits, it provokes from you.
Take advantage of solo tactics.
I would avoid pushing assualt as you can only take 1 AoO for their movements and you just slow them down a square generally.
Plus you lose the PA damage. Tripping them instead and pounding them as they stand up is much more effective.
outflank +4 to hit when flankign and when your flank buddy crits, it provokes from you.
Take advantage of solo tactics.
I would avoid pushing assualt as you can only take 1 AoO for their movements and you just slow them down a square generally.
Plus you lose the PA damage. Tripping them instead and pounding them as they stand up is much more effective.
Trip would be great, but unfortunately my Int is only 10 so I can't meet the prerequisites for that. Thanks though!
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Weapon Focus is boring, but it's going to be useful, and unlike Furious Focus, will buff all of your AoOs as well as your first attack.
Another option is to pick up Mobility, which will allow you to pick up spring attack at 9 or 11 to be able to control the battlefield to generate more AoOs and flanks.
Do you mind my asking what you took Dodge for? I usually think of it as a pre-requisite for something else. Are you planning on building to something with it? Mobility and Combat Patrol?
If not, is there any chance of retraining out of it?
Bodyguard and then In Harm's Way can both be good if your GM interprets Bodyguard as intended (you expend an AoO, but don't have to follow the AoO rules) otherwise, it's trivial to avoid by stepping to the othe side of your ally.
I probably wouldn't invest in Extend Spell, lesser metamagic rods are cheap.
I picked up Dodge to get Mobility to get Spring Attack. Still on the fence about Spring Attack though. How is it? Is it a useful feat?
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I picked up Dodge to get Mobility to get Spring Attack. Still on the fence about Spring Attack though. How is it? Is it a useful feat?Do you mind my asking what you took Dodge for? I usually think of it as a pre-requisite for something else. Are you planning on building to something with it? Mobility and Combat Patrol?
If not, is there any chance of retraining out of it?
Bodyguard and then In Harm's Way can both be good if your GM interprets Bodyguard as intended (you expend an AoO, but don't have to follow the AoO rules) otherwise, it's trivial to avoid by stepping to the othe side of your ally.
I probably wouldn't invest in Extend Spell, lesser metamagic rods are cheap.
Spring attack is okay, and better with a reach build. It allows you to be very mobile, and it gives you more options with positioning yourself, which will allow you to maximize your potential AoOs. The fact that it is a special action, so you can't combine it with options that take an attack action is an annoyance, but not an overwhelming one.
Take phalanx formation combat if there is another melee character in your party.
Take phalanx formation combat if there is another melee character in your party.
Nice idea but can't, that feat isn't in the CRB or APG and I'm restricted to just those books.
I think I'm gonna pick up Mobility at lvl 7, then Lunge at lvl 9, and Spring Attack at lvl 11. Thanks for the ideas all!