So, this was recently offered as an option in one of my higher-power games. While I will likely not choose this as my reward, it made me curious on what other players would do with it.
If your DM gave your character a free feat that you could ignore all prerequisites for (including race, BAB, class, and alignment), what would you choose and what interesting stuff could you do with it?
You are allowed to choose stuff like Leadership or Sacred Geometry, though that might be a waste since you can get those fairly easily with normal feats. Also, while prereqs for a feat are removed, a feat can still be rendered invalid by its function. For example, a feat that adds spells to your spell known list still does nothing if you don't have a spells known. Also, you can't use this to take the same feat more times than the feat allowes you to, so no double leadership.
For the purpose of having an interesting discussion, let's ban Spell Perfection from being taken with this reward as well, since that is a bit too obvious of a choice. EDIT: Mythic feats are also not allowed.
(Also, feel free to list multiple feats for multiple characters or builds, as long as it's still one feat per character. Characters still have their normal feats and bonus feats in addition to the feat gained by this reward.)
For a martial character, I'd go for Stunning Critical - even on successful save the victim is staggered.
One of the mythic feats probably. I'll get back to you.
Any melee character: mythic critical focus.
I'm not familiar with the mythic feats, so limiting myself to the more standard stuff:
I like playing as melee martial characters, so needless to say getting Greater Vital Strike would be a huge bonus for me. I also wouldn't mind having Greater Called Shot (make a called shot as a normal attack, -5 penalty for each additional called shot during the same round.)
I might also consider Stunning Critical, and go crit fishing with a Nodachi or the like. But, nothing I see in the feat suggests that it causes the staggered condition on a failed save.
As a rogue, I'd definitely consider Slayer's Feint, even though it's relatively easy to get.
I forgot to mention no mythic either, apologies.
Spell Perfection would be awesome if this perk is being gained at low level.
I forgot to mention no mythic either, apologies.
Boo
Whirlwind Attack.
If you would accept the Truename Wizard Discovery as a feat, then that.
Otherwise: Circling Mongoose, Whirlwind Attack, Fetid Breath, Final Embrace, Fox Shape, Improved Bestial Transformation, etc.
Mostly anything behind Monster race requirements.