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Currently, I'm playing a grappling-tie-up build of a Cavalier of the Hammer and Sohei monk. I could have chosen Maneuver Master or Tetori to make my grappling more powerful, but the sohei monk, unlike either of the ones I mentioned before, gets to have Flurry of Blows, light armor and can eventually flurry with weapons like nets, lassos and bolas, not to mention use ki abilities on my Cavalier mount.
Now, I'm trying to optimize my grappling CMB. I have taken the "No Escape" trait to be given a CMB against "anyone I have witnessed commit a crime", which in my campaign is going to be pretty much all the time.
My GM is allowing me to pick Extra Challenges, so my Order of the Hammer ability will be able to stand in for grappling if need be. I'll also be able to use Armor Spikes since the Sohei monk can use armor while flurrying.
In my quest to raise my grappling CMB as high as possible, I came across the feat "Kobold Style". Whenever I deny my opponent Dexterity bonus to AC, I gain +4 to my grappling CMB. It's nice flavor, since the character I will be playing is Lizardfolk.
Now, I could take Master of Many Styles so I don't have to meet the prerequisites of Kobold Style, in addition to fusing it with other styles which would increase my grappling CMB. However, I would sacrifice the Flurry of Blows that I would have benefited from with the Sohei archetype at level 6, and which would have provided me with ways to be able to deny multiple enemies their dexterity bonus to AC (via bolas).
So I'd like to know; what would you advise me to do? Are there ways for me to gain the Kobold Style feat without sacrificing my flurry of blows?
Unarmed Fighter gets a Style Feat at 1 sans prerequisites.
