Retraining a feat

[Atalius]

If I took snapping turtle style and clutch, could I retrain snapping turtle style and take say Grabbing style instead and still enjoy the benefits of Snapping turtle clutch? Or do I need the both of them because one is a prereq for the other? Thanks

[Maezer]

No you can't retrain a prerequisite.

"You may change one feat to another through retraining. Retraining a feat takes 5 days with a character who has the feat you want. The old feat can’t be one you used as a prerequisite for a feat, class feature, archetype, prestige class, or other ability. If the old feat is a bonus feat granted by a class feature, you must replace it with a feat that you could choose using that class feature."

[Atalius]

Ohh. What happens if I want to retrain them both but can only do one during a particular period of time? Is the other feat rendered unusable?

[Dasrak]

You can't retrain two feats at once. You must retrain the feats one at a time. You would have to retrain Snapping Turtle Clutch first. Once it is retrained, you can then retrain Snapping Turtle Style at a later point in time.

[Diachronos]

Even if you could retrain feats that are used as prerequisites, Snapping Turtle Clutch itself points out why retraining only Snapping Turtle Style wouldn't work:

Snapping Turtle Clutch wrote:

While you are using the Snapping Turtle Style feat, the shield bonus the style grants to your AC applies to your CMD and touch AC. Whenever an opponent misses you with a melee attack while you are using the Snapping Turtle Style feat, you can use an immediate action to attempt a grapple combat maneuver against that opponent, but with a –2 penalty.[/qoute]