I always find looking at other Builds helps. You can see what others use and find some of the common feats, spells, items, ext.
Here is my Natural attack bloodrager so you can glean off.
The Coup-de-grace Killer
Archetype:(Optional) Steel blooded
Race: Human
Alternative Racial: Focused Study
Point Buy:
Str: 19, Dex: 12, Con: 15, Int: 7, Wis: 10, Cha: 12 (+1 to Con @ 4 and rest +1 STR)
Traits:
Community Minded
Dangerously Curious
Bloodline:
Draconic (Pick an Element you Like...I recommend Fire or Lightning as you can get Deliquescent Gloves for Acid Damage to your unarmed attacks.)
Bloodrager 7/Dragon Disciple 8/Bloodrager 5
Feats:
Human: Skill Focus- Stealth (Covers a Prereq)
1 HD: Power Attack, but retrain to Arcane Strike at level 5.
3 HD: Raging Vitality (Boosts Con for Paralyze DC)
5 HD: Eldritch Heritage- Ghoul (Claws) ((Level 7 Paralyze on Claws))
6 HD (Bloodline): Power Attack
7 HD: Cornugon Smash (-2 to saves...with cruel AoMF…-4 on saves)
Human 8: Skill Focus- Intimidate
9 HD: Iron Will
9 HD (Bloodline): Toughness, Improved Initiative, or Blind-Fight
11 HD: Improved Eldritch Heritage- Ravenous Frenzy (Haste...YES!!!)
12 HD (Bloodline): Toughness, Improved Initiative, or Blind-Fight
13 HD: Bloodied Arcane Strike
15 HD: Raging Brutality
I like the Eldritch Heritage- Ghoul for the Paralyze Claws. I let teammates Coup the targets as I wade across the field Paralyzing and striking fear into my foes.
Where is the feat Buckler Mastery? I look and it says it is 3rd PP. but no 3 PP is allowed in PFS. Is this from a newer book?
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Things of note:
- The Arcane Strike feat will net you a bonus to all your damage, otherwise hard to do with natural attacks.
- Dragon Disciple is one of the few ways to get +1 & 1/2 Str to damage on a natural attack, which plays VERY WELL with Power Attack.
- Helm of the Mammoth Lords is a legal way to add in a Gore attack.
- A single level dip into Kineticist (Elemental Ascetic) adds +1d6 damage to ALL your natural attacks for free. Just pick an element and blast that seems thematic to your character.
- Take a look at the Furious enchantment for your Amulet of Mighty Fists
Well shucks look at that. My friend told me about Buckler Mastery, so I put it in. He didn't tell me it was 3PP. I'll just take Weapon Focus then I guess! That makes that a lot easier!
For later levels I was thinking of taking Improved Unarmed with the Feral Combat Training path, and Rending Claws. What do you think of that?
Rending claws are fine
Feral COmbat training. Are you dipping monk at any point for like stunning fist or is there some other feat you're looking at that you wanted to be adding to your claws?
I was considering going into one of the Style trees, but Power Attack and Dragon Disciple looks like a better option, even if Dragon Disciple is a little overused. I can't take Arcane Strike until 5th level right? Since I need to be considered a spellcaster?
EDIT: That also reduces my BAB gain too, eh... That does seem worth an extra 1d6 damage though.
Right must be Level 4 for spellcasting. But that is what retraining is for. Take power attack, retrain at 5th level and grab Power attack at 6th level from bloodline feat.
Thanks Louise.
Another question about that Kineticist. It says in the class feature
"Like a monk, he can use this ability only when unarmored, not using a shield, and unencumbered."
But does that refer to the entire Kinetic Fist ability, or just the Flurry of Blows, which is the only thing that is "like a monk" in the feature? Should I go to the rules forums and post a FAQ request or something?
Welcome.
I do not know much about Occult classes. I do not use them so I will let the others answer those questions.
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Thanks Louise.
Another question about that Kineticist. It says in the class feature
"Like a monk, he can use this ability only when unarmored, not using a shield, and unencumbered."
But does that refer to the entire Kinetic Fist ability, or just the Flurry of Blows, which is the only thing that is "like a monk" in the feature? Should I go to the rules forums and post a FAQ request or something?
Welcome.
I do not know much about Occult classes. I do not use them so I will let the others answer those questions.
That applies only to the Flurry
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This is false. Elemental Ascetic specifically only affects fists (unarmed strikes), which are not natural attacks, unless you're a monk or brawler.- A single level dip into Kineticist (Elemental Ascetic) adds +1d6 damage to ALL your natural attacks for free. Just pick an element and blast that seems thematic to your character.
According to the text of Kinetic Fist:
You surround your body with energy or elemental matter from your kinetic abilities. You can use this form infusion as part of an attack action, a charge action, or a full-attack action to add damage to each of your natural attacks and unarmed strikes until the beginning of your next turn. Since kinetic fist is part of another action, using this wild talent doesn’t provoke any additional attack of opportunity. You deal an additional 1d6 points of damage per 3 dice of your kinetic blast’s damage (minimum 1d6), and this damage is of the same type as your kinetic blast’s damage. This extra damage ignores spell resistance and doesn’t apply any modifiers to your kinetic blast’s damage, such as your Constitution modifier.
It works on natural attacks and unarmed strikes. So Elemental Ascetic actually does work for natural attacks.
I'm thinking my feat progression will look something like this:
1 HD: Weapon Focus (Claws)
2 HD: Improved Unarmed Strike (Elemental Ascetic Kinetisist)
3 HD: Power Attack, retrain to Arcane Strike at 5.
5 HD: Blooded Arcane Strike
7 HD: Rending Claws & (Bloodline): Power Attack
Looks good from a damage perspective. If anything you can hold off on the Bloodied Arcane strike since you have little to do with your swift actions. I tend to get it before Raging Brutality. Tho dipping outside a full BaB class you probably will not see Raging Brutality in your build since PFS ends at 11-12 typically unless you go to special events.