I'm adding the finishing touches to what will be a recurring villain in my current campaign. He's a kitsune Eldritch Knight from Sorcerer and Swashbuckler, with Magus as a VMC. He's largely an illusionist/enchanter with a few damage dealing spells. The idea behind him is that by using Arcane Accuracy to get a solid hit bonus, he can cast non-defensively to lure an opponent into AoOing him, parry/riposte that guy, finish casting his spell and safely bounce away now that the opponent's AoO is burned. It's a bit dangerous, but Magus helps make it work with Accuracy and Arcane Pool. Accuracy and Riposte interfere with each other a little bit, but it just means he has off rounds to use his other tricks on.
Anyway, his sorcerer bloodline is Shapechanger mainly for its second power, and since he's not getting the full benefits, I decided Eldritch Scrapper might work good as an archetype for that one level of Martial Flexibility, which means he has a flex feat that I can potentially be using for a few things (sadly no Arcane Strike since he needs his swifts). So I'm looking for some combat feat suggestions that might work well for him. He's level 13 and his present featlist is:
Combat:
Dervish Dance
Pirhana Strike (Bonus from EK)
Combat Reflexes (Bonus from EK)
Non-Combat:
Improved Initiative
Metamagic:
Maximize Spell
Spell Perfection: Scorching Ray
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If he's getting combat reflexes and using a scimitar then weapon trick (one-handed) works. I'd generally suggest going for passive numbers feats (weapon focus, toughness, extra arcane pool etc.) for an NPC to keep them manageable. With VMC he isn't likely to have a huge number of feats free anyway?
Spell perfection is a L15 feat BTW, it requires 15 ranks in spellcraft - and a couple of extra metamagic feats.
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What are the other 2 metamagic for you to have spell perfection?
Oh s!&$, you guys got me there. Well he doesn't really need Spell Perfection anyway, so that'll free up a space for something else. Thank you for pointing it out. I'll have a look at the weapon trick for one handed.
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For a villain against a PC party, action economy is very important. So I'd recommend swapping it around: take a full Magus (spending a feat/arcana on parry&riposte) so you can use Spell Combat. Magus also has a spell to get a flex feat (Tactical Adaptation) and another defensive option in the Deivon's Parry spell.
If you're going to focus on Scorching Ray, then I'd suggest the Burning Amplification feat, and draconic bloodline is probably better than shapechanger here.
Check this guide for more feat suggestions, if needed. HTH.
For a villain against a PC party, action economy is very important. So I'd recommend swapping it around: take a full Magus (spending a feat/arcana on parry&riposte) so you can use Spell Combat. Magus also has a spell to get a flex feat (Tactical Adaptation) and another defensive option in the Deivon's Parry spell.
If you're going to focus on Scorching Ray, then I'd suggest the Burning Amplification feat, and draconic bloodline is probably better than shapechanger here.
Check this guide for more feat suggestions, if needed. HTH.
Can you have other build because she said that practically it focus in dex based in her racial and she mentioned that her Kitsuné Focus in illusion and enchantment