Lictor of Thrax
2011-11-09, 05:37 PM
So my character sort of got curveballed and suddenly he finds himself using a spiked chain but being a member of a rather feat starved class. I'm trying to find the fastest way to get combat reflexes, improved trip and combat expertise (simply because so many spiked chain feats require it).
My character level is 4 and my primary class gets no bonus feats until 10th level.
Right now, the leading advice that is workable in character is Chaos Monk with the Passive Way variant style for 2 levels or, quite simply, fighter 2 levels, since both of those would mean that at 6th level I'd have or be able to select all those feats.
The fighter options are pretty drab and boring, since fighters don't have any fun ACF's, but I'd keep my base attack bonus on par and get to choose Combat Reflexes first, which would be nice, since that's far more useful that Combat Expertise, which is mostly just a pre-req for Improved Trip and some other feats.
The Monk/Passive Way method would grant me Expertise first, which is a little less appealing, and also would lose one BAB but would allow me to ACF Invisible Fist, the ability to go invisible for a round once every 4 rounds - which really suits my character's sneak attack abilities.
Are there any other ways to get those three feats with tricks or dips. About the only thing off the table is Tome of Battle and probably Psionics. The character is a roguish/swashbuckler type gray elf and while our group allows for a healthy dose of rule wiggling for gaining levels, we try and make things make sense RP-wise, so going barbarian doesn't really suit my character.
My character level is 4 and my primary class gets no bonus feats until 10th level.
Right now, the leading advice that is workable in character is Chaos Monk with the Passive Way variant style for 2 levels or, quite simply, fighter 2 levels, since both of those would mean that at 6th level I'd have or be able to select all those feats.
The fighter options are pretty drab and boring, since fighters don't have any fun ACF's, but I'd keep my base attack bonus on par and get to choose Combat Reflexes first, which would be nice, since that's far more useful that Combat Expertise, which is mostly just a pre-req for Improved Trip and some other feats.
The Monk/Passive Way method would grant me Expertise first, which is a little less appealing, and also would lose one BAB but would allow me to ACF Invisible Fist, the ability to go invisible for a round once every 4 rounds - which really suits my character's sneak attack abilities.
Are there any other ways to get those three feats with tricks or dips. About the only thing off the table is Tome of Battle and probably Psionics. The character is a roguish/swashbuckler type gray elf and while our group allows for a healthy dose of rule wiggling for gaining levels, we try and make things make sense RP-wise, so going barbarian doesn't really suit my character.