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Grayson01
2013-07-06, 06:45 PM
Can anyone think of any good reserve feats for a Hexblade?

Malroth
2013-07-06, 06:57 PM
Hexblades don't usually qualify for reserve feats since they don't know any spells of the types the reserve feat asks for. the only way i can think of to qualify for any of them is to first take Arcane Disciple to get an appropiate cleric domain's spells added to your spells known so you can cast any.

Arcane Disciple (Healing) qualifies you for the touch of healing reserve feat for limitless out of battle healing which is only realy useful if wands aren't purchasable in your world.

Arcane Disciple (animal) combined with Summon elemental isn't a bad way to get a flanking buddy and it gives you great scouting and trap utility but you don't get 4ths till late

Arcane Disciple (fire) Qualifies you for Firey burst which is okay ranged damage if you're a melee focused Hexblade but most creatures resist fire.

mabriss lethe
2013-07-06, 07:24 PM
They can qualify for one or two, I believe, but rather late in the game.

I know they can qualify for Shadow Veil, Sickening grasp, and touch of distraction.

tyckspoon
2013-07-06, 07:50 PM
Minor Shapeshift is decent; it has an ok set of options for what it does, it runs off a spell you should be taking anyway (Polymorph), and unlike most Reserve feats its benefits are independent of spell level, which is nice when you aren't going to be getting higher than 4th level spells. Dimensional Jaunt is also pretty nifty, because at-will teleports are always cool and you don't have near enough spells/day to be using Dimension Door all the time. The downside is both are near max-level feats for a Hexblade, and your level 15-18 feats really should be more impressive than that.

Offensive reserve feats don't really do anything for Hexblades, because they run off max spell level and your spell levels suck (also your spell list doesn't have the spells needed to qualify for most of them.) Summon Elemental is alright if you're willing to spend the extra feats to get a qualifying Summon spell, but again, it's a pretty lackluster benefit for something you're only going to start using in the last quarter of your levels.

Malroth
2013-07-06, 08:22 PM
How do you get polymorph as a Hexblade?

tyckspoon
2013-07-06, 08:29 PM
How do you get polymorph as a Hexblade?

..get to level 14 and choose it as a spell known? It (and Baleful Polymorph, which will also qualify you for that particular Reserve) is a standard Hexblade spell.

Jack_Simth
2013-07-06, 11:50 PM
Arcane Disciple (Healing) qualifies you for the touch of healing reserve feat for limitless out of battle healing which is only realy useful if wands aren't purchasable in your world.Only sort-of limitless. It only heals a target up to a maximum of 1/2 their maximum HP.

NevinPL
2013-07-07, 06:00 AM
Can anyone think of any good reserve feats for a Hexblade?
What for ? If you wanted to "blast at will", you should've taken Warlock, not Hexblade. Hexblade is a melee class, that has some bonus stuff like Paladin, or Ranger, not a caster. It's a waste of a feat.
+ what others have said (very limited selection, only spell level 4, etc.).