Improved Bull Rush, Improved Drag, Improved Overrun, Improved Sunder Turning it into a combat option available to anyone with at least +1 BAB is a reasonable change and still stalls caster and hybrid classes from grabbing specialized combat feats too early. It’s the first feat taken by any character with the strength and BAB to abuse it and likely ranks as the single most popular feat in Pathfinder. Now simply a combat option for any class with at least +1 BAB. It would prevent fighters from being stonewalled if a monster is immune to their combat maneuver of choice and make the feats much more attractive to feat-starved classes. Eliminating Combat Expertise as a prerequisite and wrapping up all these improved combat maneuver feats into a single package simplifies things. Why is it so hard to pull off combat maneuvers in this game? It seems like you need three feats before you can attempt to trip someone without impaling yourself on your own polearm. Now a prerequisite for the relevant greater combat maneuver feats. In addition, you receive a +2 bonus on checks with these combat maneuvers. You do not provoke an attack of opportunity when performing a trip, disarm, dirty trick, feint, reposition, or steal combat maneuver. Improved Trip, Improved Disarm, Improved Dirty Trick, Improved Feint, Improved Reposition, Improved Steal I like it as an option, but it’s not worth spending a feat on. Combat Expertise is taken to progress to better feats then promptly forgotten about. The most heinous feat tax next to Weapon Finesse. Now simple a combat option for any class with at least +1 BAB. Making combat maneuvers more accessible will be a recurring theme of this article. This goes hand and hand with the previous change. A character adds their dexterity to the CMB if they’re wielding a finesse weapon and their strength otherwise. It’s really the only thing rogue’s have to compensate for their lackluster BAB. I understand Paizo worries that dexterity might become an uber stat, but weapon finesse still doesn’t grant a damage bonus. It’s begrudgingly mandatory for most rogues, specifically two-weapon fighting builds. “Finesse” is also now a weapon attribute like “brace” or “trip,” allowing a weapon in another category to be finessed (like the rapier). The “light weapons” category has been renamed to “finesse weapons.” Characters can choose to use either their dexterity bonus or their strength bonus to hit with these weapons, no feat required. We might finally see a samurai wielding a daisho. Expanding these feats to cover the weapon groups mentioned under the fighter’s Weapon Training would make things much more flexible. For instance, two-weapon fighting rogues are stuck with mirrored weapons so their Weapon Finesse and Weapon Focus benefits apply to both their attacks. Pathfinder frequently forces a player to invest heavily in a single weapon. Combat feats like Weapon Focus now apply to weapon groups instead of a specific weapon by default.
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Feel free to incorporate these changes into your own house rules or make your own suggestions in the comments.
I’ve focused mainly on combat feats, arguably the worst offenders. These are feat taxes.īelow I’ve highlighted a number of revisions to Pathfinder’s feat tree to help ease the situation. While it’s satisfying to work towards a goal, many rungs on the feat ladder are considered either undesirable or overtly mundane. Pathfinder’s feats are arranged in sprawling tiers, often requiring an investment of three or more feats to unlock a single more advanced one. It’s a cheeky musing, but one rooted in truth. Many veteran players lament that you need three feats to go to the bathroom in Pathfinder. However, it suffers from one syndrome that haunts the creation of every new character: feat taxes. The class balance feels good, the math isn’t overwhelming, and the community support is outstanding. Thanks for your continued support and interest!īy all metrics, Pathfinder is the most satisfying pen-and-paper game I’ve ever played.
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Editor’s Note: The Elephant in the Room is now available as a Full Rules Document and a HeroLab Mod.
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