Tavern Brawler is actually pretty good for a grappler. You get half an ASI. If you use a shield, it then also can function as your weapon. With the Shield Master feat any dex save forced by spells/effects that affect only you will be done with your shield's AC bonus on top. With a magic shield +1 that would be +3 to your save on top of your dex mod and Danger Sense. But the real deal is you can completely negate the damage of any dex save spell/effect, provided that you succeed on the save and have your reaction available. Again, Danger Sense makes this feat so very neat.
However since this won't work out until lvl 8, you can still go for the battleaxe or warhammer first.
However since this won't work out until lvl 8, you can still go for the battleaxe or warhammer first.
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