What feats are just for fighters?

[Cheiromancer]

Barbarians get rage, rangers get favored enemy, paladins get smite evil. What do fighters get?

Is it just the Weapon Specialization feat chain, are there other feats that are fighter only? In the various 3.5 supplements I mean. Should there be more?

 

[Dross]

Some of the combat style/weapon style feats from Comp Warrior are almost fighter only feats because of the heavy feat pre-reqs.

I don't know whether there should be fighter only feats since they get a lot more feats than any other class (and often earlier). A fighter that specialises in only one thing could find a prestige class as feats tend to be more general (as in an entire chain gets picked, then move onto the next one) than specific.

 

[Felix]

Wheras those barbarians and rangers have their special abilities, they really only have enough feats for one combat chain, maybe two, and that's at 20th level.

The fighter, with 17 feats, has more than enough feats to hit any combat style he wishes to specialize in, and still be deadlier with one particular weapon thanks to the Weapon Focus/Weapon Spec chain.

It's not that fighters need fighter-only feats (though they have a few), fighters can already out-feat any character in the game combat wise, and they can do it sooner than the competition.

 

[Michael Silverbane]

I don't think that there necessarily should be more feats that are exclusive to the fighter... After all, the idea of exclusivity and the feat mechanic are almost antithetical to each other.

What I would like to see more of is big feat chains, particularly feat chains where the later feats grant a significant ability, bonus, or whatever. That way, a fighter who specializes in a single ability or attack form sees a good return on his investment. And in more ways than he currently does.

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[FireLance]

Weapon Supremacy from PHB II has fighter level 18 as a prerequisite.

 

[Nail]

Right.

PH II does a little bit for the Ftr. Not enough, mind you, but it's something.