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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Systole" data-source="post: 5710477" data-attributes="member: 93930">Feats  Your First Level Feat Power Attack: I can’t rate this higher than blue, but … it’s higher than blue. It's ultra-blue. There is no legit barbarian build that doesn’t take this as its 1st level feat.   The Must-Haves Combat Reflexes: This drops a bit if you’re not with someone who can feed you AoOs or if you dump-statted Dex. It’s still quite good regardless.Furious Focus: Negates the Power Attack penalty.Improved Initiative: Going first. Enough said.Improved Trip, Greater Trip, Felling Smash: If you’re feeling like smashing things in the face is no longer good enough, then tripping is adds a bit of fun.Iron Will: Failing Will saves is the worst thing ever.Step-Up: You’re in the caster’s/archer’s face, right? When they 5-foot step, follow them and mess them up.   The Pretty Good Dodge: If you have a spare feat, this is not a bad grab. Otherwise, stick to smash-the-enemy-in-the-face feats.Nimble Moves: Few things are as annoying as a small shrubbery in the way of a perfectly good charge. This allows you to hurdle said shrubbery. In your face, pesky plant life! Toughness: You’ve already got d12 for HP. On the other hand, you’re getting hit a lot. Kind of a toss-up.   The Not So Great Acrobatic Steps: If you need to clear 20’ a round of difficult terrain, you should probably have Fly cast on you. Situationally useful, yes … but there are better choices for a feat.Blind-fight: Not utterly terrible, but there are better choices.Cleave: Cleave is a bad feat. It’s great at maybe first and second level when you’re fighting hordes of goblins, but it’s a waste by the time you hit 5th. If you’re a Fighter and can swap stuff around, this is a good early feat. Sadly, if you’re a barbarian, all this does is make you a superstar at 3rd level.Drunken Brawler: Useful with drinking archetypes. Otherwise, no.Endurance: If you’re a medium armor dwarf barbarian, this is a little better. Otherwise, you’re in light or no armor and this isn’t worth it.Fleet: You’ve got a great move already. This is probably not helpful.Improved Critical: Okay, if you’re a half-orc with a falchion, this is better than orange. But otherwise, you’re better to go for straight damage than relying on crits.Hammer the Gap: Not enough to be worth a feat.Lunge: Situationally useful.Mobility: It’s rare you’ll need to tumble except when you go after stuff with reach. Even then, tumbling is still so terrible as to be not worth it. Quick Draw: Nah. You’re not switching weapons. You’re pulling the BFS and hitting as much as possible with it. Occasionally, this is worth it during surprise rounds. Otherwise, no. If you’re TWF, green/blue.Spring Attack: A pretty bad feat unless you’re playing with reach weapons.Stand Still: Too situational.Weapon Focus: More useful if you’re TWF. If you’re BFS, this is a minor addition to you damage output.   The Flat-Out Terrible Following Step: Step Up is great. Following Step is overkill.Great Fortitude & Lightning Reflexes: You’ve got a great Fortitude save already, and Reflex saves are usually just about HP. Neither of these is worth taking.Improved Unarmed Strike etc.: You’re not a monk. If you feel a burning need to punch stuff, wear protection. By which I mean, a cestus.Monkey Lunge: Lunge is not bad, but this is an AC feat. Skip it.Tantrum: So you took a gnome barbarian … and now you have a choice of this terrible feat. Don’t do it.Wind Stance: Yeah, you move a lot, but this is an AC feat. Skip it.   The Conditionally Okay But Mostly Not Good Combat Expertise: Useful if you’re going to play with Improved Trip. Otherwise, what the heck do you care about AC? Intimidating Prowess: For Howler barbarians. Ride-by Attack, Spirited Charge, Trample: For Mounted Fury barbarians.Vital Strike: I am staying out of the Vital Strike argument. If you’re thinking about it, do your own research.</blockquote>

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