Generic Human Warblade 1: Feat Elimination Round 1

[FireLance]

You're creating a generic human warblade with Str 15, Dex 12, Con 14, Int 13, Wis 10, Cha 8.

At 1st level, you start out knowing three maneuvers: Moment of Perfect Mind (Diamond Mind 1st Counter), Sapphire Nightmare Blade (Diamond Mind 1st Strike), and Steel Wind (Iron Heart 1st Strike).

At 1st level, you also know one stance: Stance of Clarity (DM 1st Stance).

In addition you have one feat for being a first level character, and an additional bonus feat for being human.

As there are a large number of feats that a 1st-level human warblade could select, this is an elimination round. The top two groups of feats (or more, if there are ties) will advance to the next round.

This round, which of the following groups of feats (a +2/+2 feat and the Skill Focus feats for the two associated skills) would you select to advance, and why?

 

[Musrum]

Is it flogging a dead horse to remind you that the 14 should have gone into INT?

 

[blargney the second]

Where's the Power Attack or Weapon Focus option?
-blarg

 

[FireLance]

Is it flogging a dead horse to remind you that the 14 should have gone into INT?

Nope. Feel free to keep bringing it up.

 

[FireLance]

Where's the Power Attack or Weapon Focus option?
-blarg

Coming in a future round. In the meantime, check out this poll in the General forum.

 

[Nifft]

Where's Skill Focus (Concentration)? That one might actually be useful.

Thanks, -- N

PS: 14 goes in Int! And Han shot first!

 

[Nifft]

PPS: The White Raven school could vindicate an early choice of Intimidate or Diplomacy; but that's not currently his focus.

 

[blargney the second]

I wouldn't give any of the skill bonus feats to any character at first level. I'd rather give them something useful instead.
-blarg

 

[RigaMortus2]

Wouldn't it have been much easier and quicker to just ask for a couple sample builds for a Human Warblade 1, instead of creating 100 different polls to narrow down each possible character choice?

 

[EyeontheMountain]

I wouldn't give any of the skill bonus feats to any character at first level. I'd rather give them something useful instead.
-blarg

Amen. All those selections are seriously sub-optimal. Warblade is a fighter, not a skill monkey.