Most powerful feat ever?

[Ruslanchik]

Seriously, Vow of Poverty has got to be at the top of the list.

This feat actually gives you bonus feats. 'Nuff said.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

D'oh! Good point!

PHB-II totally breaks Weapon Spec (Net), which becomes infinitely more powerful thanks to that supplement.

Okay, how about Skill Focus (Speak Language)?

Cheers, -- N

I am not sure if I'd really would want to count the "subselections" of feats here. But then, there is no way Eagle Claw Attack could not be the weakest feat ever.

And I love and hate Melee Weapon Mastery - it is very good feat - finally - for a fighter to take. But only if you happen to be a fighter that has focused on a specific weapon. Which I dislike, because all you ever do is damage. You don't trip, disarm, grapple, sunder, bullrush or do any other interesting combat options, because all your resources were spent on mastering a single weapon. (And what happens if you find a cool magic weapon of a different type then your favored one? Sell it, like the dozens +1 weapons you don't need any more?)

 

[Merlin the Tuna]

Seriously, Vow of Poverty has got to be at the top of the list.

This feat actually gives you bonus feats. 'Nuff said.

Vow of Poverty is a trap. In a game that generally follows WBL guidelines, it hurts more than it helps. Numbers have been crunched on the subject.

 

[Nifft]

I am not sure if I'd really would want to count the "subselections" of feats here. But then, there is no way Eagle Claw Attack could not be the weakest feat ever.

I seem to recall Hear the Unseen allows you to use the Listen skill to do what it could do anyway, but at a higher DC (!). Does Eagle Claw Attack actually worsen your ability to sunder? (Been a while since I looked at Sword & Fist.)

Anyway: in Core, I'm going to stick with Skill Focus (Speak Language). It's 100% totally useless.

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Best feat I still think is Leadership. We all know that the current thinking is that combat actions are true power. Leadership gets you extra combat actions. The fact that it also gets you a free Cleric is secondary, but juicy.

Cheers, -- N

 

[Mistwell]

Words of Creation will kick your silly feats butt all week and twice on Sunday.

 

[brehobit]

Words of Creation will kick your silly feats butt all week and twice on Sunday.

It and Greenbound are similar, but even so, I'd give the (slight) nod to Greenbound. This assumes the "doubling" of the bard's effect happens _before_ other modifiers. Otherwise, WoC wins hands down if optimized nicely.

Good point!

Mark

 

[MarauderX]

Not trying to be insulting or anything, but this doesn't have anything to do with what I posted. You are talking about how you (an actual DM) limit leadership in play. My whole point was that when you are talking about the "most powerful feat ever" it is necessarily a theoretical discussion, and in such a discussion you can't make assumptions about how the DM is going to limit whatever that feat is. No two DMs are alike and they very likely will rule different ways. So you assume a sort of tabula rasa DM who doesn't put restrictions (beyond those explicitly spelled out in the rules) on your character, and with such a DM Leadership is just absurdly powerful (and no I'm not talking about a DM who lets you design your cohort down to the skill points, though that is very powerful in its own right).

Hey, no problem, I guess you can re-DM any feat. Take Great Throw from Oriental Adventures and throw yourself a party!

 

[glass]

You are correct, but the multipliers are being applied to different quantities. Wielding a two-handed weapon multiplies your power attack bonus damage by two.

Power Attack doesn't multiply anything. Used two handed, it adds two points of damage for each point of attack bonus you give up.

EDIT: Apart from that, you are spot on, though.


glass.

 

[Brace Cormaeril]

Improved Combat Expertise, from 3.0's Sword and Fist (and a number of other sources), removed the +/- 5 restriction from Combat Expertise (now just Expertise). Not amazingly broken in the "kill them and take their stuff" way, but by far the most powerful feat there is if you're trying to maximize AC. Combine with All Power Attack All the Time for best results.

You can subtract from your attack roll for expertise and power attack simultaeneously?

 

[Brace Cormaeril]

I like Power Attack->Leap Attack->Deep Impact->Battle Jump
Throw in Raptor School, Leap of the Heavens and Mental Leap.