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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lord Pendragon" data-source="post: 2668946" data-attributes="member: 707">I would agree with this, if a PC could choose a feat he doesn't qualify for and then use it when he does, in any other circumstance.  But it's my understanding that this isn't possible.  The 1st-level fighter can't choose Improved Critical yet, because he doesn't fulfill the prereqs.  In theory, he also just wouldn't benefit from it unless he had a BAB 9+.  But the rules disallow it.  He has to have the prereqs when he chooses the feat.  I don't see why the druid should be different.I would agree with this, if leveling up were a concrete event in the game world that occurred at the PC's convenience.  When an 8th-level druid gains 36,000xp, does he suddenly think to himself, "hey, I can level up now.  I'd better change into a lion so I can take Multiattack!"Perhaps in your game he does.  As far as I understand it, leveling is more abstract than that.  It's meant to represent a gradual improvement in the PC's abilities over the course of the entire level, not a sudden power-up such as you might find in a video game.  Because of that, the druid can't prepare for leveling by changing into the appropriate form he'll need to fulfill the prereqs of the feat he's interested in.IcyCool, I've already explained the distinction between the two examples you gave upthread.A question, for all of you arguing for the druid being able to take Multiattack.  Would you allow a fighter with a 9 Int to have Fox's Cunning cast on him in order to pick up Combat Expertise?</blockquote>

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