What charisma-based feats are out there?

[candidus_cogitens]

I know there are a bunch of them in the cleric/paladin splatbook, which require channelling ability, but what about feats for other classes? I am especially interested in ones that require a minimum CHA bonus, not just ones that give a bonus to charisma-based skills, such as Trustworthy and Alluring, in Song and Silence.

(I have a druid with CHA 13 and I really want to do something with that charisma!)

 

[Pielorinho]

I know there are a bunch of them in the cleric/paladin splatbook, which require channelling ability, but what about feats for other classes? I am especially interested in ones that require a minimum CHA bonus, not just ones that give a bonus to charisma-based skills, such as Trustworthy and Alluring, in Song and Silence.

(I have a druid with CHA 13 and I really want to do something with that charisma!)

It won't help you in this case, but the Book of Eldritch Might, by Monte Cook, contains a very cool feat that lets you communicate through mirrors once a day: you can look through a specific mirror, or you can look at a location if any mirrors are handy, or you can look at a person if they're near any mirrors.

Unfortunately, it requires a charisma of 19+.

Daniel

 

[AuraSeer]

The only thing that immediately comes to mind is Leadership.

Come to think of it, that'd be a decent feat for a druid. You could have a special cohort-- effectively an additional animal companion, yet it needn't be an animal. Your followers could be foresters (warriors) and maybe a couple of low-level druids or rangers, who could keep watch over your home grove while you're out adventuring.

 

[candidus_cogitens]

I did some further looking around:

Allure--makes you more attractive to opposite sex. Requires CHA 15+. Source?

Ki Shout—a fear effect, requires CHA 13+ and BAB +1, from Oriental Adventures

Wildspeak--something for gnomes

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Leadership is a great feat, and I probably will take it when I get to 6th level. You don't really HAVE to have a high CHA to take that feat, although it would boost the power of your cohort up a bit.

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If this spills over into a house-rules kind of discussion, I would not object. There's still some rules discussion going on here.

 

[Pielorinho]

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Leadership is a great feat, and I probably will take it when I get to 6th level. You don't really HAVE to have a high CHA to take that feat, although it would boost the power of your cohort up a bit.

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Keep in mind that you suffer a serious hit to your leadership score if you have an animal companion:

Cohort-Only Leadership Modifiers

The Leader---------------------------------------Leadership Modifier
Has a familiar/paladin's warhorse/....................-2
animal companion

This would mean that at sixth level, barring some other factor, you'd get a third-level cohort rather than a fifth-level cohort.

Just something to bear in mind. Leadership is a far better feat for classes without built-in companions.

Daniel

 

[candidus_cogitens]

Keep in mind that you suffer a serious hit to your leadership score if you have an animal companion. . . .

This would mean that at sixth level, barring some other factor, you'd get a third-level cohort rather than a fifth-level cohort.

Just something to bear in mind. Leadership is a far better feat for classes without built-in companions.

Daniel

True. But for me, having a cohort is mostly just for fun anyway, even if he is not very powerful. Of course, the weaker they are, the more difficult it is to keep them alive!

 

[candidus_cogitens]

Does anyone know exactly what Ki Shout does? I do not own Oriental Adventures.

 

[Piratecat]

I know the quint. Rogue has two feats with a MAXIMUM charisma requirement. "Low Key" and "Contemptible Target" both require a charisma of 12 or less. Low key gives you a bonus to hide and diguise, making you look unrecognizeable. Contemptible Target uses low key as a pre-req, and makes enemies underestimate you, attacking you last unless you attack first.

 

[Crothian]

Does anyone know exactly what Ki Shout does? I do not own Oriental Adventures.

Ki shout (General) (OA): You can bellow forth a shout that strikes terror into your enemies.
Prerequisites: Cha 13+, BAB 1+
Benefit: You may make a ki shout once a day. It is done as a standard action. All opponents that can hear you within 30 feet are shaken for 1d6 rounds. The ki shout only effects opponents with less then or equal to hit dice as yourself. They get a Will Save DC 10 + ½ level + Cha modifier. Shaken people suffer –2 to saves, attacks, and all skill checks.

 

[Fenes 2]

KoK has Gorgeous, which gives a plus 1 to charisma when in social situations where good looks would help. I am not sure, since I don't have my books on me right now, but I think it has some minimum charisma prerequisite.