Fighter build, level 3 feat choice

Hi all

I have a bit of a decision to make. My character is Anskar Marcus
Publius, a former auxiliary in the Roman Army. Rome has fallen to an
invasion of demons from the Orient, and the campaign starts with the
only bastion of civilisation being the British Isles. Implications
are:

- it's a relatively low-technology world (no longbows, no stirrups
and no heavy armour, for example).
- most cultures are tribal, and there are few large towns.

Anskar started off as a cavalryman, with his first-level feats being
Endurance, Mounted Combat and Animal Affinity (Human fighter). At
level 2, he took Improved Initiative.

We're about to reach level 3. I need to choose my new feat.
Unfortunately for my initial selections, the campaign has (thus far)
been set largely in the wilderness of southern Scotland, and the
horses have been left behind. I'm therefore not keen to take another
Mounted Combat tree feat.

He fights mainly with sword & shield, and carries spears as ranged
weapons. Our party's wizard is handy with the Enlarge Persons, so
something that takes advantage of Large size might be nice.

His DEX is high enough for the Dodge tree; STR is high enough for
Power Attack, but INT is not high enough for the Combat Expertise
tree. I intend to head towards Leadership at L6 (and yes, I've
discussed this with the DM )

What would people recommend? I'm looking primarily for flavour and
consistency, but after that, I am keen on mechanical advantage. Those
I'm currently considering are:
- Weapon Focus
- Diehard
- Power Attack
- Iron Will

The reason for including Iron Will is that many of the enemies we've
been fighting seem to target Will saves. Is the +3 worth having
(obviously more so at lower levels)? Am I better off going with the
consistent +1 to attack from WF?

Henry

On Feb 26, 8:00 am, Henry Lockwood <henry.lockw... DeleteThis @cantab.net> wrote:
> Hi all
>
> I have a bit of a decision to make. My character is Anskar Marcus
> Publius, a former auxiliary in the Roman Army. Rome has fallen to an
> invasion of demons from the Orient, and the campaign starts with the
> only bastion of civilisation being the British Isles. Implications
> are:
>
> - it's a relatively low-technology world (no longbows, no stirrups
> and no heavy armour, for example).
> - most cultures are tribal, and there are few large towns.
>
> Anskar started off as a cavalryman, with his first-level feats being
> Endurance, Mounted Combat and Animal Affinity (Human fighter). At
> level 2, he took Improved Initiative.
>
> We're about to reach level 3. I need to choose my new feat.
> Unfortunately for my initial selections, the campaign has (thus far)
> been set largely in the wilderness of southern Scotland, and the
> horses have been left behind. I'm therefore not keen to take another
> Mounted Combat tree feat.
>
> He fights mainly with sword & shield, and carries spears as ranged
> weapons. Our party's wizard is handy with the Enlarge Persons, so
> something that takes advantage of Large size might be nice.
>
> His DEX is high enough for the Dodge tree; STR is high enough for
> Power Attack, but INT is not high enough for the Combat Expertise
> tree. I intend to head towards Leadership at L6 (and yes, I've
> discussed this with the DM )
>
> What would people recommend? I'm looking primarily for flavour and
> consistency, but after that, I am keen on mechanical advantage. Those
> I'm currently considering are:
> - Weapon Focus
> - Diehard
> - Power Attack
> - Iron Will
>
> The reason for including Iron Will is that many of the enemies we've
> been fighting seem to target Will saves. Is the +3 worth having
> (obviously more so at lower levels)? Am I better off going with the
> consistent +1 to attack from WF?
>
> Henry

Weapon focus, in and of itself is decent, but not great, what it does
for you however is open your character up for Weapon Specialization at
4th level, and then Improved Critical at 8th which are very nice.
There are a lot of options open to you depending on where you wish to
go with the character, and if you want to put your current character
up on http://playrpgonline.net/3eprofiler/ I might be able to suggest
a few other options.

-- Nathan
"Knowledge is a weapon, wield it like a warrior."