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While some feats are more useful to certain types of characters than others, and many of them have special prerequisites that must be met before they are selected, as a general rule feats represent abilities outside of the normal scope of your character’s race and class.

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Name	Categories	Prerequisites	Benefit
Name	Categories	Prerequisites	Benefit
Abjurer	Arcane • Protection • School	—	Gain the ability to create barriers or deflecting aegis.
Acrobatic Mount	Combat • Ride	Ride	Move your mount easier through threatened squares.
Active Camouflage	Combat	Scout	Gain bonus to Stealth when ending your turn in cover different from where your started.
Adept Climber	Athletics • Combat	Athletics	Climb faster and safer.
Adept Flier	Athletics • Combat	Athletics	Reduce effects of wind and low speed while flying.
Adept Jumper	Athletics • Combat	Athletics	Reduce the effective height of falls.
Adept Runner	Athletics • Combat	Athletics	Run faster and jump farther.
Adept Swimmer	Athletics • Combat	Athletics	Swim faster and hold breath while exerting yourself.
Aerial Trip	Combat	BAB +5, Deft Maneuvers	You can trip flying creatures causing them to fall.
Alchemist	Combat	—	Learn to brew alchemical formulae.
Aligned Liquid	Combat	Alchemist	Create thrown flask which deals damage to specific creature based on alignment.
Animal Accomplish	Combat • Ride • Tame	—	Your animal ally may aid your combat maneuvers.
Animal Bodyguard	Combat • Ride • Tame	—	You and your animal ally may aid each other's AC.
Animal Doubleteam	Combat • Ride • Tame	—	Make a free attack against an enemy when your animal ally succeeds on a combat maneuver.
Animal Empathy	Combat • Tame	Tame Animal	You can improve the attitude of an animal.
Archery Training	Combat • Weapon Training	—	Gain proficiency in bows and crossbows.
Armored Mount	Combat • Ride	Ride	Your mount gains temporary hit points and bonus AC.
Athletics	Athletics • Combat • Style	—	Become a master of movement.
Axe Training	Combat • Weapon Training	—	Gain proficiency in axes, picks and axe polearms.
Axe Training	Combat • Weapon Training	—	Gain proficiency in axes, picks and axe polearms.
Barrage	Combat	—	Gain the ability to make an additional ranged attack per turn.
Barroom Fighter	Combat	—	Gain expertise in improvised weapons and hard drinking.
Battering Defense	Combat	Shield Fighter	Dealing damage batters an opponent that missed an attack.
Battle Mage	Arcane • Destruction • School	—	Gain the ability to create destructive blasts.
Bee Keeper	Combat • Tame	Tame Animal	You may tame creatures with the swarm subtype.
Berserker	Combat	—	Gain temporary hit points each turn, and gain a special attack that inflicts battered.
Blades Training	Combat • Weapon Training	—	Gain proficiency in swords and daggers.
Blind-Fight	Combat	—	Halve miss chance for concealment.
Blockade	Combat	Shield Fighter	Expend your martial focus to gain Evasion.
Bolster Beast	Combat • Tame	Tame Animal	Train tamed creatures to gain additional HD.
Bouncing Shot	Combat • Snipe	Sniper	Bounce you attacks of surfaces to hit targets behind cover.
Boxing	Combat • Unarmed Combatant	—	Becomes an unarmed combatant and learn the counterpunch.
Brace And Overrun	Combat	Brute Fighter	Boost your overrun CMB with shield or weapon bonuses.
Breaking Blast	Combat	Sniper	Your ranged attack deals full damage to objects.
Broad Skills	Combat • Tame	Tame Animal	Tame any creature of animal intelligence, as well as mindless oozes, plants and vermin.
Bronco Buster	Combat • Ride	Ride	You may attempt to use any nearby animal as a mount.
Brutal Manhandle	Combat	Brute Fighter	Apply two manhandle talents to a combat maneuver
Brutal Manhandle	Combat	Brute Fighter	Apply two manhandle talents to a combat maneuver
Brute Fighter	Combat • Unarmed Combatant	—	Becomes an unarmed combatant and learn to shove the enemy.
Brute Robbery	Combat • Manhandle	Brute Fighter	Disarm or steal from a foe you've moved with a combat maneuver.
Brute Takedown	Combat • Manhandle	Brute Fighter	Grapple a foe you've moved with a combat maneuver.
Brute Throw	Combat • Manhandle	Brute Fighter	Throw a foe prone that you've moved with a combat maneuver.
Burly		Brute Fighter	Do not gain shove, but gain Muscular Surge
Careful Caster	Arcane • Wild Magic	Casting class feature	Reduce wild magic chance by increasing casting time.
Catch Blade	Combat • Deflect	Shield Fighter	Trap an attacker's weapon with your shield.
Challenge	Combat • Guardian	Guardian	Gain the ability to challenge enemies.
Classic Substances	Arcane • Creation	Creator	Create glass, water, stone and metal and more.
Cleave	Combat	—	Make an additional attack if the first one hits.
Close Quarters Shooter		Sniper	Only make deadly shots within 30 ft., but gain Push Shot.
Combat Casting	Arcane	—	Don’t make concentration checks for violent movement, gain a +2 bonus on concentration checks.
Command	Arcane • Mind	—	Directly control another creature’s body.
Compelling Maneuvers	Combat	Int 13	You can perform antagonize, demoralize, distract and feint attempts as a move action.
Complex Illusion	Arcane • Illusion	Trickster	Split your illusions into multiple distinct creature or objects.
Conjurer	Arcane • Conjuration • School	—	You can reanimate the dead and make ranged negative energy attacks.
Coordinated Animal Attack	Combat • Ride • Tame	—	Your animal ally may attack when you do.
Counterspell	Arcane	Casting class feature, 3rd caster level or higher	Counter magic with your own magical abilities.
Cover Ally	Combat	Shield Fighter	Use active defense to protect allies.
Covering Fire	Combat	Sniper	Threaten a distant area with a ranged weapon, allowing you to make reactions against enemies in that area.
Creator	Arcane • Creation • School	—	Gain the ability to alter, create and destroy matter.
Crossbow Mastery	Combat	Dex 15, Barrage, Rapid Reload	Reload crossbow as free action and make full attacks.
Daylight	Arcane • Illusion	Trickster	Add light to your illusions.
Deadly Dart	Combat	Trapper	Your dart traps become more deadly.
Deadly Strike	Combat	Scout	Deal extra damage when attacking from Stealth.
Decoy	Arcane • Illusion	Trickster	Create one or more illusionary decoys to distract enemies.
Deflect Arrows	Combat • Unarmed Combatant	Dex 13, one Unarmed Combatant feat	Avoid one ranged attack per round.
Deflecting Shield	Combat	—	Your shield bonus to AC applies against touch attacks.
Deft Maneuvers	Combat	Dex 13	You do not provoke attacks of opportunity on dirty trick, disarm, steal and trip attempts.
Discern Condition	Combat	Scout	Use Scout to learn the approximate health and hit points remaining of a creature.
Discern Illusions	Combat	Scout	Gain bonus Will saves against illusions equal to 1/2 your ranks in Perception (minimum 1).
Discern Tells	Combat	Scout	Gain a bonus to Sense Motive and MMD equal to half your ranks in Perception against scouted creatures.
Disorienting Push	Combat • Manhandle	Brute Fighter	Slow a foe you've moved with a combat maneuver.
Distance Thrower	Combat	Str 13	Reduce ranged penalties for thrown weapons by 2.
Dizzy Spin	Combat • Manhandle	Brute Fighter	Dazzle a foe you've moved with a combat maneuver.
Dodge	Combat	Dex 13	+1 dodge bonus to AC.
Dominoes	Combat	Brute Fighter	Foes that you've moved with a combat maneuver provokes an attack of opportunity from your allies.
Drop Foe	Combat • Manhandle	Brute Fighter	Trip a foe that you've moved with a combat maneuver.
Dual-Wielding	Combat	—	Make an additional attack with your off-hand.
Duelist	Combat	—	Add bleed damage to your attacks.
Earth Geomancy	Arcane • Geomancy	Geomancer	Gain the ability to manipulate earth.
Earthquake Stomp	Combat	Brute Fighter	Trip all foes around you with a single stomp.
Empowered Reanimate	Arcane • Death	Necromancer	All creatures you reanimate gain +4 Strength and Dexterity.
Endurance	—	—	+4 bonus on checks to avoid nonlethal damage.
Enhancer	Arcane • Enhancement • School	—	Gain the ability to grant equipment an enhancement bonus.
Enlarged Illusion	Arcane • Illusion	Trickster	Increase your illusion’s maximum size by one size category.
Enthral	Arcane • Mind	—	Cause a creature to regard you as its friend.
Archery Training, Exotic	Combat • Weapon Training	Proficiency in 2 bows and/or crossbows	Gain proficiency in exotic bows and crossbows.
Axe Training, Exotic	Combat • Weapon Training	Proficiency in 4 axe weapons	Gain proficiency in exotic axes, picks and axe polearms.
Blades Training, Exotic	Combat • Weapon Training	Proficiency in 4 blade weapons	Gain proficiency in exotic swords.
Hammer Training, Exotic	Combat • Weapon Training	Proficiency in 4 hammer weapons	Gain proficiency in exotic hammer and chain weapons.
Polearm Training, Exotic	Combat • Weapon Training	Proficiency in 4 spears or polearms	Gain proficiency in various exotic spears and polearms.
Street Training, Exotic	Combat • Weapon Training	Proficiency in 4 street weapons	Gain proficiency in various exotic light and nonlethal weapons.
Expanded Charm	Arcane • Mind	—	Your charms may affect any creature with a mind.
Explosive Orb	Arcane • Blast Shape • Destruction	Battle Mage	Shape your destructive blasts into a burst effect
Extensive Defense	Combat	Shield Fighter	Expend martial focus to gain active defense against all valid attacks until start of next turn.
Extra Spell Points	Arcane	—	Your spell pool total increases by 2.
Faithful Friend	Combat • Ride • Tame	—	Increase aid bonus by 1 from you or your animal ally.
Far Shot	Combat	—	Decrease range penalties by half.
Fencing	Combat	—	Deal extra damage to flanked enemies.
Find Gap	Combat	Scout	Scouted creatures have decreased AC for a number of rounds.
Finesse Fighting	Combat	—	Use Dexterity instead of Strength when calculating your melee attack roll.

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