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OK, I changed a few things.

Howl of Fury is now burst 2 instead of 5 (5!?!? What was I thinking? lol). I'd also like to point out that it's just Str vs Will, with only the Killer Instinct bonus to attack. It won't hit a lot, and it takes the same slot as a heal + bonus. Lunging Bite is now Str+2 vs Reflex and knocks prone on a roll of 17+. Since there is still a built-in shift, that covers mobility concerns. I'm not going to mess with the class features for SH just yet, since his signature move is now a bit better.

Shedeo brings up some good thoughts about SP's resistance. Right now the AC bonus is only 1/2 Con, and resistance is Wis mod +4/8 at Paragon/Epic. This is likely to mean 2 or 3 damage off of each attack, with that jumping to 6 or 7 then 10 or 11. Assuming a 16 in Dex/Con for each build, the SP is down 2 points of AC at level 1. Assuming a 24 Dex/Con at level 28 w/out Demigod or similar, the SP is down 4 points of AC. Hmm, but he can always get heavy armor. Kind of a dumb feature then =/

According to a nice ENworld thread, attacks scale pretty consistently at ~level+4 vs. AC. That means it would be dumb to not get heavy armor. SP needs +Con to AC instead of 1/2 Con. Resistance might be too good of a class feature.

Mysk wrote:

In response to damage scaling, a feat or a built in feature for natural weaponry of this nature isn't out of the question. If this hasn't been addressed already, sorry.

If you intend to have a natural weapon be the primary choice for the character through 30, then do something like

Level ---Bonus
1-5 -- +1
6-10 -- +2
11-15 -- +3
16-20 -- +4
21-25 -- +5
26-30 -- +6

To compensate for the fact that you don't enchant them normally, give them a higher crit number, d10 d12? per plus to represent the savage nature of scoring a solid hit and to offset the lack of regular enchantments, and just in those level ranges give them that +bonus to attack and damage and they scale with magical weapons.

Good point about crits! Bonus dice can really stack up at high levels, so the default should be a little better. Maybe I will also do some special crit feats like the ones rogues and rangers can get.

There isn't a class feature to scale up regular damage, but there is bonus damage on every single attack equal to the secondary ability score mod. That should actually scale better than magic weapons, though not by much. Thanks!

Edit: Added crit bonus damage to go along with hit bonus. Also, SP resistance got nerfed a lot.

DalorBloodmane wrote:

First, great work so far
Second For the throat rip encounter power, should swift hunter really have it as a minor action? It is an encounter power that is 2[N] after all. Maybe they could crit slightly easier or add their dex mod to damage? (on top of the swift hunters class feature dex mod bonus to damage.)

Thanks! I'm still debating the minor action too. There are ranger and rogue minor action powers, but they tend not to hit so hard. Maybe 1[N] is more in line with that. One of my thoughts is that SH won't be using Rake to get 2 attacks all the time, so he needs a little more offense elsewhere. But perhaps this overcompensates.

Good call. It's SH only now. I'm leaving out the minimum shift of one just because it's a lot of text for a small gain in flavor. By default, a power that allows you to move, shift, push, pull, or slide doesn't force you to use the maximum distance.

DalorBloodmane wrote:

Just wondering about this one, why is the sustain damage twice as strong as the original hit damage? From what i see its damage that requires no roll to hit.

Edit: Sorry if my critiquing one thing at a time is annoying.

Not annoying at all- any feedback is helpful

Maybe it is too powerful. Auto-hitting is pretty darn good, even though it relies on the opponent not breaking free of the grab with a move action (two chances per turn if he wants to). An automatic hit does make this better than a lot of encounter powers though, even if it is easy to escape. 1[N] it is. Also, I added that you can't make other attacks while you have the target grabbed, since it seems impossible to bite someone else while you are crushing someone in your jaws.

Cool feat idea- thanks again. It's in there now with the rest. Powers up to level 5 are done and a few minor changes have been made here and there.