Q51 Can you take the same feat twice? Or, more specifically, Exalted Arcanist requires Purify Spell and Consecrate Spell. Over it's 5 levels, it grants two exalted feats. Could I... take Consecrate Spell with one of the exalted feats, then retrain the original taking of the feat? What about doing it on at level up, when it all happens at the 'same time' ?
A 51You can never take the same feat twice unless the feat description specifically states you can. However, your case is a little special since it involves retraining. Retraining generally happens before anything else is decided at level-up (even what level you're going to take), so you could retrain out CS, then take it. In the case of EA, though, it's a bit tricky, since CS is one of its prereqs. I'd say it doesn't work, since you'd need to retrain Consecrate Spell out first, and you'd only get your bonus Exalted feat upon choosing to take a level in Exalted Arcanist (which you cannot once you've retrained out Consecrate Spell), so you're out of luck. It might work at level-up when you'd gain a feat through HD, if you choose feats before class levels (don't remember).
I
think that's correct, but confirmation would be nice just in case I'm tired and spouting bullshit.
tl;dr: Just use Psychic Reformation or DCFS.