I bloody hope so, an untyped bonus would be way worse.Yeah, it does seem odd. Do we know for sure it's a feat bonus?
So those rogues didn't take Nimble Blade? This is better for them if they did.The rogues in our group frequently hit when they roll a 2, so this would be a mostly useless feat for them. My eladrin warlord would take it once he's taken care of his party-buffing feats. I'd probably want it for my mordenkrad fighter asap.
That's one out of four for whom it's an immediate gimme. Sounds good, but not too ridiculous.
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I bloody hope so, an untyped bonus would be way worse.
EDIT: Actually, the best bonus would be proficiency, and have it still cap at 3 (so WE would be useless for a sword-user). That would make it roughly equal to Weapon Prof, in terms of picking a superior weapon with 3 prof. That'd be less creepy, although still not negligible.
What PHB feat had half the group taking it? Toughness, maybe.
OK, and now here's the question, would they swap it out if WE/IE were available? I can't think of a character I've made where I wouldn't spend a feat on it, and for many I'd take it level 1, no question.If by "half" you mean "almost all", then yes. In all the games I played, this was the most popular feat by far.
Unfortunately, no, the barbarian has Weapon Expertise (heavy blades) and seems to be getting a +1 to hit from hit, though it's not clear what "Goliath Greatweapon Prowess" does.
OK, and now here's the question, would they swap it out if WE/IE were available? I can't think of a character I've made where I wouldn't spend a feat on it, and for many I'd take it level 1, no question.