Can you lose access to a feat due to a spell affect?

[koesherbacon]

Let's say you're playing a character with a 15 Dex and have Two-Weapon Fighting as a feat.

Then an allied caster casts Enlarge Person on you. You double in height, your Str goes up by 2, and... wait... your Dex goes down by 2.

Now your Dex is only 13, lower than the prerequisite for TWF.

While Enlarged, can you still use TWF, or do you have to act as though your character no longer has the feat?

Just something that popped into my head while designing an enemy for my players next week.

Thanks a lot!

 

[(Psi)SeveredHead]

Let's say you're playing a character with a 15 Dex and have Two-Weapon Fighting as a feat.

Then an allied caster casts Enlarge Person on you. You double in height, your Str goes up by 2, and... wait... your Dex goes down by 2.

Now your Dex is only 13, lower than the prerequisite for TWF.

While Enlarged, can you still use TWF, or do you have to act as though your character no longer has the feat?

Just something that popped into my head while designing an enemy for my players next week.

Thanks a lot!

The latter, and yes, that would suck for the affected character. In fact, your initiative would be affected, something commonly forgotten, because it's annoying to recalc initiative.

 

[Jacob Marley]

Here is the "official word" from Sean K Reynolds.

If you lose a permanent ability score bonus, you still have the feat, you just can't use it until your ability score qualifies again.