D&D General Bonus feats for everyone!

[Remathilis]

Astral Adventurer’s Guide
Backgrounds (p. 7). The following text was added to the end of the paragraph: “These backgrounds each give a feat. If a character takes a background from elsewhere and doesn’t get a feat from that background, the character gains one of the following feats of the player’s choice:
Magic Initiate, Skilled, or Tough.”

So 1st level bonus feats are now official in Spelljammer and Dragonlance.

 

[EzekielRaiden]

Astral Adventurer’s Guide
Backgrounds (p. 7). The following text was added to the end of the paragraph: “These backgrounds each give a feat. If a character takes a background from elsewhere and doesn’t get a feat from that background, the character gains one of the following feats of the player’s choice:
Magic Initiate, Skilled, or Tough.”

So 1st level bonus feats are now official in Spelljammer and Dragonlance.

Interesting. I knew that they were pushing toward at least one baseline feat for everyone in "One D&D." Kinda surprised they're putting existing 5e in that direction too.

It's a short list with only one "good" feat, but hey, better than nothing.

 

[Vaalingrade]

"What do you say when someone does something for you kids?"

"'bout time!"

 

[bedir than]

I'm definitely expanding that list to at least include Skill Expert, Prodigy, Durable, Resilient

 

[Weiley31]

Now let them actually stop hiding behind the most basic of feat choices and have them expanded out to others like Skulker, Keen Mind, etc, etc, etc.

 

[Remathilis]

Now let them actually stop hiding behind the most basic of feat choices and have them expanded out to others like Skulker, Keen Mind, etc, etc, etc.

I think they are avoiding any feat with an ASI as a first level bonus feat, keeping with the 1D&D design goal. I also think they will keep to feats that will be level 1 feats in 1D&D, to preserve continuity.

That does leave some options on the table they didn't use, but I think I see some of the design rationale.

 

[DND_Reborn]

Wow! So, once again WotC simply finally decides to make "official" what many groups have been doing for a long time...

AMAZING!

Now, they just have to open it up to all the feats and they'll get it right.

 

[bedir than]

I think they are avoiding any feat with an ASI as a first level bonus feat, keeping with the 1D&D design goal. I also think they will keep to feats that will be level 1 feats in 1D&D, to preserve continuity.

That does leave some options on the table they didn't use, but I think I see some of the design rationale.

Tweaked this a tiny bit

You could add Feats to any character in the current game with a minor, but not overwhelming, increase in power with a few simple guidelines.

1. Only allow Feats that don’t have a +1 to an attribute.
2. Don’t allow the +5/-10 Feats.
3. Don’t allow Lucky.
4. Don’t allow Polearm Master

And then I described my idea of connecting a spread of Feats per Background.

 

[TerraDave]

Its all just 1D&D.

 

[jgsugden]

I wonder how / if / when this might manifest for all PCs in DnDbeyond.