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First, the resort to supernatural feats is misleading, because it tries to derive the general character of feats from a clear exception (nothing says that the character of a psionic feat--and certainly not a hypothetical supernatural feat invented out of thin air--tells us anything about feats...

There is, of course, ambiguity from the way the text refers to feats, in that sometimes it reads 'this feat gives...' while sometimes it reads 'taking this feat grants', but it doesn't matter: the interpretive paradigm that separates a feat from its effect could just as easily be used to deny...

You beg the question here: 'a feat that grants'--the feat is the ability, and the ability has been suppressed, but the ability remains an effect granted by leveling up.

A particular feat still amounts to a particular set of aspects that a character has, aspects taken as a result of the opening of a feat slot, and this still establishes a particular feat as the effect of something else (the act of taking that feat), all of which means that the point remains the...

The effect is the feat you get from gaining a level (or, rarely, possessing a magic item): feats are effects of leveling up; feats are not little engines that do things; a gain in level has effects, of which feats are one.

Or the word 'effect' could be defined more clearly. Or at all.

Genealogy of Morals, Section 13--but the quote I used comes from a FAQ!

The SRD says the effect of a feat is this so-called benefit and that the word 'effect' does not ever mean "feat"?

You just made that up!

What is a feat but the benefit it provides?

What?

What does the viability of the brand name have to do with the health of RPGs?

That's coy: play what Dungeons and Dragons?

1. Stakes in Combat…such as Character Sheets 2. Player ingenuity versus Dungeon Master ingenuity, to the end of sport 3. Style: unabashed egotism and self-promotion, wit, flair, bluster 4. Unfettered curiosity 5. Game over campaign, campaign over players 6. Authoritarianism 7. Game mechanics to...

i saw it in a video game magazine one or two months ago, which I thought was ballsy placement: "what this magazine is about sucks; try something better"--wow!