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Message: <blockquote data-quote="NotAYakk" data-source="post: 9708490" data-attributes="member: 72555">A reason to make custom feats for NPCs suck is that you don't have to worry that much about PCs taking them.If you aim for balanced, and miss, the PC becomes overly strong.If you make the feat suck, then PCs won't take it, and problem solved.  Less work.If a PC gets really interested, and you want to provide the feat to the PC, only then do you need to invest in balancing the feat.(Creating an unbalanced feat PCs aren't allowed to take is another option; but I'm guessing that isn't something people who bother with this tend to want.)As an example: How good is the "weapons deal an extra set of damage dice" of the Gladiator?  I'd make it the best ability the gladiator has from its subclass.  Maybe require light armor and have it only work on strength-based attacks and 1 handed weapons with a shield.So now the fact that the Gladiator is a str/dex build, uses 1 handed weapons and not twf, is no longer a quirk of a suboptional choice, but a build choice.</blockquote>