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<blockquote data-quote="Emerikol" data-source="post: 7455550" data-attributes="member: 6698278">It's understandable coming from your view of the game that these things don't bother you.&nbsp; I don't expect my players to be perfect angels.&nbsp; I as DM (see above) consider it my job to control the information my players have so that it equates to the information the characters have.&nbsp; It's why I like mechanics as physics and I do expect my characters to know that spells exist in the world.&nbsp; If there is a feat that provides a fighting maneuver I expect at least the concept to relate to in game knowledge.&nbsp; Power Attack for example might not be a name that is know but the fighter player knows he can take chances on defense to increase his offense.&nbsp; Something I think is relatable to the real world.For this discussion it doesn't matter.&nbsp; I like flexibility though and not just for the PCs.&nbsp; If something is a feat, and feats are equivalent, then it's a lot easier to house rule out a feat and just ask the PC to take something different.&nbsp; If it's a class ability then I have to do that work myself.&nbsp; Not impossible but harder.&nbsp; Second Wind and Action Surge from above for example.&nbsp; How valuable are they?&nbsp; Are they equivalent to a feat?&nbsp; Better?&nbsp; Worse?&nbsp; And sure, I know in the history of D&amp;D where feats are used that they've never been perfectly balanced.&nbsp; It still puts you in the ballpark.Edit: Just fixed some bad grammer that bugged me.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Emerikol, post: 7455550, member: 6698278"] It's understandable coming from your view of the game that these things don't bother you. I don't expect my players to be perfect angels. I as DM (see above) consider it my job to control the information my players have so that it equates to the information the characters have. It's why I like mechanics as physics and I do expect my characters to know that spells exist in the world. If there is a feat that provides a fighting maneuver I expect at least the concept to relate to in game knowledge. Power Attack for example might not be a name that is know but the fighter player knows he can take chances on defense to increase his offense. Something I think is relatable to the real world. For this discussion it doesn't matter. I like flexibility though and not just for the PCs. If something is a feat, and feats are equivalent, then it's a lot easier to house rule out a feat and just ask the PC to take something different. If it's a class ability then I have to do that work myself. Not impossible but harder. Second Wind and Action Surge from above for example. How valuable are they? Are they equivalent to a feat? Better? Worse? And sure, I know in the history of D&D where feats are used that they've never been perfectly balanced. It still puts you in the ballpark. Edit: Just fixed some bad grammer that bugged me. [/QUOTE]

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