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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 8566258" data-attributes="member: 7006">Things like Actor to Charlatan, Keen Mind to Sage, that sort of thing.What I find curious is that it seems like some people got a bit annoyed by Strixhaven giving a feat with its Backgrounds... and yet when Theros did ostensibly the same thing with their Supernatural Gifts at Level 1 it was seen as a cool new addition.&nbsp; Despite Gifts and Feats being practically the same thing.Quite frankly... I always saw the Feature given with each Background as meant to be like a feat, or at least treated with the same emphasis.&nbsp; But because none of those Features had a game mechanic connected to it-- it was just a statement to DMs to let Acolytes get free healing at a temple for example-- I don't think many DMs and players ever treated those Features with the same gravitas they give to Feats in the game.By giving out a Feat with a Background, there will now be a quantifiable mechanical rules bonus to a character sheet you gain for a Background besides two skills and languages/tools.&nbsp; Which is probably a good thing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 8566258, member: 7006"] Things like Actor to Charlatan, Keen Mind to Sage, that sort of thing. What I find curious is that it seems like some people got a bit annoyed by Strixhaven giving a feat with its Backgrounds... and yet when Theros did ostensibly the same thing with their Supernatural Gifts at Level 1 it was seen as a cool new addition. Despite Gifts and Feats being practically the same thing. Quite frankly... I always saw the Feature given with each Background as meant to be like a feat, or at least treated with the same emphasis. But because none of those Features had a game mechanic connected to it-- it was just a statement to DMs to let Acolytes get free healing at a temple for example-- I don't think many DMs and players ever treated those Features with the same gravitas they give to Feats in the game. By giving out a Feat with a Background, there will now be a quantifiable mechanical rules bonus to a character sheet you gain for a Background besides two skills and languages/tools. Which is probably a good thing. [/QUOTE]

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