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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mark Hope" data-source="post: 2786213" data-attributes="member: 27051">I am looking to get some input on an idea I am developing for my homebrew D&D game.  Basically, I want to have alignment be represented by a feat.  The philosophy behind this is the idea that, while most folks follow a belief system or philosophy of some kind, not all people are equally committed to their beliefs or philosophies.  Those that truly dedicate themselves to such a way of life take the Alignment feat.This serves two purposes.  It makes alignment a more important choice for those who want to have one, and at the same time it makes it less relevant for those who don’t.The feat itself will serve as a prerequisite for prestige classes, other feats, magic items etc that have an alignment requirement.  It would also determine whether someone registers as having an alignment under a Detect X spell, or is affected by a Protection from X spell.  But I don’t want it to be nothing more than a gateway feat.  I want it to have some power in and of itself to make it a worthwhile feat choice on its own grounds.At present, I am thinking of something along the lines of the feat allowing someone who possesses it to have any attacks they make or spell that they cast gain an alignment descriptor for one round, once per day.  I had also thought about the feat giving a bonus to social skills (Bluff, Diplomacy, Gather Information, Intimidate, Sense Motive) when used against someone of the same alignment.  However, I'm not sure how well this benchmarks against other feats.I have also been playing with the idea that clerics, paladins and monks (or any other class where dedication of similar sort is a feature of the class) or Outsiders from the Outer Planes get the feat for free.  However, this brings the problem that it makes those classes or creatures more powerful than other classes, something that I am a bit uncomfortable with.  This desire is largely a flavour-based desire, as I feel that such individuals would possess the sort of dedication that an alignment feat might represent.  However, I can also imagine clerics or paladins that don’t have that “fanatical” edge that an alignment feat might also be construed to represent, for example.  Alternatively, I could expand the effects of the Aura class feature to make it equate to an alignment for the purposes of meeting feat, prestige class or magic item prerequisites etc.So, I am looking for some input on this idea, both regarding its workability as well as ideas for possible bonus effects that such a feat might give.  Any takers?</blockquote>

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