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<blockquote data-quote="ComradeGnull" data-source="post: 5987325" data-attributes="member: 6685694">I'd like to see guidance, rather than absolute restrictions (though, obviously, restrictions in the RAW could always be ignored).&nbsp; In general, I think that it's too hard for new players or people who aren't mathematical min/maxers to separate feats and feat chains that are useful for their class from those that are traps either in absolute or relative terms- and the expansion of sourcebooks and splats only makes that worse.At the very least, it would be good to see feats labelled or tagged, e.g.:* 'Melee' for feats that might be useful for a defender, monk, swashbuckler, fighter, etc.* 'Arcane caster' for feats that help wizards, sorcerers, etc.* 'Low level' for feats that are primarily of interest to characters under level 10 (e.g., Toughness)* 'High level' for non-level restricted feats that help characters above level 10 more than those belowWhat I'm not sure how to handle is how to convey to new players that feats like Eschew Materials are only useful if your DM decides to make them useful, and that you probably won't know that until you've been playing for some time, and that it will probably only be useful a handful of times unless your DM decides to be kind of an ass about it.&nbsp; Maybe they could just not make those feats?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ComradeGnull, post: 5987325, member: 6685694"] I'd like to see guidance, rather than absolute restrictions (though, obviously, restrictions in the RAW could always be ignored). In general, I think that it's too hard for new players or people who aren't mathematical min/maxers to separate feats and feat chains that are useful for their class from those that are traps either in absolute or relative terms- and the expansion of sourcebooks and splats only makes that worse. At the very least, it would be good to see feats labelled or tagged, e.g.: * 'Melee' for feats that might be useful for a defender, monk, swashbuckler, fighter, etc. * 'Arcane caster' for feats that help wizards, sorcerers, etc. * 'Low level' for feats that are primarily of interest to characters under level 10 (e.g., Toughness) * 'High level' for non-level restricted feats that help characters above level 10 more than those below What I'm not sure how to handle is how to convey to new players that feats like Eschew Materials are only useful if your DM decides to make them useful, and that you probably won't know that until you've been playing for some time, and that it will probably only be useful a handful of times unless your DM decides to be kind of an ass about it. Maybe they could just not make those feats? [/QUOTE]

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