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Message: <blockquote data-quote="NotAYakk" data-source="post: 8352843" data-attributes="member: 72555">I think half feats aren't a substabtial reduced cost.  It either relies on a careful min maxing at level 1 to have an odd stat, then requires that stat to be top tier for your build, or takes up to 8 levels of planning to pay off.Second, I do not think good feats should be focused on one mechanical effect.  They can be inspjred by a mechanical problem, but should remain story first.Here the problem is "character that chooses to pick all fire spells".Faced with a foe immune to fire, this character sucks, is near useless.  And a fire mage sucking when fighting a fire creature seems a bit off.The core of my feat is allowing not energy substitution - no "radiant ball" that makes damage types barely irrelevant - but admixture.For this one (I have a bunch) we take the idea of hell corrupted fire.  Ignoring resistance (because hellfire cares not for it), and for immunity providing half penetration by necrotic (because you cannot burn a fire elemental, we don't ignore immunity).But feats should not just do one thing. Temporary HP from the hellfire is a kind of life stealing.  Then a damage boost if you aren't attacked.While it is up to a 25% damage boost, it is intentionally awkward; it works on one target, and if you fired 5 rays of fire you get 25% of one of them on your next turn.  You can't really get 25% basically.Meanwhile, your fire spells are laced with corruption.For other damage types the end goal - not useless against immune creatures - is paramount.  A thunder/lightning feat, a poison/acid, and a cold one cover most of the most commonly resisted/immune types of damage.Radiant and Force and Necrotic don't really need it.Thunder/Lightning lets you split damage in half between types, and has a bonus kicker (thunder pushes, lighting kills reactions).Poison/Acid similarly, split damage, kicker (adv on attacks/saves on damaged foes, and alchemist tools)Cold you can split damage to do movement reduction, even on immune foes.  So not quite the same; still useful.  To play the damage game, you get a fire/cold reaction "protection" ability.</blockquote>

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