It makes sense to go from here but I really do want to play with the feats and experiment to see how they all work. This is kind of a golden chance, in that respect. Roleplay and background objections aside, I prefer to just backdate feats too. So that would be two feats right now for Elyan, Karl, and Kaeleen, and three feats for Grotz. Strahd, one of your three feats needs to come from the fighter bonus list but the other two slots are open. PHB only, all.
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