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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DM_Blake" data-source="post: 3907143" data-attributes="member: 57267">I disagree.The name is fairly important.For example, at this point in 3.5e, I have a feat list. I opened up MS Excel, and entered the name and sourcebook of every feat in all the books and splat I have. I can hand this list to my players, and I use it myself for NPCs.This list has over 1200 feats on it.Picture down the road 5+ years into 4e. How many feats will we have to choose from?My concern is that when my feat list looks like the following, nobody, not even me, will know what they do:Example:Golden Wyvern AdeptBlue Basilisk ManeuverPurple Penguin MasterOrange Orangutan SpellRed Remorrhaz Requiemetc.etc.I would much rather name the feat something somewhat descriptive. Try something like "Friendsafe Spell" or even "Golden Wyvern Friendsafe".Yeah, that's just a name off the top of my head. I'm sure there are many names better than that.But at least with a name like that, there is some indication of what it does. Once I learn the rule (exempt one square per WIS modifier), then I just mnemonically associate the rule with the descriptive name. Easy.Much easier than making that association with a list of 1200+ flavor names.</blockquote>