Feat use: Official only or from any source?

[Chronosome]

I allow all PHB feats, and those in my campaign featbook--which
is a collection of all I find good n' balanced in the d20 world:
most official WoTC material, some self-made or revese engineered
from other sources.

I've currently got more than 200 in there.

 

[Davelozzi]

Re: Our Homebrew Rules

In this way, all these Feats become something of precious knowledge... something that you have to find someone to train you for, or something that a bad guy can do that the good guy can't. It's also a nice way to introduce only the stuff that I feel will fit well in the world.

Great idea!

 

[Carnifex]

Re: Our Homebrew Rules

Hi, I'm the DM of Snowdog's game, which used to have a Story Hour here somewhere...

I've come up with a system for spells/skills/feats that everyone in the group seems to like:

Everything from PHB and DMG is "common". Everything else is "unknown". This means that a Fighter would be able to recognize someone using Power Attack on him (since Power Attack is in the PHB, and known to all Fighters), but our light nimble Duelist is really awed by "Snatch Weapon" (from Song and Silence) that she saw a legendary Master perform.

In this way, all these Feats become something of precious knowledge... something that you have to find someone to train you for, or something that a bad guy can do that the good guy can't. It's also a nice way to introduce only the stuff that I feel will fit well in the world.

What do you all think?

Nice. I might draw inspiration from this idea...