D&D (2024) Feats are going to happen

[jasper]

from the AL Players Guide Version 13.
Background: You can create a custom background or use any available background as presented. If you choose a background that does not grant a feat, you may choose one of the following feats for your character: Skilled or Tough....
Since AL is the red haired step child of WOTC support. If they are adding free feats even before the third play test goes to survey, feats are going to be a thing.
Grr rant rant. So they either listening to only what they want to hear, or just doing this to say, "Well we got good feedback."

 

[Vaalingrade]

Good.

 

[payn]

from the AL Players Guide Version 13.
Background: You can create a custom background or use any available background as presented. If you choose a background that does not grant a feat, you may choose one of the following feats for your character: Skilled or Tough....
Since AL is the red haired step child of WOTC support. If they are adding free feats even before the third play test goes to survey, feats are going to be a thing.
Grr rant rant. So they either listening to only what they want to hear, or just doing this to say, "Well we got good feedback."

If you implying that AL gets a significant amount of attention in rule design, you are not using the red headed step child aphorism correctly.

 

[Incenjucar]

At a certain point this is just an aesthetic choice rather than a meaningful one. Taking the HP or the skills just keeps you on the same power curve without anyone having to deal with making the additional choices. "I don't want the word Feat on my character sheet" isn't really worth having two CRs for every monster.

 

[Cadence]

from the AL Players Guide Version 13.
Background: You can create a custom background or use any available background as presented. If you choose a background that does not grant a feat, you may choose one of the following feats for your character: Skilled or Tough....
Since AL is the red haired step child of WOTC support. If they are adding free feats even before the third play test goes to survey, feats are going to be a thing.
Grr rant rant. So they either listening to only what they want to hear, or just doing this to say, "Well we got good feedback."

I thought WotC had said somewhere that they were only making the 1st level (background) feat[ure] be required?

[see Feats still optional in 1D&D: and other notes from the survey results]

 

[Charlaquin]

I thought WotC had said somewhere that they were only making the 1st level (background) feat[ure] be required?

[see Feats still optional in 1D&D: and other notes from the survey results]

That’s correct. I would assume there will be a sidebar in the 2024 PHB about just taking ability score increases at feat levels if you want to play without feats.

 

[MockingBird]

They said in one of the videos that there will be a feat that is basically just an ASI at the appropriate level. It's a compromise for "optional feats". I don't play with feats but I'm good with this compromise.

 

[Dausuul]

from the AL Players Guide Version 13.
Background: You can create a custom background or use any available background as presented. If you choose a background that does not grant a feat, you may choose one of the following feats for your character: Skilled or Tough....
Since AL is the red haired step child of WOTC support. If they are adding free feats even before the third play test goes to survey, feats are going to be a thing.
Grr rant rant. So they either listening to only what they want to hear, or just doing this to say, "Well we got good feedback."

Or, they got such positive feedback on background feats in the first two surveys that they feel pretty confident in this change. It was the top-scoring item, close to 90% approval.

Besides, they have already released 5E backgrounds that grant feats, so this levels the playing field for all the other backgrounds.

 

[shadowoflameth]

Jeremy Crawford spoke outloud that when things rate 90% or more, fans 'don't just want this, they want exactly this.' The head guy in charge of rules is clearly saying that feats are happening, ASIs are a feat in the playtest. This was done to preserve backward compatibility. If you don't want feats in your game, just give the ASI option only in your session zero.

 

[tetrasodium]

Water is wet, fire is hot, AL has always allowed feats.