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<blockquote data-quote="DEFCON 1" data-source="post: 8843953" data-attributes="member: 7006">The 2014 Backgrounds already gave every player a free &quot;Feat&quot; that they just didn't call as such or had a specific dice mechanic tied to it.&nbsp; Every Background Feature was essentially a roleplaying feat-- some special character-driven thing the PC could do that no one else could.But because there was no mechanic tied to the Feature, I suspect WotC found that most people didn't ever bother with it.&nbsp; Even the people who don't like Feats.&nbsp; So what's the point of having character options in the game that no one uses?&nbsp; It's why the Traits, Bonds, Ideals, and Flaws will probably all been gone from Backgrounds as well.At least by specifically calling out the new 2024 Background &quot;features&quot; as Feats and adding a mechanic to them... all the people who love having additional mechanics to play with might actually finally use them.&nbsp; And the people who hate Background Feats can ignore them just like they did the 2014 Background Features.&nbsp; There won't be any difference for those people.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="DEFCON 1, post: 8843953, member: 7006"] The 2014 Backgrounds already gave every player a free "Feat" that they just didn't call as such or had a specific dice mechanic tied to it. Every Background Feature was essentially a roleplaying feat-- some special character-driven thing the PC could do that no one else could. But because there was no mechanic tied to the Feature, I suspect WotC found that most people didn't ever bother with it. Even the people who don't like Feats. So what's the point of having character options in the game that no one uses? It's why the Traits, Bonds, Ideals, and Flaws will probably all been gone from Backgrounds as well. At least by specifically calling out the new 2024 Background "features" as Feats and adding a mechanic to them... all the people who love having additional mechanics to play with might actually finally use them. And the people who hate Background Feats can ignore them just like they did the 2014 Background Features. There won't be any difference for those people. [/QUOTE]

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