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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sepulchrave II" data-source="post: 3219675" data-attributes="member: 4303">Spell and Item Candidates for FeatsI'm going to concentrate on buffs & defenses, rather than offensive spells - although interesting possibilities abound (an at-will supernatural acid fog as a Draconic Heritage feat springs to mind, for some reason).There are pretty wide discrepancies in existing epic feats if they're tied to wealth - e.g. the Fast Healing feat replicates a 300K item according to the ELH (ring of rapid healing); 300K might be about right - a nonepic ring of regeneration is 90K, and the epic version repairs damage about 100 times faster for a 30-something level character. According to the system I propose, the Fast Healing feat wouldn't be available until level 50 or so - and even then as a (Su), not an (Ex) ability.Conversely, the Energy Resistance feat replicates a minor ring of energy resistance - which is a paltry 12K. It's a crappy feat, let's face it - no-one in their right mind would take it. Still, it's about right for a slotless (x2) Ex (x10) effect with no other prerequisites.As noted, Blinding Speed works as a low epic feat based on boots of speed.Armor Skin works - a +2 natural armor feat should be worth 8000 x 2 x 10. It should be available without any other prereqs, and it is.Epic Fortitude, Epic Will and Epic Reflexes can each be seen as replicating +4 unnamed bonus items to 1/3 of your saving throws - i.e. (32,000 x 2 x 10)/3 = 213,333 gp value. Perfect for an immediate epic feat.Epic Reputation provides a +4 unnamed bonus to 5 skills - a slotless item which did the same would cost 2 x 2 x (1600 + 1.5 x [1600 + 1600 + 1600 + 1600]) = 44,800 gp. Apparently, this is a somewhat generous feat - using the wealth guideline, it shouldn't be available until level 27 or so. Epic Skill Focus provides a +10 unnamed bonus - a slotless item would cost 40K. Generous, but not overly so.Great Charisma etc. provide a +1 unnamed bonus. If they provided a +2 bonus, the equivalent slotless item would cost 16K. I'm inclined to suggest that these feats should grant a +2 bonus to ability scores - they've always seemed kind of weak to me: c.f. Armor Skin.Improved Spell Resistance. Well, assuming that we're using the nonepic pricing ( :\), this feat replicates a 40K increase in a slotless item. Perfect Health emulates a slotless periapt of health (15K); the partial poison immunity is an added plus, although not much use against devastation scorpions. It's probably about right - Con 25 and Great Fortitude are prereqs.Polyglot. A continuous, slotless comprehend languages device is worth 6K. Unsurprisingly, Polyglot is weak. Here's one:Combat Prescience [Epic](Su)Prerequisites: Epic Reflexes, Sense Motive 60 ranks, Wis 40Benefits: You are never surprised or flat-footed. In addition, you have a general idea of what action you might take to best protect yourself. You gain a +2 insight bonus to AC and Reflex saves. This insight bonus is lost whenever you would lose a Dexterity bonus to AC.Costing (foresight): 1.5 (10 mins) x 9 (SL) x 17 (CL) x 2000 (continuous) x 2 (slotless) x 5 (supernatural) = 4.59Mgp / lvl 57.</blockquote>

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