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Message: <blockquote data-quote="nightwalker450" data-source="post: 5784441" data-attributes="member: 94895">I'm really torn on this...I love feats, I love what they enable my character to do. I dislike number feats, except perhaps skill bonus ones, but damage/attack bonus ones I hate, because they are unimaginative.I really hate the feat list though, its such a pain when you're trying to fill a slot and you're not sure on what to put in it. With the character builder this was somewhat manageable.At first the list was small, and so it didn't take long to find the one that best suited you at the time. New ones are added, and I read them, and it's great because I've always wanted my character to be able to do that! Then I create a new higher level character and its just overwhelming the number of feats to sort through.They are a great customization tool, but maybe they should become less of THE customization tool, and more of a fine tuning. Let race/class/theme handle the true customization, and feats just fine tune that.  SO how do we do that? (I'm typing at the speed of thought.. so bear with me)Multiple "Feat" pools, Level 1,5,10 etc... You choose a racial feat, something your race excels at.  Level 1,4,8 etc... You choose a class feat, develop your class into it it's own.  Levels 1,3,6 etc choose a feat based on your theme (This is where the generic pool of today would be). But now those feats are tossed into separate multiple groups:Pyromancer, or Dual Wielding - Class FeatsDwarven Hit Points or Elven Forest Walk - Racial FeatsLinguist, or Nature Enthusiast - Theme featsIf you want to simplify:Class Feats: Illusinist Path, Knight Path, Duelist PathRacials: Standard PathsThemes: Keep these minor, and you can choose to leave them out completely or have everyone choose them because they'll be fun and not Number crunching requirements.Class/Racial Feats: These are in 4e and are a pain. Make them racial, but keep the wording tight enough to prevent abuse. (Keywords: Divine, Arcane, Weapon, Implement, Melee, Ranged)</blockquote>

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