House ruling-giving feats an organization prereq

[fba827]

I'm toying with an idea, just tossing it out there in case there is some factor I'm overlooking....


What if I allowed feats but I gave each feat the requirement of being a member of an in world organization as well as a certain renown level within the organization?


This assumes of course that I'm using organizations and renown optional rules which I am

Example something like the sentinel feat might have a prereq "knights of the sacred order, renown 2or captains guards renown 1" while magic initiate would be something like "wizards tower renown 1 or any church renown 1"

The purpose being to make feats be the special things you learn by being part of different organizations. The downside I can see off hand is needing a good break down of organizations from the get go and assigning feats and required renown levels...so a good chunk of advance work needed

My group leans heavily towards story side of gaming so we like things that bring story based decisions for a character, in this case it would be whether or not allying self with an organization, into tangible effects on the game, in this case opening options for specialization so.

Anyway, thoughts? Something I might be overlooking and should keep in mind?

Thanks in advance!

 

[bedir than]

I'm intrigued by this concept. Nothing stands out to me about this breaking anything. It's a nifty way to explain how a character learned their off-class abilities.