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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CapnZapp" data-source="post: 6876691" data-attributes="member: 12731">I hear your pain. This isn't an area where I could see them doing it differently, however. I am personally convinced the choice is a superb design decision, simply because of the existence of your "OP Feats".But that doesn't mean I don't understand your point of view. My best suggestion: identify a list of "fun things that aren't as powerful" and simply allow each player to pick one at character creation.At least, that's what I did <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> Here's my list of "background feats":The first player rolls 1d12 three times and chooses one of the feats indicated as a bonus feat. Then the second player rolls, and so on. 1. Actor 2. Dungeon Delver 3. Healer 4. Inspiring Leader 5. Keen Mind & Linguist 6. Lucky 7. Magic Initiate 8. Martial Adept 9. Ritual Caster 10.Skilled 11.Tavern Brawler 12.Tough Some of these choices aren't all that bad. In fact some are very powerful and impact the campaign on a daily basis (Healer, Inspiring Leader). So the list isn't purely built from a power perspective; some feats make too much sense as starting feats not to be in there. Perhaps the best example is Lucky. Yes, it's a desirable feat. But it's perhaps the most appropriate feat to start out with since "you were born lucky". So it had to be on the list.</blockquote>

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