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Message: <blockquote data-quote="77IM" data-source="post: 7042838" data-attributes="member: 12377">Riffing on this, here's how I'd do it. Combat Expertise Requirements: Strength 13+ or Dexterity 13+ Through intense training or hard-won experience, you've learned to fight through skill and cunning, rather than relying on your natural talents. This confers the following benefits: <ul style="margin-left: 20px"> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">You become proficient in all simple weapons.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">When you take the Dodge action, you may use your bonus action to make a single weapon attack with a -5 penalty.</li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">When you make a weapon attack with a weapon with which you are proficient, you may choose not to add your ability modifier to the attack roll, and instead add twice your proficiency modifier to the attack roll. Your damage roll uses your normal ability modifier.</li> </ul>The name is a reference to both 3.5 "Combat Expertise" feat, and the 5E "Expertise" feature. The Dodge thing is also a throwback to 3E, and provides a benefit to characters even if they have a good ability modifier. It MAY be grossly overpowered; I rarely see characters take the Dodge action, but maybe they would if they could still attack at -5? In general I think most feats are underpowered so I'm erring on the side of "better than +1 to all attacks and damage."The simple weapons thing is just a freebie for wizards and sorcerers (it's not really a power-up since they already have access to staffs and light crossbows, which are really good simple weapons).</blockquote>

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