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<blockquote data-quote="Gradine" data-source="post: 6353546" data-attributes="member: 57112">It's time for some basic facts!<ul>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Elemental specialists are a not-uncommon fantasy trope.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Such specialists were lambasted for the entire decade-and-a-half run of 3rd and 4th editions for being useless against a not-inconsequential amount of foes.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">This 5e feat directly addresses that specific concern.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Elemental specialists and the feat designed to cater to them are still lambasted by people who believe DPS is more important than Narrative or Expression and don't understand why there are people who believe the opposite.</li>
<li data-xf-list-type="ul">Both types of players exist, both play styles are equally valid, and not every feature in a game's system is required to appeal to both.</li>
</ul>For what it's worth, I would consider houseruling out the reroll feature if it both contributed too little to damage and ended up being too fiddly and time consuming at the table. Replace it with a bonus damage die when using the appropriate element.From what I've seen of feats, I see a bunch I'd probably never take (but could see others taking) and nothing that really jumps out at me as a must-have. What I do see are a bunch of feats that make me say &quot;that sounds really cool, I want my character to be able to do that!&quot;PS: If it's not too much too ask can we call a moratorium on the word &quot;gimped&quot;? It's a really horrible way to describe a suboptimal character. I don't really want to be the PC police and this is more a personal request than any sort of demand. I try not to be a stickler about crap like this and ignore it when I can, but it's gotten to be a bit much in this thread. If nothing else if we can tone it down a bit.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Gradine, post: 6353546, member: 57112"] It's time for some basic facts! [LIST] [*]Elemental specialists are a not-uncommon fantasy trope. [*]Such specialists were lambasted for the entire decade-and-a-half run of 3rd and 4th editions for being useless against a not-inconsequential amount of foes. [*]This 5e feat [I]directly [/I]addresses that [I]specific[/I] concern. [*]Elemental specialists and the feat designed to cater to them are still lambasted by people who believe DPS is more important than Narrative or Expression and don't understand why there are people who believe the opposite. [*]Both types of players exist, both play styles are equally valid, and not every feature in a game's system is required to appeal to both. [/LIST] For what it's worth, I would consider houseruling out the reroll feature if it both contributed too little to damage and ended up being too fiddly and time consuming at the table. Replace it with a bonus damage die when using the appropriate element. From what I've seen of feats, I see a bunch I'd probably never take (but could see others taking) and nothing that really jumps out at me as a must-have. What I do see are a bunch of feats that make me say "that sounds really cool, I want my character to be able to do that!" PS: If it's not too much too ask can we call a moratorium on the word "gimped"? It's a really horrible way to describe a suboptimal character. I don't really want to be the PC police and this is more a personal request than any sort of demand. I try not to be a stickler about crap like this and ignore it when I can, but it's gotten to be a bit much in this thread. If nothing else if we can tone it down a bit. [/QUOTE]

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