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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 5296822" data-attributes="member: 82106">Except there are already a crapton of feats, and such feats would tend to be basically mandatory ones. Everyone already screams bloody murder over Expertise and it is nothing more or less than what you would get if you wanted to make the +X enhancement bonus into a feat. It just doesn't work. Feats should be reserved for customization, not things you need to keep up. Notice also that there already ARE plenty of feats that let you gain useful but not vital bonuses (like Skill Focus). There are also things like Skill Power that let you drop in an additional power. The static items are just ways to stack a bit MORE on top of those if you specifically need it or happen to be feat constrained. Basic bonus items have always existed. They were the first items that were included in the game back in '74. They still exist for the most part because they are one of the unkillable sacred cows of the game. 4e has a huge advantage in that it is at least POSSIBLE to get rid of them if you want to. It was pretty much impossible in say AD&D where at high levels you wouldn't hit significant enemies as a fighter without a +X sword at all. I suppose you could have tacked in an inherent bonus, but there was no transparency on what bonus was appropriate at what levels (and the minor issue of some monsters being immune to non-magical attacks which you could just hand wave).</blockquote>