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<blockquote data-quote="phil500" data-source="post: 4269974" data-attributes="member: 63101">In 4E, characters get many more feats than in earlier editions.&nbsp; It seems the constraint isnt how many feats you get, but whether or not you qualify for those feats.I agree that some feats, like the &quot;improved critical&quot; (3.5 term) or &quot;[weapon category] mastery&quot; ones should be somewhat exclusive, but some feats requirements just seem silly.&nbsp; To be more precise: those requirements punish min/maxing.&nbsp; For example, why do wizards need a charisma of 13 to take &quot;spell focus&quot; (-2 to all saves).&nbsp; That makes no sense fluff-wise.A 10 second glance at the PHB yielded another: fast runner, +2 to run, requires 13 con.&nbsp; That one makes sense, but who gives a damn?&nbsp; In 3.5, if my players wanted to spend a feat to do that, I would let them have it. But now that they have so many feats to spend, maybe I would have to rethink that decision.&nbsp; Oh wait, I dont- the PHB did it for me.Feats were once precious, and the key to giving a player the ability to have their character do special thing.&nbsp; Now it feels like a player needs to decide between using his even more limited stat points as he wants to, or using them in a way that lets him unlock feats he wants to use.Whereas feats once gave options, I feel like now they place constraints.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="phil500, post: 4269974, member: 63101"] In 4E, characters get many more feats than in earlier editions. It seems the constraint isnt how many feats you get, but whether or not you qualify for those feats. I agree that some feats, like the "improved critical" (3.5 term) or "[weapon category] mastery" ones should be somewhat exclusive, but some feats requirements just seem silly. To be more precise: those requirements punish min/maxing. For example, why do wizards need a charisma of 13 to take "spell focus" (-2 to all saves). That makes no sense fluff-wise. A 10 second glance at the PHB yielded another: fast runner, +2 to run, requires 13 con. That one makes sense, but who gives a damn? In 3.5, if my players wanted to spend a feat to do that, I would let them have it. But now that they have so many feats to spend, maybe I would have to rethink that decision. Oh wait, I dont- the PHB did it for me. Feats were once precious, and the key to giving a player the ability to have their character do special thing. Now it feels like a player needs to decide between using his [I]even more limited[/I] stat points as he wants to, or using them in a way that lets him unlock feats he wants to use. Whereas feats once gave options, I feel like now they place constraints. [/QUOTE]

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