Blue
Ravenous Bugblatter Beast of Traal
There have been some comparisons to recent editions that it is much harder to make a "sticky" tank. We've even seen this addressed piecemeal in some of the recent UA articles with subclasses such as Barbarian (Ancestral Guardian) and Fighter (Knight).
Hold the Line
When you use your reaction to make an opportunity attack you gain +2 to hit and damage.
Once per round when you have already spent your reaction and a foe triggers an opportunity attack, you make make the opportunity attack with disadvantage.
When you use the Protection Fighting Style and the target still takes damage, you may take half the damage (round down). All other conditions and other effects are still applied to the target.
Discussion:
Makes your normal reaction more punishing, so foes are less likely to want to pull away from you once they see it. Did not want to make it Advantage so that this doesn't make off-turn sneak attack too easy.
The middle part gives you a second opportunity attack, but you need to use up your reaction first so to keep it on point - you can't save your reaction for some other class ability or spell. Also note that this isn't using a reaction, so it doesn't get the bonus.
Finally an upgrade for the protection style if you have it. I consider this a worthwhile feat even without it, but if you already have a fighting style, ones like Dueling or Great Weapon Mastery would have more effect than Protection and that seems backward.
Thoughts? Abuses? How's the balance vs. other feats?
Hold the Line
When you use your reaction to make an opportunity attack you gain +2 to hit and damage.
Once per round when you have already spent your reaction and a foe triggers an opportunity attack, you make make the opportunity attack with disadvantage.
When you use the Protection Fighting Style and the target still takes damage, you may take half the damage (round down). All other conditions and other effects are still applied to the target.
Discussion:
Makes your normal reaction more punishing, so foes are less likely to want to pull away from you once they see it. Did not want to make it Advantage so that this doesn't make off-turn sneak attack too easy.
The middle part gives you a second opportunity attack, but you need to use up your reaction first so to keep it on point - you can't save your reaction for some other class ability or spell. Also note that this isn't using a reaction, so it doesn't get the bonus.
Finally an upgrade for the protection style if you have it. I consider this a worthwhile feat even without it, but if you already have a fighting style, ones like Dueling or Great Weapon Mastery would have more effect than Protection and that seems backward.
Thoughts? Abuses? How's the balance vs. other feats?
