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Message: <blockquote data-quote="CreamCloud0" data-source="post: 9890657" data-attributes="member: 7034710">i would assume the reasoning would be because subclasses can work on the guarantee that a character will have X, Y and Z features, both ones from baseclass and prior subclass levels, meaning they can make connections between those features in a way that feats can't really do, a monk subclass knows it gets to call upon ki/focus points (and by proxy, flurry of blows, patient defence and step of the wind), unarmoured defence, martial arts, unarmoured movement, a decent chance of high DEX or WIS and probably more i'm missing.feats, by their nature of being individual packages, tend not to get those guarantees except for when they have prerequisites, which are generally not the most desired feats due to said gate to entry, they have to be accessible to a rogue, a barbarian, a warlock and all the other classes, and even if you can access those features by another feat, feats in and of themselves are a very expensive currency that don't come frequently, meaning for most people, if your feat requires another to access you won't be getting it sooner than 8th level, which is often not too soon before most games end.</blockquote>