D&D 5E Red Flags For Classes In Sources Beyond The Player's Handbook

[Mouseferatu]

That can be summed up with the phrase, "If its so good that just about everyone will want it, it's probably too good."

Huh. I mean, I agree with this, but in my gaming group, Alert has never fallen into that category. In fact, no feat has fallen into that category. In a group of five players, in... *counts on fingers* five 5E campaigns (some complete, some abandoned), I think I've seen Alert taken maybe three times.

 

[TwoSix]

...penchant for white-room theory knee jerkery...

ONE OF US! ONE OF US!

 

[Inchoroi]

Huh. I mean, I agree with this, but in my gaming group, Alert has never fallen into that category. In fact, no feat has fallen into that category. In a group of five players, in... *counts on fingers* five 5E campaigns (some complete, some abandoned), I think I've seen Alert taken maybe three times.

Yeah, it's really hit and miss. As both a player and a DM, I've seen it a bunch of times. Hell, I've had it on two characters that I've played (a Paladin and a Battlemaster Fighter; oh, Rian, death came too swiftly for thee). I didn't ban it until three campaigns ago, when a swashbuckler rogue took it, and the rest of the party went, "Well, [player's name] goes first," with almost slack-jawed sarcasm, whenever we rolled for initiative.