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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jeff Carlsen" data-source="post: 6116505" data-attributes="member: 61749">I can accept the breakdown of what feats provide. Subclasses or Archtypes do a better job of providing variety and inspiration in a class than feats, and serve to make character creation simpler and more interesting at the same time.Feats that represent general abilities that anyone can take should be considered individually. Some, such as Toughness, probably should simply be removed. Having a high Con score is what determines if you are tough. Others might be rolled into ability checks as general maneuvers. In the end, there may not be enough to justify the feat mechanic. But, then again, there might be. I'd have to do the work to know.Feats could be used like spells to represent options shared across classes, but I would say this only makes sense if there are a lot of these shared abilities.Finally, feats can be used to create unusual characters by allowing the class to do the heavy lifting, leaving feats free. But I think that Themes do this far better.All in all, I think there is a strong case that feats, as we know them, are not the best tool for the job in D&D Next.I should also point out that this reasoning does not necessarily apply to all d20 games. SWSE uses a class structure that makes feats an entirely natural extension of the system.</blockquote>