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<blockquote data-quote="Caliban" data-source="post: 7425666" data-attributes="member: 284"><p>In a home game it probably doesn't matter in the long run - just discuss it with your DM and hopefully they'll either keep doing it the way you are used to, or let you swap the feat out if you really don't like the change. </p><p></p><p>In AL...it's a bit more problematic. You frequently have a different DM for different games - and the DM's are free to use or ignore the Sage Advice clarifications as they see fit. </p><p></p><p>Up until now the feat has pretty much worked the same way at all tables (everyone was in general agreement, at least partially due to the earlier Sage Advice ruling). Not anymore - suddenly the way it works may change from game session to game session if you get a different DM and one chooses to use the new ruling and the other prefers the previous ruling. Table variation like that can make players unhappy. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" /></p><p></p><p>It's not the only feat or ability that has the issue of table variation, but most of them you are aware of it when you choose the ability. This one was changed years after being officially ruled on. So it can be pretty annoying for players with characters that made heavy use of the feat and now suddenly the way it works is uncertain.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Caliban, post: 7425666, member: 284"] In a home game it probably doesn't matter in the long run - just discuss it with your DM and hopefully they'll either keep doing it the way you are used to, or let you swap the feat out if you really don't like the change. In AL...it's a bit more problematic. You frequently have a different DM for different games - and the DM's are free to use or ignore the Sage Advice clarifications as they see fit. Up until now the feat has pretty much worked the same way at all tables (everyone was in general agreement, at least partially due to the earlier Sage Advice ruling). Not anymore - suddenly the way it works may change from game session to game session if you get a different DM and one chooses to use the new ruling and the other prefers the previous ruling. Table variation like that can make players unhappy. :p It's not the only feat or ability that has the issue of table variation, but most of them you are aware of it when you choose the ability. This one was changed years after being officially ruled on. So it can be pretty annoying for players with characters that made heavy use of the feat and now suddenly the way it works is uncertain. [/QUOTE]
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