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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Sir Whiskers" data-source="post: 884927" data-attributes="member: 6941">One thing to consider when a feat can be chosen is what feats can be chosen later. I know this sounds confusing, but let me continue...By allowing Augmented Summoning to be taken at 1st level, you give more flexibility to the character (not necessarily a bad thing). As a human wizard, for instance, I might choose the following feats:1st: Extend Spell, Augmented Summoning3rd: Craft Wondrous Item (min 3rd-level caster)5th: Craft Wand (min 5th-level caster)6th: Greater Summoning (min 3rd-lvl spells)9th: Superior Summoning (min 5th-lvl spells)10th: Quicken SpellIf Augmented Summoning cannot be taken until I'm 3rd level, however, that changes the progression. One way to get the same feats would be:1st: Extend Spell, Quicken Spell3rd: Augmented Summoning5th: Craft Wondrous Item6th: Craft Wand9th: Greater Summoning10th: Superior SummoningThis progression slows down how quickly I gain the feats that help my summoning spells. A different progression slows down how quickly I gain the item creation feats. In all cases, I have to make more trade-offs.Now as I said above, it's not necessarily a bad thing to give players more flexibility when designing characters. I personally hate having to wait until 5th level for Craft Wand, given I'm a big fan of cure light wounds wands, but those are the rules. Just a suggestion to take this into account when setting the prereq's of your feats.BTW - consider your feats (with some changes) yoinked. Not many wizards will specialize in summoning, but I like having it as a viable option.</blockquote>

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