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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Estlor" data-source="post: 2820910" data-attributes="member: 7261">I think if you want to replace prestige classes, you can't do it with just feats alone.  Feats should remain rather generic, non-class specific special bonuses or rule bending abilities you gain as you go up in level.A better idea would be to borrow "Talent Trees" from D20 modern.  Make a number of trees to cover the possible archetypes that class is meant to represent and allow the player to cherry-pick from them as wished.For example, pretend the class Fighter had talent trees for these niches (and this list is in no way meant to be exhaustive):Mirmydon (the ultimate soldier)Swashbuckler (a lightly armored warrior with panache)Marksman (a ranged weapon expert)Guacho (a master of mounted combat)Gladiator (unorthodox fighting with exotic weapons)As a PC with a fighter, I can choose to pick low-level abilities from each talent tree, becoming (in essance) a "pure base class fighter."  However, I can focus on Swashbuckler (basically a fighter/duelist multiclass) or some other talent tree at the expense of other abilities.The difference between a feat and a talent is the same between a feat and a class ability.  A fighter picking from the Swashbuckler talent tree might take Combat Expertise as a feat and gain the Acrobatic Charge talent off of the tree.</blockquote>