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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Benjamin Olson" data-source="post: 9871276" data-attributes="member: 6988941">It shouldn't break anything. I think having a major class ability be an extra feat right out the gate sort of robs the class of a prime opportunity to establish a distinct identity, but whatever, maybe it makes it the prime class for the player at the table who actually wanted to be playing a classless ttrpg anyway.Assuming this is for 2024 5e D&D or some close derivative, it seems to me that the other problem here is that giving such a thing at levels 1 or (to a lesser extent) 2 makes a multiclass dip in the class very powerful and desirable, and it's already going to be powerful to dip into a skillmonkey class in 5e editions, because skills run off of proficiency bonus, which is class independent. Meanwhile 3rd level is already giving the initial subclass features, and 4th level is already a feat.I also think selecting an additional feat at level 1, 3, or 4 when you already have big decisions to make feels less fun. All and all level 2 seems like the best place to put a bonus feat in Tier 1, and it rhymes with the general trend of feats mostly coming with even levels.</blockquote>