D&D 5E Unearthed Arcana: 16 New Feats

"Today’s Unearthed Arcana presents a selection of new feats for Dungeons & Dragons. Each feat offers a way to become better at something or to gain a whole new ability."

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The feats include Artificer Initiate, Chef, Crusher, Eldritch Adept, Fey Touched, Fighting Initiate, Gunner, Metamagic Adept, Poisoner, Piercer, Practiced Expert, Shadow Touched, Shield Training, Slasher, Tandem Tactician, and Tracker.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

I like all of them, tbh.

 

[Darrius_Adler]

So many good ones, Tandem Tactician would be great for my Battle master fighter

 

[doctorbadwolf]

I'm not a fan of feats that commit melee characters to a particular type of weapon. Not given that the game conveys a strong sense of either fixed (e.g. written into adventures) or random magic items.

I'd be better with it with a rule (house rule?) that any time you gain a level you can swap one feat.

Or make it explicit, in the DMG and in official adventures, that DMs should tweak magic treasure to fit the needs/desires of the heroes.

I don't know, it's not like it's a narrow list of weapons. Lots of weapons do each of the weapon damage types. Being able to specialize in what amounts to a type of weapon use.

edit: Honestly I do think that many weapons should allow multiple damage types. Real world rapiers were cut and thrust weapons for most of the time that they were common, relevant, weapons. Longswords were basically always capable of all three damage types. Some one-handed swords had a rounded point, but even in the few cultures where that was thing, it was hardly universal. Many axes have either bludgeoning or piercing points atop or on one side.

 

[Sacrosanct]

Daaang. Tandum tactician is really strong. Grant advantage pretty much every round will little or no cost to you?

 

[Kobold Avenger]

A lot of these feats are "multiclass lite" feats. I like them.

 

[Weiley31]

I don't know, it's not like it's a narrow list of weapons. Lots of weapons do each of the weapon damage types. Being able to specialize in what amounts to a type of weapon use.

You can technically use these new feats along with the UA Weapon Mastery feats as a means of showing a character Mastering a particular style of weapon.

 

[Weiley31]

Daaang. Tandum tactician is really strong. Grant advantage pretty much every round will little or no cost to you?

You can kinda make your character a warlord "lite" with that feat. Perhaps combine it with the Banneret or the Battle Master techniques that aid other characters and you have a bit of it there.

 

[doctorbadwolf]

You can kinda make your character a warlord "lite" with that feat. Perhaps combine it with the Banneret or the Battle Master techniques that aid other characters and you have a bit of it there.

I really like how a Battlemaster with this feat would look.

 

[Weiley31]

I like the implication that a Fighter could potentially have TWO fighting styles. Or that a Warlock can have ten Invocations. They get up to 9 max I believe right?

 

[Marandahir]

I love these inclusions.
They play really nicely with the alternate class features UA too.

You can kinda make your character a warlord "lite" with that feat. Perhaps combine it with the Banneret or the Battle Master techniques that aid other characters and you have a bit of it there.

Choose Banneret, take the Superior Technique fighting style, and this feat. Take Martial Adept feat as your second ASI to get a few more options.

Chose the more Warlordy-options from that UA.