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<blockquote data-quote="Celebrim" data-source="post: 5444493" data-attributes="member: 4937">Ok, I agree.&nbsp; There is someone around here whose signature is, &quot;If I say I don't like something, it's no defense of that thing to say something else is just like it.&nbsp; I probably dislike that to, I just haven't got around to talking about it.&quot;I think that statement is quite appropriate at this juncture.Given what I've already said, what do you think the chances that any of those non-core feats are available in my house rules?Granted, I have a feat called 'Reckless Charge' that does the same thing as 'Great Stag Berserker' and which I think actually predates it, but really, all it does is change a charge in quality not in kind.&nbsp; The possessor of the feat not only has the bravery to charge in a reckless and suicidal way (which anyone can do) but has the skill to get some benefit from it.&nbsp; Therefore, that idea is within the space I've previously said feats ought to define feats.&nbsp; Determining how injured someone is shouldn't require a feat.&nbsp; That's an application of the heal skill (noticing someone has a wound would be spot) available untrained, and which can be hurried (free action).&nbsp; I hate among other things therefore how 'Combat Awareness' implies that you need a feat to determine how seriously injured someone is.&nbsp; Now, you might could have a feat which made you better at evaluating injuries, but it would have to compete hard with Skill Focus (+3 to the heal skill) to be considered worth 'publishing'.&nbsp; Of course, you could also use the Tactics skill to ask just about any question about your combat situation and get an answer ('Does this opponent have 'Combat Reflexes'? I hate the flavor in 'Combat Stability' which strikes me as coming from those martial arts that believe in a magically rooted stance, but I have a feat called 'Countermoves' which says simply, you gain a +5 bonus to resist any combat manuever without explaining the details of how that is done (thereby leaving it up to the individual DM or circumstance).&nbsp; Again, it's not power level that I have a problem with, as I don't think there are enough really good feats.&nbsp; Most of the rest of those you cite are 'monk' feats, and I don't even have monks in my game.&nbsp; Care to guess why not?</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Celebrim, post: 5444493, member: 4937"] Ok, I agree. There is someone around here whose signature is, "If I say I don't like something, it's no defense of that thing to say something else is just like it. I probably dislike that to, I just haven't got around to talking about it." I think that statement is quite appropriate at this juncture. Given what I've already said, what do you think the chances that any of those non-core feats are available in my house rules? Granted, I have a feat called 'Reckless Charge' that does the same thing as 'Great Stag Berserker' and which I think actually predates it, but really, all it does is change a charge in quality not in kind. The possessor of the feat not only has the bravery to charge in a reckless and suicidal way (which anyone can do) but has the skill to get some benefit from it. Therefore, that idea is within the space I've previously said feats ought to define feats. Determining how injured someone is shouldn't require a feat. That's an application of the heal skill (noticing someone has a wound would be spot) available untrained, and which can be hurried (free action). I hate among other things therefore how 'Combat Awareness' implies that you need a feat to determine how seriously injured someone is. Now, you might could have a feat which made you better at evaluating injuries, but it would have to compete hard with Skill Focus (+3 to the heal skill) to be considered worth 'publishing'. Of course, you could also use the Tactics skill to ask just about any question about your combat situation and get an answer ('Does this opponent have 'Combat Reflexes'? I hate the flavor in 'Combat Stability' which strikes me as coming from those martial arts that believe in a magically rooted stance, but I have a feat called 'Countermoves' which says simply, you gain a +5 bonus to resist any combat manuever without explaining the details of how that is done (thereby leaving it up to the individual DM or circumstance). Again, it's not power level that I have a problem with, as I don't think there are enough really good feats. Most of the rest of those you cite are 'monk' feats, and I don't even have monks in my game. Care to guess why not? [/QUOTE]

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