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<blockquote data-quote="koga305" data-source="post: 6282711" data-attributes="member: 6747640">Li Shenron, you make some good points. I suppose choosing complementary backgrounds to your class in order to gain your choice of skills is effectively the same as creating a custom background with the skills you want. Might be nice to see it made more explicit, though.I disagree that the basic approach to feats doesn't work. There are some problematic ones - Stealthy, Athletic, most of the spellcasting feats - but in general, I really like the approach that choosing a feat is like choosing something to specialize in. Balancing it against an ASI is a pretty good approach, because it makes feats optional. I suppose one could argue that certain feats are overpowered (Great Weapon Master) and some aren't powerful enough (Charger), but I think that's more a matter of tweaking numbers and abilities.Building these characters has shown that just one feat choice can really differentiate characters. Thrown Weapon Master, for example, makes The Jester feel like a tricksy badass, while Great Weapon Master really helps The Giant Killer build toward. Even the ability score increases have been pretty effective - the difference between 17/15 Strength/Constitution and 18/16 on The Berserker will definitely be felt. With a bunch of small feats and smaller ASIs, I don't think we'd see that kind of character definition.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="koga305, post: 6282711, member: 6747640"] Li Shenron, you make some good points. I suppose choosing complementary backgrounds to your class in order to gain your choice of skills is effectively the same as creating a custom background with the skills you want. Might be nice to see it made more explicit, though. I disagree that the basic approach to feats doesn't work. There are some problematic ones - Stealthy, Athletic, most of the spellcasting feats - but in general, I really like the approach that choosing a feat is like choosing something to specialize in. Balancing it against an ASI is a pretty good approach, because it makes feats optional. I suppose one could argue that certain feats are overpowered (Great Weapon Master) and some aren't powerful enough (Charger), but I think that's more a matter of tweaking numbers and abilities. Building these characters has shown that just one feat choice can [B]really[/B] differentiate characters. Thrown Weapon Master, for example, makes [I]The Jester[/I] feel like a tricksy badass, while Great Weapon Master really helps [I]T[/I][I]he[/I] [I]Giant Killer[/I] build toward. Even the ability score increases have been pretty effective - the difference between 17/15 Strength/Constitution and 18/16 on [I]The Berserker[/I] will definitely be felt. With a bunch of small feats and smaller ASIs, I don't think we'd see that kind of character definition. [/QUOTE]

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