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<blockquote data-quote="Mad Mac" data-source="post: 3931218" data-attributes="member: 27873">I thought about this, and at first I agreed with you, but on reflection, I don't. My reasoning is this. &nbsp; Players rarely forget what their feat does. Feats are precious, and each of them is an important character building decision. Especially so for an active feat that will see frequent use. No matter what the name is, a player is unlikely to forget it, unless they simply don't use it and probably shouldn't have picked it to begin with. And of course they aren't going to shout the name every time they use it, it's just &quot;I remove square b, x, and d&quot;, probably at least once every major combat, and thats it. &nbsp; Now, I do forget what feats do on occasion, and have to look them up, but it's usually only relevant when I'm leveling up a character. And honestly, browsing a few feats to see if it really works for my character (or one of my players characters) is hardly a chore. I just might see a possibility I didn't notice before while flipping through the book. And if we're mostly talking character creation--I think flavorfull feat names can be a plus. Anything that might spark my imagination is a good thing. This is one of the reasons I like Campaign Setting Books is all the flavorfull feats n'stuff. (And no, I don't have any compunction about stealing a feat I like from, say, the FRCS even if I'm not playing there.)&nbsp; Granted, Golden Wyvern doesn't do much for me one way or the other, though I do like most of the other tradition names, but I can see the advantage. Also, &quot;Spell-shaper?&quot; While that will tell me the basic idea behind the feat, I'm still going to have to look it up to see exactly what it does, especially if we have SpellShaper 1, 2, 3, and 4.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mad Mac, post: 3931218, member: 27873"] I thought about this, and at first I agreed with you, but on reflection, I don't. My reasoning is this. Players rarely forget what their feat does. Feats are precious, and each of them is an important character building decision. Especially so for an active feat that will see frequent use. No matter what the name is, a player is unlikely to forget it, unless they simply don't use it and probably shouldn't have picked it to begin with. And of course they aren't going to shout the name every time they use it, it's just "I remove square b, x, and d", probably at least once every major combat, and thats it. Now, I do forget what feats do on occasion, and have to look them up, but it's usually only relevant when I'm leveling up a character. And honestly, browsing a few feats to see if it really works for my character (or one of my players characters) is hardly a chore. I just might see a possibility I didn't notice before while flipping through the book. And if we're mostly talking character creation--I think flavorfull feat names [B]can[/B] be a plus. Anything that might spark my imagination is a good thing. This is one of the reasons I like Campaign Setting Books is all the flavorfull feats n'stuff. (And no, I don't have any compunction about stealing a feat I like from, say, the FRCS even if I'm not playing there.) Granted, Golden Wyvern doesn't do much for me one way or the other, though I do like most of the other tradition names, but I can see the advantage. Also, "Spell-shaper?" While that will tell me the basic idea behind the feat, I'm still going to have to look it up to see exactly what it does, especially if we have SpellShaper 1, 2, 3, and 4. [/QUOTE]

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