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Message: <blockquote data-quote="C4" data-source="post: 5577430" data-attributes="member: 93857">First, I'm going to point out the assumption you're making here. "It's the power gamers who want free feats." I've never seen a power gamer turn down free feats, but IME power gamers are just as happy to power game by RAW than by house rules. (Usually happier, actually.)The players who want the rest of our half-level bonus (aka free "feats") cover the player spectrum -- what we have in common is an understanding of 4e's little math glitch.Speaking as the DM of a similar group, here's what happens when a real math fix is implemented:The power gap between Captain Optimal and Sergeant Snowflake narrows. Because even if Captain Optimal squeezes a few more damage out of the feats he would spend on taxes, Sergeant Snowflake is hitting, dodging and contributing to the group the way that monster stats expect him to. This makes encounter building easier for me, and reduces teeth grinding all around.Worst case scenario: the power boost I gave to the party as a whole means that I add a few XP to my encounter budgets. Which is fine with me, because Sergeant Snowflake isn't sitting on the bench so often.Thank you for exemplifying the fearful attitude so many DMs have about free feats, which I mentioned to DEFCON 1. That's not a snark comment; it's simply pointing out the attitude I see so often with local DMs.</blockquote>