WotC Blogs II

[The Little Raven]

To be fair. Having fresh eyes, people who DON'T know the 4e system as its various incarnations, is also helpful.

Hence the reason we have the RPGA/DDI playtest.

And since every major edition has a playtest of that nature, I think that complaining about developers playing with other developers is just an excuse to find something to bag on them about.

 

[Rechan]

From Mearls blogpost:

For something like feats, we've polished the mechanics of existing feats and identified areas where we need a few more of them. As we work through the home stretch playtests, we'll likely send out new feats for testing and comment to fill those holes. At this stage, it's much more an issue of making sure we have a good mix of feats for every class and race.

So there are race feats.

 

[Majoru Oakheart]

So there are race feats.

Not necessarily. This reads more to me as "A good mix of feats that people playing every race and class will want to take."

For instance, Toughness is a feat you might want to take as a Dwarf to feel more Dwarf-like even if it isn't a Dwarf only feat.

 

[Knight Otu]

Weren't racial feats mentioned in the very first Design & Development article covering races? I don't think there's too much of a doubt of them being in (with the usual "everything's in flux' caveat).