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[5e] Unearthed Arcana: Feats

Started by Necrozius, June 09, 2016, 08:23:40 AM

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KingCheops

#45
June 14, 2016, 02:22:43 PM
Make up some shit that your table thinks is cool.  It has worked in every edition bar 3rd.

dbm

#46
June 17, 2016, 05:03:32 PM
Survey's up on the site...

Matt

#47
June 17, 2016, 06:00:23 PM
Wait, someone needs an official rule to adjudicate throwing a lasso or sand in someone's eyes? Isn't that what GMs do? Is this for solo play?

Christopher Brady

#48
June 17, 2016, 09:44:10 PM
So what are people's complaints about the Tool Feats in general, personally, I like them.  They're not really game breaking from what I can see.
"And now, my friends, a Dragon\'s toast!  To life\'s little blessings:  wars, plagues and all forms of evil.  Their presence keeps us alert --- and their absence makes us grateful." -T.A. Barron[/SIZE]

Omega

#49
June 18, 2016, 06:13:57 AM
Quote from: Christopher Brady;903921So what are people's complaints about the Tool Feats in general, personally, I like them.  They're not really game breaking from what I can see.

I like them and they fit the whole design scheme 5e seems to be rolling with. And opens up the option to sit down and learn new tools.

Shipyard Locked

#50
June 18, 2016, 07:35:43 AM
Quote from: dbm;903898Survey's up on the site...

I did it.

A thought that occurred to me when they asked what kind of feats I thought they should be going for: feats for new optional subsystems of the game, not bloat for the already well-served existing systems. For instance, dominion management feats, or sailing feats, or feats related to fear / horror /madness, or honor feats, etc.

dbm

#51
June 18, 2016, 08:47:07 AM
I'd like feats to make new Bonus actions available - they are a cool subsystem which gives you choices to make every round.

Christopher Brady

#52
June 18, 2016, 07:53:49 PM
Quote from: Omega;903979I like them and they fit the whole design scheme 5e seems to be rolling with. And opens up the option to sit down and learn new tools.

I learned something new this week, which as a DM shames me, you can learn new languages and tool proficiencies by using the Down Time system (which I use the word loosely) and I haven't completely read everything you can do in it, yet.  And more importantly, it's not tied to leveling, you can in theory spend time in a 'town' learning at level 1 or 10 or whatever and gain more languages/tools.
"And now, my friends, a Dragon\'s toast!  To life\'s little blessings:  wars, plagues and all forms of evil.  Their presence keeps us alert --- and their absence makes us grateful." -T.A. Barron[/SIZE]

Shipyard Locked

#53
June 18, 2016, 10:04:16 PM
Quote from: Christopher Brady;904086I learned something new this week, which as a DM shames me...

Don't feel ashamed, these rulesets are so complex everyone's bound to miss a few things.

Christopher Brady

#54
June 19, 2016, 01:19:51 AM
Quote from: Shipyard Locked;904106Don't feel ashamed, these rulesets are so complex everyone's bound to miss a few things.

Complex?  Dood, I ran AD&D 2e and 3.x for years, and some 4e, 5e is easy compared to those.  

Sadly, it's me not reading everything as a good GM should have.
"And now, my friends, a Dragon\'s toast!  To life\'s little blessings:  wars, plagues and all forms of evil.  Their presence keeps us alert --- and their absence makes us grateful." -T.A. Barron[/SIZE]

Omega

#55
June 19, 2016, 06:52:14 AM Last Edit: June 19, 2016, 06:57:21 AM by Omega
Theres also an option in the DMG for picking up feats outside your level limits. Its supposed to be rare or one-time rewards. But it opens up even more ground.

Also thinking on it. If a DM doesnt allow feats from levelling. Granting them only from teachers and such would be a great way to introduce and control what players have access too.

Panzerkraken

#56
June 19, 2016, 07:07:17 AM
Quote from: Omega;904136Theres also an option in the DMG for picking up feats outside your level limits. Its supposed to be rare or one-time rewards. But it opens up even more ground.

Also thinking on it. If a DM doesnt allow feats from levelling. Granting them only from teachers and such would be a great way to introduce and control what players have access too.

That suggestion honestly made me go "Oooh." and wiggle my fingers eagerly.  Sub-quest branches are unfolding for my family's 5e game as we speak.
Si vous n'opposez point aux ordres de croire l'impossible l'intelligence que Dieu a mise dans votre esprit, vous ne devez point opposer aux ordres de malfaire la justice que Dieu a mise dans votre coeur. Une faculté de votre âme étant une fois tyrannisée, toutes les autres facultés doivent l'être également.
-Voltaire

Christopher Brady

#57
June 19, 2016, 01:06:35 PM
Flarkin' 'ell, I really need to sit down and reread all the books, how could I miss that?  Can I get page citations for the feats thing?
"And now, my friends, a Dragon\'s toast!  To life\'s little blessings:  wars, plagues and all forms of evil.  Their presence keeps us alert --- and their absence makes us grateful." -T.A. Barron[/SIZE]

tenbones

#58
June 20, 2016, 12:49:29 AM
Quote from: Omega;904136Theres also an option in the DMG for picking up feats outside your level limits. Its supposed to be rare or one-time rewards. But it opens up even more ground.

Also thinking on it. If a DM doesnt allow feats from levelling. Granting them only from teachers and such would be a great way to introduce and control what players have access too.

Oddly enough - I've been given stink eye for pointing this out, with the assumptions I'm powergaming. I think it's one of the best optional rules in the DMG. Of course, most people that I know that play 5e or talk about it on forums completely ignore this rule. Or don't know it even exists. I suspect it's because it makes all the new-bloods feel like it makes the DM "too powerful" or whatever. /shrug. Whatever. It seems most people in these parts hate Feats anyhow, and mostly as a reaction to 3.x/PF (justifiably), rather than being a potential good mechanic to solve problems of scale and taste.

tenbones

#59
June 20, 2016, 12:50:22 AM
Quote from: Panzerkraken;904138That suggestion honestly made me go "Oooh." and wiggle my fingers eagerly.  Sub-quest branches are unfolding for my family's 5e game as we speak.

Tie to Faction-rewards. Also in the DMG. Then you have nearly endless RP potential to give players stuff to *actively* pursue.
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