User:Wizardoest/House Rules/Feats

Slowly but surely I'm going thru the books to determine a baseline of feats that I permit, watch, modify and ban. --Wizardoest 15:38, 28 May 2008 (UTC)

New Feats

• Dual Skills: Gain +2 to two different skill checks. Come up with a catchy name for it, e.g. Saddle Caster: Born to ride, bred to cast. Gain +2 to Spellcraft and Ride.

Modifications to all feats

• A prerequisite of Combat Casting may be replaced by Skill Focus (Concentration).
• A prerequisite of Toughness may be replaced by Improved Toughness.

Complete Adventurer

All feats permitted, except those listed below

Watchlist: Leap Attack
Banned: None

Complete Arcane

All feats permitted, except those listed below

Modified: Extra Spell (Spell must be on your the spell list for the class.)
Watchlist: Black Lore of Moil, Pierce Magical Concealment, Pierce Magical Protection
Banned: Craft Contingent Spell

Complete Divine

All feats permitted, except those listed below

Watchlist: Arcane Disciple
Banned: Faith point-based feats

Complete Mage

All feats permitted, except those listed below

Modified: All Reserve Feats are Spell-like abilities.

• Clutch of Earth has a Will save
• Dimension Jaunt requires line of sight and line of effect
• Metamagic School Focus has a minimum spell level adjustment of +1
• Storm Bolt has a Reflex save

Watched: Borne Aloft, Dimension Reach, Metamagic School Focus, Residual Magic

Complete Warrior

All feats permitted, except those listed below

Watchlist: Favored Power Attack, Freezing the Lifeblood, Greater Kiai Shout
Banned: None

Players Handbook 2

All feats permitted, except those listed below

Modified:

• Arcane Thesis, metamagic feats applied to the spell cannot be reduced to less than +1.
• Elven Spell Lore, the racial requirement is waived. Consider it just Spell Lore.
• Imbued Summoning, the spell that effects the summoned creatures effects all of the summoned creatures

Watched: Arcane Thesis, Divine Ward, Imbued Summoning

Races of Destiny

All feats permitted, except those listed below

Modified:

• Urban Tracking needs to be altered, but a solution hasn't yet come to mind.
  
• All [Racial] requirements are waived.

Watchlist: All Initiate feats
Banned: All Illumian feats (To be waived if permitted in a campaign)

Races of Stone

All feats permitted, except those listed below

Modified:

• All [Racial] requirements are waived, unless they pertain to racial abilities or are listed differently below.
• Clan Prestige may be adapted for organizations other than dwarf clans, e.g. Gain a +4 bonus when dealing with the Lone Rock City Watch or Members of the Harpell School of Wizardry.
• Metamagic Song should function more like Divine Metamagic. Details to be ironed out when someone takes it.

Banned: All Goliath feats (To be waived if permitted in a campaign)

Races of the Wild

All feats permitted, except those listed below

Modified:

• Dallah Thaun's Luck has the halfling requirement waived.
• Lightfeet has the elf prerequisite replaced with Survival 2 ranks or Druid 1/Ranger 1
• Yondalla's Sense has the halfling prerequisite waived.

Banned: All Killoren feats (To be waived if permitted in a campaign)

Legend

Modified: These feats have house-ruled changes to them or clarifications.
Watchlist: These feats aren't banned, but are considered potential cheese when mixed properly.
Banned: These feats are not permitted.