Question: Draconic rite of passage

[tacobandito]

I need a third party to settle a dispute between the DM and I about the Draconic Rite of Passage. (www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/we/20060420a)

Is this a feat? My DM thinks so, but I don't.

In my defense, it does say "any kobold who completes the ritual", not "any kobold who takes this feat"

[JaronK]

It's not a feat, it's a ritual. You can just do it, and it costs you some hitpoints and some gold. Think of it as a racial feature (only Kobolds get to do it).

JaronK

[Douglas]

Neither the normal nor greater rite are feats. They are actions that a kobold can take in order to permanently sacrifice the cost and permanently gain the benefit, and that is all. Draconic Reservoir is a feat, and is necessary to perform the greater rite, but the rites themselves are not.

[KillianHawkeye]

The only feat involved is the Kobold feat, Draconic Reservoir, listed at the bottom of that page.

[tacobandito]

Thanks guys!