Enriss
2011-12-31, 05:41 PM
A friend of mine and I were just thinking about a potential homebrewed feat:
Strategist: Learn to quickly think your way out of situations without relying on natural charm. Who needs to look good when you're this smart? Substitute your Intelligence modifier for your Charisma modifier in all Bluff, Diplomacy, Gather Information, and Use Magic Device checks.
Basically, the reasoning was that a person could be an extremely good liar, diplomat, or investigator simply because they could think on their feet, quickly finding exactly the right thing to say or composing an elaborate lie on the spot. As for UMD, a wizard intellectually understands magic, so why can't someone with the proper training learn to "wizard" a magic device into functioning?
Strategist: Learn to quickly think your way out of situations without relying on natural charm. Who needs to look good when you're this smart? Substitute your Intelligence modifier for your Charisma modifier in all Bluff, Diplomacy, Gather Information, and Use Magic Device checks.
Basically, the reasoning was that a person could be an extremely good liar, diplomat, or investigator simply because they could think on their feet, quickly finding exactly the right thing to say or composing an elaborate lie on the spot. As for UMD, a wizard intellectually understands magic, so why can't someone with the proper training learn to "wizard" a magic device into functioning?