Malapterus
2018-10-28, 09:51 PM
I am sort of re-tiling the bathrooms of various races because I do not think the originals work so well in the wide world of sourcebooks. An attack bonus or armor class against a specific creature, for example, is extremely unreliable when a person can so easily run a campaign without goblinoids and ogres. Also, the idea of half-races having abilities that neither parent race has always miffed me.
For Humans, I wanted to add this:
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Once (or maybe twice depending on how things work out) after character creation, when a Human would normally gain a Feat, they may select a Feat for which they meet all but one prerequisite for.
If this prerequiste is a class, race, attack bonus, skill level, or similar requirement, it is simply ignored.
If this prerequisite is a Feat, and the Human meets all the conditions for the prerequisite feat, then the Human simply gains both feats for the price of one.
If the prerequisite refers to a specific ability used by the feat, the Human does not gain that ability or level of ability if they did not have it already. For example, a Fighter with a Wisdom score of 13 could take Natural Spell if he desired, but it would not grant him any ability to Wildshape. Similarly, he could take Extra Turning, but it would not grant him the ability to turn or rebuke undead and would only affect him if he gained such an ability later.
Note: Being above level 20 is an assumed requirement for any Epic feat, and so a Human of level 20 or lower could only take an Epic feat if he met all the other requirements.
At GM discretion, the Human might be allowed to apply this exemption to the prerequisites for a prestige class.
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As always, I am sure there is something I am missing that would make this horribly broken. There are some Epic feats a person might squeeze into, but they're not very good - Bonus Domain at level 17 doesn't seem huge and Great Strength doesn't seem like a good use of a Feat at any level, the worst one at a glance is Epic Speed.
You could get a jump on item creation feats, but I don't think a character is going to have the time and money to screw around with that sort of thing until they reach the appropriate level anyway.
That said, I am sure there are a few of the 2000-or-so Feats out there that I do not know of that have some weird prereq & being able to ignore it would be a huge advantage.
For Humans, I wanted to add this:
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Once (or maybe twice depending on how things work out) after character creation, when a Human would normally gain a Feat, they may select a Feat for which they meet all but one prerequisite for.
If this prerequiste is a class, race, attack bonus, skill level, or similar requirement, it is simply ignored.
If this prerequisite is a Feat, and the Human meets all the conditions for the prerequisite feat, then the Human simply gains both feats for the price of one.
If the prerequisite refers to a specific ability used by the feat, the Human does not gain that ability or level of ability if they did not have it already. For example, a Fighter with a Wisdom score of 13 could take Natural Spell if he desired, but it would not grant him any ability to Wildshape. Similarly, he could take Extra Turning, but it would not grant him the ability to turn or rebuke undead and would only affect him if he gained such an ability later.
Note: Being above level 20 is an assumed requirement for any Epic feat, and so a Human of level 20 or lower could only take an Epic feat if he met all the other requirements.
At GM discretion, the Human might be allowed to apply this exemption to the prerequisites for a prestige class.
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As always, I am sure there is something I am missing that would make this horribly broken. There are some Epic feats a person might squeeze into, but they're not very good - Bonus Domain at level 17 doesn't seem huge and Great Strength doesn't seem like a good use of a Feat at any level, the worst one at a glance is Epic Speed.
You could get a jump on item creation feats, but I don't think a character is going to have the time and money to screw around with that sort of thing until they reach the appropriate level anyway.
That said, I am sure there are a few of the 2000-or-so Feats out there that I do not know of that have some weird prereq & being able to ignore it would be a huge advantage.