4E with no feats.

[Flik9999]

Hey GITP.

I will soon be running a 4th edition game (D&D) with some friends and in the interest of simplicity (They have never played 4e before and definatly will not want to look through pages and pages of feats.) I am removing feats from the game. It is gonna be PHB1 only and low level. Now what do I need to do to compensate for the powerloss to enable them to still fight effectively against MM1 creatures?


Thanks in advance

Edit: I am thinking Free static bonuses to Hit, Damage and defenses at level 5, 15 and 25. (Weapon focus/bonus damage based on type of spell, Expertise and Paragon Defenses). Also any ideas how I can compensate humans losing one of their class features.

[Acanous]

Boost their starting gear a level, and add an additional level at 5, 10, 15, and 20.
You can run up 'til 25 and they should be OK. Past that, there's going to be some problems.

[Flik9999]

add an additional level? So increase their static bonuses so they are actually ahead of what they would be if they had taken expertise, weapon focus and improved defenses?


Edit: Would letting humans get +2 to any TWO racials compensate for the no bonus feat?

[Acanous]

no no, the gear. Your loot table. Increase their wealth by level by one.
So they start with lv 2 gear. At lv 5, they're getting lv 7 drops. At lv 10, that's lv 13. So on and so forth.

That way they can buy items that make them more effective at what they do, in place of feats. It's not just a static +1/+2 etc, either. They get some control over what bonuses they get, to what things, but you get to drop feats.

[Flik9999]

Ah cool thanks. Should I also give them free static bonus to compensate for the feat tax that everyone normally gets?

[vasharanpaladin]

Ah cool thanks. Should I also give them free static bonus to compensate for the feat tax that everyone normally gets?

No, just give them the bonus from the tax.