Questions tagged [feats]
For questions about interpreting what a feat does or understanding specific feats, which are abilities of a character that provide small bonuses in specific circumstances in Dungeons and Dragons 3rd edition and higher, as well as Pathfinder.
2,149
questions
6
votes
2
answers
306
views
Possibility to gain magic items as feats, class features, or background
Besides the three "default" ways of getting a magic item by finding, buying, or crafting, are there other ways for a player to gain them? I found the second level artificer feature "...
- 114k
10
votes
1
answer
3k
views
What's the benefit of choosing Cartomancy over Metamagic Adept?
I was looking at Cartomancer as a handy way to use normally tactically unwieldy spells in the heat of a fight. Here's the relevant quotes:
Card Tricks. You learn the Prestidigitation cantrip and can ...
- 4,105
1
vote
2
answers
178
views
Can a psion with Metamorphosis and Assume Supernatural Ability create an army of Scythers of Thoon under his command?
Metamorphosis yourself and your psicrystal into Madcrafters of Thoon.
Use Assume Supernatural Ability: Launch Spawn to create as many Scythers of Thoon you want. Use some form of infinite healing to ...
- 191k
5
votes
1
answer
207
views
Does the Leshy Ancestry Feat Grasping Reach reduce Deadly/Fatal damage dice?
The Leshy ancestry feat Grasping Reach allows the Leshy to use most two handed weapons as Reach weapons, in exchange for reducing the weapons damage die by one step.
Does this reduction apply to the ...
- 43.2k
8
votes
2
answers
1k
views
If a bard has two instruments can they cast regularly still?
If a bard, say has War Caster, and has two magical instruments, like say the Rhythm Maker's Drum, and a Reveler's Concertina, can they cast spells that have somatic parts?
I had a player ask, and ...
- 1
12
votes
3
answers
2k
views
Is this verstatile fighting style and feat combination well balanced?
(original title: "How to artfully min-max the hell out of this verstatile fighting style and feat?")
So, given all the answers to my previous question, we have come up with what we think ...
- 453
4
votes
2
answers
306
views
Does Psicrystal Containment prevent a Psicrystal with the Wild Talent feat from psionically focusing itself?
You can spend a full-round action attempting to psionically focus your psicrystal. At any time when you need to expend your psionic focus, you can expend your psicrystal’s psionic focus instead, as ...
- 352k
3
votes
1
answer
1k
views
Can battle medicine feat work together with the ward medic feat?
I have made a character that has the Medic dedication and has both the battle medicine and the ward medic feats. See below for description.
Can my character heal multiple allies during combat ...
- 14.7k
6
votes
2
answers
605
views
What is the logic or fallacy behind the Perpetual Power Point trick?
The Perpetual Power Point trick uses two feats.
The first is Azure Talent (which grants 1:2 ratio of incarnum in for double the power points out) per point of incarnum invested. When essentia is ...
- 352k
4
votes
3
answers
279
views
Is it a standard action to obtain/replace a psicrystal?
Psicrystals have no penalty on death. Literally none. Which stands to reason, unlike familiars, have no cooldown or have no xp loss.
Psicrystal Affinity, being a Psionic feat, is a supernatural ...
- 400
13
votes
3
answers
6k
views
Is the Moderately Armored Feat really the only way for my dwarf to get shield proficiency without multiclassing?
I really enjoy working out rather unusual character builds, or taking a subpar character concept and try to make it work using min/maxing, point buy and having every level from one to twenty planned ...
2
votes
1
answer
838
views
Does the Vital Sacrifice feat cause Fireball or Magic Missile to deal additional damage? If so, to whom?
The Vital Sacrifice feat from Tal’dorei Campaign Setting: Reborn says you can expend a blood boon to gain the following benefit:
When you hit with an attack or spell, you deal an additional 2d6 ...
- 114k
3
votes
1
answer
778
views
Does the Remarkable Recovery feat cause you to regain hit points when you stabilize as a result of rolling your third successful death saving throw?
The Remarkable Recovery feat from Tal’dorei Campaign Setting: Reborn says:
When you are successfully stabilized while dying, you regain hit points equal to [...]
It's unclear to me whether this ...
- 114k
9
votes
3
answers
1k
views
Does Cartomancer's Hidden Ace allow you to cast a spell you normally couldn't prepare?
The new Cartomancer feat from The Book of Many Things has a feature, Hidden Ace, that says "when you finish a long rest, you can choose one spell from your class's spell list and imbue that spell ...
- 2,162
3
votes
1
answer
999
views
Does Cartomancer's Hidden Ace allow you to bypass the casting time of a spell with a long casting time?
The new Cartomancer feat from The Book of Many Things has a feature, Hidden Ace, that says "when you finish a long rest, you can choose one spell from your class's spell list and imbue that spell ...
- 4,044
2
votes
1
answer
338
views
When using a deck of cards as a spellcasting focus (with Cartomancer), can you flourish a single card (for Hidden Ace) with the hand holding the deck?
The new Cartomancer feat from The Book of Many Things states that "You can use a card deck as your spellcasting focus." It also states that you can "imbue" a spell "into a ...
- 149k
5
votes
1
answer
685
views
Can Fuse Stance be applied to Wild Winds Stance and e.g. Gorilla Stance?
The Wild Winds Stance focus spell grants a character a stance, which is entered by spending a focus point.
Does the level 20 Fuse Stance feat allow this stance to be used alongside another stance ...
- 14.1k
16
votes
1
answer
789
views
Is there any way to use Dexterity for spellcasting or as a named spellcasting ability?
I've always wondered about creating a character who trains to use every spellcasting ability.
The publication of Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants introduces the possibility of using Strength in a ...
- 125k
11
votes
3
answers
2k
views
Thrown Arms Master and Returning Weapon Infusion
Thrown Arm Master is an interesting feat from the Tal'Dorei Campaign Setting Reborn, but I'm curious about its interaction with the Returning Weapon infusion. Namely the following part about Thrown ...
- 4,142
9
votes
1
answer
304
views
Looking for RAW features or items that allow a PC to modify the outcome of a d4+1 that also isn't damage
I'm looking at Time Stop and wondering if there is any way at all to modify the rolled d4+1. I know that Extend Spell doesn't work because the duration is Instantaneous despite the extra rounds it ...
- 114k
6
votes
2
answers
2k
views
Can you take more than one 5-foot-step using Combat reflexes, Evasive Reflexes and Robilar's Gambit together, or Shifting Defence by itself?
Can you using these three feats, take more then one five foot step per round?
From Robilar's Gambit:
In return, they provoke attacks of opportunity from you each time they swing
From Evasive ...
- 2,047
2
votes
1
answer
312
views
Can Greater Metamorphosis or Assume Supernatural Ability be used to acquire supernatural class features??
The ability to change into various forms using Greater Metamorphosis includes the assumption that when there are more than one creature of a particular race, they do NOT count as a unique individuals ...
- 114k
4
votes
1
answer
116
views
Can a magic item be multi cursed when using the Blood Artisan feat to add new abilities to the item?
The Blood Artisan feat was a 3.0 feat that was upgraded to 3.5 in the Dragon Mag #318 (p39) Oriental Adventures update article.
Benefit: When you make magic arms and armor or wondrous items, you pay ...
- 11.6k
4
votes
2
answers
12k
views
Other feats that add CHA to saves like Steadfast Personality?
From the Class Guide, Steadfast Personality allows you to add your CHA to Will saves instead of WIS. Are there other feats that let you add your CHA to your Fortitude or Reflex saves too?
- 8,469
50
votes
6
answers
80k
views
Are all weapons with the "Thrown" property considered a "Ranged Weapon" for the purpose of sharpshooter?
For example a Dagger is listed in the "Melee" section of the weapons list, but has the "light", "Finesse" and "Thrown" properties.
If I throw the dagger (assume ...
- 7,443
11
votes
1
answer
1k
views
Nymph's Kiss as a first-level character
Nymph's Kiss is a feat from the Book of Exalted Deeds that states, among other things:
Starting with the level when you take this feat, you gain 1 extra skill point per level.
If I take this feat on ...
- 352k
15
votes
6
answers
2k
views
Is the Mounted Combatant feat's ability to redirect an attack at the mount limited by the reach of the attacker?
The second benefit of the Mounted Combatant feat says (PHB, p. 168):
You can force an attack targeted at your mount to target you instead.
My DM used a foe to attacked my mount. Imagine this was the ...
- 149k
5
votes
3
answers
1k
views
Epic Holy Strike and its applicability to Unarmed Strikes
Under the Unarmed Strike subsection of the Monk class it states:
A monk’s unarmed strike is treated both as a manufactured weapon and a natural weapon for the purpose of spells and effects that ...
- 4,623
11
votes
1
answer
3k
views
Is the Oversized Two-Weapon Fighting feat not worth it?
The description of the Oversized Two-Weapon Fighting feat says (Complete Adventurer, p. 111):
You are adapted at wielding larger than normal weapons in your off hand.
Prerequisite: Str 13, Two-Weapon ...
- 49.9k
10
votes
2
answers
780
views
Does Sticky Bomb persistent damage crit?
Alchemist can take Sticky Bombs, an Additive that allows you to cause persistent damage when you hit with a bomb.
You mix in an additive to make your bomb’s contents adhere to the target and continue ...
- 14.7k
17
votes
2
answers
6k
views
Can I Combine Shield Master and Great Weapon Master?
I was trying to think of a way to allow my level 20 Barbarian to be able to take both Shield Master and Great Weapon Master, since Shield Master would support my tanking role in the party, and well, ...
- 125k
5
votes
1
answer
492
views
'Shove' feats and 'shoving' weapons
In 2E of Pathfinder - there is a number of fighter feats that allow to automatically shove opponent in certain conditions, icluding Agressive Block and Brutish Shove.
But, at the same time Shove as ...
- 43.2k
10
votes
1
answer
4k
views
Is the Player's Handbook required to choose feats?
I'm trying to use the Basic Rules for 5th edition to create a level 3 character (we're trying out 5e today). I don't have a PHB (yet). Chapter 6 from the basic rules (which is one page) seems to have ...
- 2,047
7
votes
3
answers
2k
views
Can the Polearm Master bonus attack only be used after the main attack?
The first benefit of the Polearm Master feat says (PHB, p. 168):
When you take the Attack action and attack with only a glaive,
halberd, quarterstaff, or spear, you can use a bonus action to make a
...
- 49.9k
17
votes
2
answers
1k
views
Can I combine Assurance and Risky Surgery to consistently get Critical Successes for Treat Wounds?
I am currently playing a Rogue who is the party's 'healer'.
I put that in quotes because he's taken a background of Back Alley Doctor, meaning he has the Risky Surgery feat which says:
Your surgery ...
- 18.1k
14
votes
1
answer
2k
views
Can a Wild Magic sorcerer trigger Wild Magic Surges with rituals?
Wild Magic Surges may only trigger after casting a sorcerer spell of 1st level or higher. By default, sorcerers cannot cast spells as rituals, but if they take the Ritual Caster feat, they can (for ...
- 49.9k
16
votes
1
answer
2k
views
Could a Wild Magic Surge be triggered by a Wild Magic Sorcerer using a Magic Initiate spell?
Under Wild Magic Surge it states:
Immediately after you cast a sorcerer spell of first level or higher, the DM can have you roll a d20.
Since Magic Initiate has you choose spells from a specific ...
- 125k
8
votes
2
answers
1k
views
Risky Surgery and resistance to slashing damage
Is taking the slashing damage necessary to get the benefit of Risky Surgery? If the target's resistance1 to slashing completely blocks the damage, is it still a critical success?
like a Cosmos Oracle
- 14.7k
3
votes
5
answers
1k
views
How to Adjudicate the Snowcasting feat?
I have a player who wants to take the Snowcasting feat. But before he does he wants to know how I will rule on the matter.
Snowcasting (General)
You add ice or snow to your spell's components ...
- 1
8
votes
1
answer
629
views
Can Lightning Dash affect the same enemy more than once?
In the new Rage of Elements, the 4th level Kineticist feat allows you to move 30ft through creatures. I was wondering if there was any way to trigger the damage on the same creature more than once. ...
- 4,208
9
votes
2
answers
257
views
When you receive a physical attack and Shield Block it, if it deals multiple types of damage, how is damage reduced?
Shield Block states that:
Trigger While you have your shield raised, you would take damage from a physical attack.
You snap your shield in place to ward off a blow. Your shield prevents you from ...
- 14.7k
3
votes
1
answer
173
views
Are there any abilities in Dnd 5e where a clause effects the entire ability? [duplicate]
Preamble to the question:
Okay, was talkin' with a bit of friends about a character idea of a thief rogue with the healer feat due to the fast hands feature:
Fast Hands
Starting at 3rd level, you can ...
- 193
11
votes
2
answers
8k
views
Can I benefit from a feat effect while polymorphed?
If I have polymorphed into a creature can I use the effects of my feats? For example:
If I have Alert do I still get a plus 5 to initiative?
If I have the Grappler feat can I still pin a creature ...
- 561
5
votes
1
answer
107
views
How would Snowcasting and Mastery of Elements interact?
Mastery of Elements
The archmage can alter an arcane spell when cast so that it utilizes a different element from the one it normally uses. This ability can only alter a spell with the acid, cold, ...
- 352k
19
votes
1
answer
33k
views
Does the Savage Attacker feat let you reroll Sneak Attack damage dice?
The Savage Attacker feat (PHB, p. 169) states:
Once per turn when you roll damage for a melee weapon attack, you can reroll the weapon’s damage dice and use either total.
Additionally, the rogue'...
- 125k
11
votes
2
answers
971
views
How does Tail Spin increase MAP?
Tail Spin is a Goblin feat:
Attempt a single Athletics check to Trip up to two adjacent creatures.
Trip has the Attack trait, so it increases the MAP. However, it says you make a single check, does ...
- 5,277
10
votes
1
answer
1k
views
Why do I need the Raging Intimidation feat in order to Demoralize while Raging?
While building a Barbarian, I was reviewing the rules for Rage and Intimidation. The Barbarian has a level 1 class feat called Raging Intimidation that states:
While you are raging, your Demoralize ...
- 49.9k
16
votes
4
answers
3k
views
What's the price of blood?
The class Tainted Sorcerer from Unearthed Arcana (p. 191) has, among other abilities, the class feature "Blood Component":
Blood Component
A tainted sorcerer must use blood in place of any ...
- 4,105
10
votes
1
answer
236
views
Enlightened fist and split ray
In one of my recent games a friend brought an enlightened fist (Complete Arcane) to the table: while I'm glad he is showing to like it, I also think to understand where the build is pointing, and ...
- 4,967
9
votes
4
answers
2k
views
Does this allow Shillelagh to be cast using Constitution?
At first level select cleric, with the nature domain using the feature Acolyte of Nature to select Shillelagh.
At 1st level, you learn one druid cantrip of your choice. This cantrip counts as a ...
- 1,320