Feat: Compensate, Is this Balanced?
Compensate for Weakness[General]You've grown up with a weakness all of your life and have learned to compensate for it with other abilities.Prerequisite: Must be first level and HumanBenefit: One...
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My first inclination is that it isn't a good and balanced feat, for a few reasons.First, almost all characters have at least one throwaway stat (generally charisma, if nothing else), and a -2 to a...
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Now the handbook says that not all ability scores are equal in theory, but in practice doesn't actually use it (Example being the Dwarf's +2 to con and -2 to cha).How about checking the Half-Orc's +2...
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It might be reasonable, on the other hand to allow one for mental, and one for physical.Ie, +2 str, -2 dex; +2 int, -2 cha.At least there you've 'equated' the sides by the DMG rules for abilities for...
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I think the feat is too powerful, although I also agree with you that the PHB races are overpowered. I've seen examples where people actually build an elf or a dwarf or a halfling and then use the...
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My only objection to this feat is that it allows you to get the Str+2 with only a single -2. Plus, as a very minor objection, it's almost a gimme for spellcasters, who suddenly get to play human and...
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Are there any feats designed specially for point buy systems? That might be easier to make balanced.
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I agree with the point buy suggestions - basically, that'd translate into a +1/-2 in most cases, unless you're using a really low point buy to start with.I disagree - the half-elf is the worst race in...
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What if i only allowed bonuses and penalties that have already been given? If that's the case all of these are ok. (I neglected adding the half orc because the wood elf gives a better bonus).+2 Str,...
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As far as I know, that bonus for the wood elf is not correct.I think you might be thinking of the +2 Str, +2 Dex, -2 Con, -2 Int one... they were sneaky on that one and apparently matched Str to Con,...
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I thought so too about the Wood elf, but i looked it up in the 3.5 monster manual and only saw +2 Str, -2 Int as the changes. This made me assume that these two were balanced with each other since...
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If you look more closely, you'll note it's in addition to the ability changes an elf already has (+2 Dex, -2 Con) - you can't just infer that Not to say that +2 Dex, -2 Int, or +2 Con, -2 Cha, are...
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I agree with the notion of allowing it if you kept it to physical only, or mental only... so 2 feats.Also, just because a given race has certain stats in no way makes them "balanced" versus any other...
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Quote:Also, just because a given race has certain stats in no way makes them "balanced" versus any other thing, certainly not a feat (even the human bonus feat). So are you going to cite races with...
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Humans also get "Favored Class: Any"... what value are you attributing to that?
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Not much since it's entirely situational and in the case of spellcasters most likely never coming up at all. Not to mention i've read that multiclass penalties are a sacred cow, and that experience...
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Favored Class: Any is worthless for balancing purposes.
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Don't forget that there are other benefits for choosing a race other than human besides the bonus feat. I bring this up because it is important to note that you should consider everything thing a...
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Eh, Darkvision, yes... low-light no. Very low value attached to it, from what I can tell.Also, things like 'bonus weapon proficiency feats with bow, sword, etc' sound like they're worth feats (they...
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