Excerpts Archive | 9/2/2008

Excerpts: Feats

Forgotten Realms Player's Guide

In today’s Forgotten Realms Player's Guide preview, we introduce a new suite of feats, in this case for the heroic tier.

Your character is defined not only by your character’s race but also by the feats you choose to augment his or her race and class. Chapter 4 of the Forgotten Realms Player's Guide introduces a number of new feats based on the classes, races, and cultures of the Forgotten Realms campaign setting. These feats allow you to infuse your character with the unique mechanics of the setting. Certain racial feats, such as Extra Manifestation—which gives a genasi the ability to add another elemental manifestation—add new features to the Forgotten Realms campaign setting races.

Name	Prerequisites	Benefit
Angharradh’s Favor	Channel Divinity class feature, must worship Angarradh	Grant one ally a +4 power bonus to saving throws
Avowed Dragonfoe	Dragonborn	+1 bonus to attack rolls against dragons, +2 while bloodied
Berronar’s Salve	Channel Divinity class feature, must worship Bahamut	Use Channel Divinity to invoke Berronar’s salve
Blessing of Silvanus	Channel Divinity class feature, must worship Silvanus	Use Channel Divinity to invoke blessing of Silvanus
Broken Shackles	Dragonborn	+1 to Will defense, +2 to saving throws against charm
Chauntea’s Blessing	Channel Divinity class feature, must worship Chauntea	Use Channel Divinity to invoke Chauntea’s blessing
Clutch of Darkness	Drow	Cloud of darkness becomes burst 2, darkfire becomes ranged 15
Elemental Assault	Genasi, swordmage with aegis of assault	+3 to damage based on elemental manifestation
Escalating Assault	Swordmage with aegis of assault	Cumulative +1 to attack with aegis of assault
Extra Manifestation	Genasi	Select one new elemental manifestation
Eyes of Selûne	Channel Divinity class feature, must worship Selûne	Use Channel Divinity to invoke eyes of Selûne
Fleetness of Mielikki	Channel Divinity class feature, must worship Mielikki	Use Channel Divinity to invoke fleetness of Mielikki
Ghostwise Heritage	Halfling	You and ally both use higher result of your Perception checks
Glittergold’s Gambit	Channel Divinity class feature, must worship Garl Glittergold	Use Channel Divinity to invoke Glittergold’s gambit
Gold Dwarf Pride	Dwarf	+1 to AC and attack rolls if you regain consciousness
Gond’s Craft	Channel Divinity class feature, must worship Gond	Use Channel Divinity to invoke Gond’s craft
Ilmater’s Martyrdom	Channel Divinity class feature, must worship Ilmater	Use Channel Divinity to invoke Ilmater’s martyrdom
Improved Swordbond	Swordmage	Call bonded weapon with minor action from 20 squares away
Intelligent Blademaster	Swordmage	Use Intelligence instead of Strength on your basic attacks
Kelemvor’s Judgment	Channel Divinity class feature, must worship Kelemvor	Use Channel Divinity to invoke Kelemvor’s judgment
Manifest Resistance	Genasi	Add 5 to your resistance from elemental manifestation
Moon Elf Resilience	Eladrin	Spend healing surge as free action when using fey step in certain situations
Oghma’s Recall	Channel Divinity class feature, must worship Oghma	Use Channel Divinity to invoke Oghma’s recall
Power of Amaunator	Channel Divinity class feature, must worship Amaunator	Use Channel Divinity to invoke power of Amaunator
Retributive Shield	Swordmage with aegis of shielding	+2 to attack rolls against foe that triggered aegis of shielding
Righteous Rage of Tempus	Channel Divinity class feature, must worship Tempus	Use Channel Divinity to invoke righteous rage of Tempus
Ruthless Hunter	Drow	Your hand crossbow deals 1d8 damage, gains high crit property
Scion of the Gods	Tiefling	+1 to Fortitude and Will defenses
Sheela Peryroyl’s Gift	Channel Divinity class feature, must worship Sheela Peryroyl	Use Channel Divinity to invoke Sheela Peryroyl’s gift
Shield of Shadows	Drow	+2 to Reflex defense while within your cloud of darkness
Shield the Fallen	Dwarf	Grant bloodied, unconscious, or helpless ally +2 to saving throws and all defenses
Stubborn Survivor	Human	+2 to saving throws when you have no action points remaining
Student of Sword Magic	Swordmage	Gain a spellbook to hold your swordmage spells
Sun Elf Grace	Eladrin	+1 bonus to all defenses if you use fey step beforebecoming bloodied
Sune’s Touch	Channel Divinity class feature, must worship Sune	Use Channel Divinity to invoke Sune’s touch
Torm’s Justice	Channel Divinity class feature, must worship Torm	Use Channel Divinity to invoke Torm’s justice
Tymora’s Coin	Channel Divinity class feature, must worship Tymora	Use Channel Divinity to invoke Tymora’s coin
Versatile Resistance	Genasi	Gain resist 5 cold, resist 5 fire, and resist 5 thunder
Waukeen’s Silver Tongue	Channel Divinity class feature, must worship Waukeen	Use Channel Divinity to invoke Waukeen’s silver tongue
Wild Elf Luck	Elf	+1d4 bonus on reroll when using elven accuracy
Wood Elf Agility	Elf	On Acrobatics or Athletics checks, d20 roll of 2–7 counts as 8