A feat is a specialized skill or talent gained through focused training, discipline, or practice. Feats are non-magical—they do not grant supernatural powers, spell-like effects, or traits outside the natural limits of a character’s race.
Feats represent what a character has mastered through deliberate effort within their class or personal development. They can enhance combat techniques, improve precision, bolster defenses, expand knowledge, or refine specialized skills.
In short, a feat is an earned mark of growth—something a character achieves through discipline, study, and practice.
Feats can be grouped into three primary categories. Each category reflects a different aspect of a character’s growth, whether it be universal talents, class-based expertise, or the refinement of racial heritage.
General feats are available to all characters, regardless of race or class. They represent broad skills or techniques that any adventurer can learn with dedication. General feats often improve survivability, adaptability, or effectiveness in common adventuring situations.
Examples: improved accuracy with weapons, defensive stances, enhanced endurance, or mastery of a skill.
Class feats are tied to a character’s chosen profession. They reflect specialized training that only certain classes can pursue, building on the foundation of their unique roles and responsibilities. These feats help characters excel in the defining features of their class.
Examples: a fighter learning advanced combat maneuvers, a rogue perfecting stealthy techniques, or a cleric gaining more efficient healing practices.
Racial feats allow characters to deepen their connection to their heritage. These feats expand upon natural strengths, cultural traditions, and inherent traits of a race. They cannot grant unnatural or magical powers, but instead enhance abilities that are already part of the character’s lineage.
Examples: elves gaining sharper vision, keener hearing, or greater proficiency with bows; dwarves improving their resilience and skill with axes; halflings refining agility, luck, or stealth.
Racial feats are chosen on a separate track from normal feats. By default, a character selects one racial feat at levels 5, 10, 15, and 20. These options enhance innate racial themes without granting supernatural or class-exclusive powers. Some entries are repeatable and stack.
| Feat | Benefit | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Adaptive Learner | Gain +5 skill points. | Repeatable; stacks. |
| Versatile Training | Gain 1 additional General feat. | Once only. |
| Focused Growth | +1 to any one ability score. | Max once per ability score. |
| Polymath | Choose 2 skills; gain +2 racial bonus to each (permanent). | Choose new skills each time; repeatable. |
| Feat | Benefit | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Keen Sight | +2 racial bonus to Spot & Search. | Repeatable; stacks. |
| Keen Hearing | +2 racial bonus to Listen. | Repeatable; stacks. |
| Martial Heritage | +1 attack/damage with longsword, longbow, shortbow, or rapier. | Repeatable; pick a weapon each time. |
| Fey Grace | +1 racial bonus to Reflex saves. | Repeatable; stacks. |
| Feat | Benefit | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Battle-Hardened | +5 hit points. | Repeatable; stacks. |
| Grudge Fighter | +1 attack/damage vs. a chosen natural enemy (e.g., orcs, giants, goblinoids). | Repeatable; choose a new enemy each time. |
| Master Craftsman | +5 skill points in a chosen craft/profession; those points must be spent in that skill now. | Repeatable; choose a skill each time. |
| Stone Sense | +2 racial bonus to Craft (stone/metal) or Appraise (metals/gems). | Repeatable; stacks or pick the other skill. |
| Stubborn Will | +1 racial bonus on Will saves vs. magic. | Not repeatable. |
| Feat | Benefit | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Nimble Step | +2 racial bonus on Balance & Jump. | Repeatable; stacks. |
| Agile Dodge | +1 AC when unarmored or in light armor. | Repeatable; stacks. |
| Surefooted | +2 racial bonus on Climb & Tumble. | Repeatable; stacks. |
| Halfling Luck | Once/day reroll a failed save; keep the new result. | Repeatable; +1 use/day each time. |
| Fleet of Foot | +5 ft. racial bonus to base speed. | Not repeatable. |
| Feat | Benefit | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Brutal Strength | +1 melee damage. | Repeatable; stacks. |
| Savage Attacker | +1 attack when charging or raging. | Not repeatable. |
| Fearsome Presence | +2 racial bonus on Intimidate checks. | Repeatable; stacks. |
| Thick Hide | +1 natural armor. | Repeatable; stacks. |
| Orcish Endurance | +2 racial bonus on Fortitude saves vs. poison, fatigue, and disease. | Not repeatable. |
| Relentless Hunter | +2 racial bonus on Survival and tracking checks. | Not repeatable. |
| Blood Fury | 1/day when at ≤ 50% HP, gain +2 Strength for the rest of combat. | Repeatable; +1 use/day each time. |
Half-Elf: May choose from Human or Elf racial feats at each racial slot. Cannot select two versions of the “same effect” in the same level (e.g., Human Versatile Training and Elf Martial Heritage aimed at stacking the same weapon in the same slot).
Half-Orc: May choose from Human or Orc racial feats at each racial slot. Same “no double-dip in the same slot” rule applies.
Repeatables: If a feat is marked repeatable, it stacks unless otherwise specified. If a feat grants choices (enemy, weapon, skill), choose a new one each time unless “stacks” is stated.
Balance Note: Each racial feat is tuned to be ~½–⅔ the value of a general feat. Power accrues through progression, not a single pick.