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Attribute Feats

All aspects of the d20 game – Fantasy, Modern, Future, Past, and anything else that comes along –

present a system of character representation known as ability scores. From those scores, a

character achieves modifiers used to increase skills, attacks, spells, and other intricacies of the

game. In reality, people are much more complex than this, and it is the goal of every RPG designer

to create additions seeking to improve the original design and add more realism to the game they

play.

And sometimes they just look for an excuse to add more feats. Whatever works.

Attribute Feats was designed for use in any of the d20 genres and represents a system of

traits and flaws with bonus feats gained through ability score combinations. They can also be

modified to suit the particular style, genre, or other concepts of your campaign as desired.

Using Attribute Feats

Before we introduce attribute feats, we must start at the foundation of character creation: abilities.

Strength, Dexterity, Constitution, Intelligence, Wisdom, and Charisma are the six abilities given to

all adventurers in the d20 fantasy world. The higher the scores, the higher the modifier used in

conjunction with the numerous actions available to them. So, what if your character can have more

than just higher rolls with a good Strength score?

Attribute feats are feats automatically gained during character creation based on your total

combination of ability scores. They can still be purchased using this system (as many of the feats

considered attribute feats are found in the core rulebooks) but have now been adapted so that they

can be gained during character creation or whenever your character’s attribute score increase high

enough to qualify for such a feat. These feats reflect gifts and natural talents found within all

creatures and some can introduce drawbacks and less than favourable modifiers as well. The key

to using this optional system is to remember that if the heroes get to take advantage of these feats,

so too do the villains.

Each attribute feat comes with its new qualifying ability score combination. Each feat

requires a combination of two attributes with a minimum or maximum score for each. For

example, to qualify for the Agile attribute feat, your character must have a Dexterity score of 17+

and a Constitution score of 14+.

All of the feats provided here are not limited to selection through this optional rule. All

feats found below can still be selected using the standard feat purchase system but they cannot

selected twice (once as an attribute feat and purchased for a second time at 3 rd -level) – the

bonuses/penalties for these feats do not stack.

Limiting Attribute Feats

Powerful characters with impressive ability scores cannot have access to every attribute feat featured

below – there has to be a limit. A character is allowed to have a maximum of one greater attribute

feat per maximized ability score, meaning the ability score with the highest requirement. For

example, if the character gains the Self-Sufficient feat, he must gain it as his Wisdom attribute feat

(as the requirement of 18+ for Wisdom is higher than the Constitution requirement). He cannot

gain any additional attribute feat with a maximized Wisdom ability score, such as Alertness,

Dedicated, or Diligent. It is up to the player to select which attribute feat he would prefer.

Lesser attribute feats (see below) do not face this limitation.

Greater Attribute Feats

Greater attribute feats add an additional bonus to particular rolls made by the character, either for

skills, attack rolls, save throws, or other concepts. Most of these are found in core rulebook I while

new ones have been included below with detail provided at the end of this section. A small handful

of these benefits can only exist within characters of highly exceptional qualities (meaning ability

scores of 20+).

All new feats are provided in italics.

Greater Attribute Feats: Ability Score Minimums:

Acrobatic

Con 21+, Str 18+, Cha 15+

Agile

Dex 17+, Con 14+

Alertness

Wis 16+

Animal Affinity

Cha 16+, Wis 14+

Athletic

Str 16+, Dex 14+

Balanced Strike

Str 16+, Dex 19+

Deceitful

Cha 16+, Wis 14+

Dedicated

Wis 16+, Dex 13+, Cha 13+

Defensive

Dex 20+

Deft Hands

Dex 16+, Wis 14+

Diligent

Wis 16+, Int 13+

Investigator

Int 16+, Wis 14+, Cha 13+

Magical Aptitude

Wis 16+, Cha 14

Memory Lock

Int 18+, Wis 15+

Mimic

Cha 17+, Wis 15+

Negotiator

Cha 17+, Wis 13+

Nimble Fingers

Dex 16+, Wis 14+

Persuasive

Cha 16+

Self-Sufficient

Wis 18+, Con 14+

Snap Attack

Dex 24+, Wis 20+

Stealthy

Dex 17+, Wis 15+

Unstoppable

Con 20+, Str 20, Wis 17+

Adrenaline Rush

Adventure courses through your veins – you can temporarily shrug off effects that would affect

other immediately.

Prerequisite: Con 21+, Str 18+, Cha 15+

Benefit: The character automatically receives one free round before any involuntary actions can

begin to affect him. These involuntary actions must include some type of Will save and do not

apply to damage inflicted. For example, a character with this feat can ignore being charmed for one

round even after failing the Will saving throw. A magic missile spell, however, will still inflict

damage as soon as it strikes the same character.

As a secondary benefit, a character with this feat who falls under 0 hp can ignore the effects

(i.e. falling unconscious) for one round immediately after being dropped.

The character must be in combat or in the midst of any strenuous activity before this feat

can function. The free round ends as soon as the character completes his next regular turn as

determined by initiative. If the action that requires the Will save or reduces the character’s hit

points below 0 occurs after a previous turn, then the character will not have to worry about suffering

the effects until after he completed his next turn. If the character is forced to suffer another Will

save effect or takes additional damage after the original cause and prior to his next turn, this feat is

negated and the character will feel the effects of both actions taken against him.

Adrenaline Rush

Dex 16+, Wis 13+

Balanced Strike

You can maintain your balance in combat so much that you can actually make a bonus kick attack.

Prerequisite: Str 16+, Dex 19+

Benefit: As part of a full-round attack, you can add an additional unarmed kick against an opponent

with a +0 bonus. The damage of the kick is equal to your standard unarmed damage and must be

taken as the final attack roll in the round. If you are placed in a situation where kicking cannot be

accomplished without causing harm to yourself (i.e. fighting on a tightrope or other precarious

situation), the bonus kick attack cannot be used.

Dedicated

Your devotion to the creative skills is commendable.

Prerequisite: Wis 16+, Dex 13+, Cha 13+

Benefit: You gain a +2 competence bonus to all Craft and Profession skill checks.

Defensive

You can avoid some attacks better than others can.

Prerequisite: Dex 20+

Benefit: You gain a +1 bonus to AC against the first attack of opportunity in a round.

Memory Lock

You have a photographic memory and can recall the smallest details with little thought.

Prerequisite: Int 18+, Wis 15+

Benefit: Once per day, you can choose to completely memorize all details of a particular room,

object, or person. You may also choose to recite an entire speech to memory (no more than 25

words/character level). You can recall this specific piece of stored information at any time so long

as you are completely conscious, have more than 50% of your hit points, and have not been

mentally disabled (i.e. Intelligence damage or drain). As soon as you choose to memorize

something else, the new one replaces the original memory.

Special: If you have been charmed, hypnotized, or placed under any under state of involuntary co-

operation, you can still recall your memory or substitute it with a new one.

Mimic

You have a natural talent for imitating people.

Prerequisite: Cha 17+, Wis 15+

Benefit: You gain a +2 competence bonus to all Perform checks and to the DC for any spell that

involves imitating an existing character. This bonus can apply to any type of imitation (visual or

audible). Any creature with the shapeshifter subtype can use this attribute feat in their natural

ability to alter their physical form.

Snap Attack

Sleep cannot slow you down – you are able to make an attack while you are asleep.

Prerequisite: Dex 24+, Wis 20+

Benefits: You can still threaten an opponent with an attack of opportunity even if you are asleep.

So long as an opponent comes within 5 ft. of your sleeping space, you will be able to react as if you

were awake. You are still considered prone (unless you are somehow able to sleep standing up)

and do not benefit from any Dexterity bonuses to AC. Making such an attack comes with a –4

penalty but this can be reduced to –2 if your weapon is already in hand when you sleep. If an

opponent attempts to strike you while you sleep, in what is normally the surprise round, you are

able to react normally.

Unstoppable

Through sheer willpower and physical power, you can carry on when all others have collapsed from

exhaustion.

Prerequisite: Con 20+, Str 20, Wis 17+

Benefit: During any physical or mental activity, you are able to last twice as long before having to

make any rolls to continue your activity further. For example, an unstoppable character can swim

as much as four times their Constitution score before having to make a Swim check or twice as

much in combat.

Lesser Attribute Feats (AKA Drawback Feats)

Who says that only the highest scores should gain new feats? Lesser attribute feats automatically

pass on to characters based on their ability scores but these ones create additional penalties for

characters as they make their way through life. While greater attribute feats are classified as

“natural aptitudes,” lesser feats are probably best described as “drawbacks.”

All lesser attribute feats are provided in the same manner as their greater counterparts

except that they provide ability score combinations and their maximum scores. Any required score

written as 8- means that the score cannot be any higher than eight but can surely be as low as three.

A lesser attribute feat cannot have a maximum score any higher than 8 as most ordinary people

have average scores of 9-11. Creatures who have any score less than three are generally considered

animals or feature alien anatomies, which make these feats inapplicable. Creatures such an undead

who do not have any listing for certain ability scores are not penalized with such feats as their

anatomies do not require the use of such functions as health or sentience.

All lesser attribute feats are presented in the same manner as greater attribute feats.

NOTE: In all fairness, the use of greater attribute feats requires the balancing use of lesser attribute

feats. An exception to the introduction of lesser attribute feats may be allowed if a character’s

ability score(s) are dropped temporarily (GM’s discretion).

Lesser Attribute Feats: Ability Score Maximums:

Clouded

Wis 6-

Forgetful

Dex 6-

Nervous

Cha 6-

Tired

Con 6-

Weak

Str 6-

Clouded

Your low Wisdom score is a sign of dull senses – you do not notice things until they are closer.

Prerequisite: Wis 6-

Drawback: The character must be within 15 feet of any object/person in order to make an

appropriate Spot, Search, or Listen check. For every additional 10 feet away, this character suffers

a –1 cumulative penalty. If the same character must make such a check before an encounter in the

wilderness, inside a dungeon, or any other exploration setting, he will not be able to notice the

encounter until he is 25% closer. For example, if an adventuring party spots a ranger walking

through the woods just over 60 feet away, the character with this feat will be unable to spot him until

he is 40 feet away.

Clumsy

Int 6-

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