Feats with Stricter Requirements (5e Variant Rule)

Back to Main Page → 5e Homebrew → Feats

Please leave the "(5e Feat)" identifier in the page title when creating your new feat!!

Feats with Strict Requirements

A notable design choice of feats and most other things in 5e is their ability to be used by most any type of player character. This presents a problem as a plethora of interesting designs for feats are locked behind feats being too generic. This variant rule seeks to change this design philosophy and allow for the creation of feats with requirements such as having another feat or levels in certain classes. By doing it, this rule can allow one to fill untouched niches not covered by other homebrew or official feats.

Besides these feats having tougher to meet requirements, these feats should otherwise still be balanced around gaining a single ability score increase. By doing so, the hope is that these feats will be comparable to official feats and usable at most tables.

Below is a list of some of the requirements that may qualify a feat to be on this page.

• The feat requires you to have another feat.
• The feat requires a certain class feature or requires you to have levels in a certain class or subset of classes.
• The feat requires you to know a specific spell that is not a cantrip or 1st level spell.
• The feat requires you to know a specific cantrip or 1st level spell that is not available to most spellcasting classes.
• The feat requires you to be a certain level or higher.

Design Guidelines for Strict Feats

As stated before, these feats should be comparable in power and balance to first-party feats- that being, they should rarely, if ever, eclipse the value of a +2 ASI. The primary purpose of stricter feats should either be:

• To offer an enhancement to a specific feature or ability, unlocking and developing new mechanics and interactions with it, that allows for more customization options for a player character beyond the rigid boundaries of race, class, and subclass.
• Or, to mechanically and thematically connect disparate features that might exist in a multiclassed character, allowing that character to feel more rounded out.

Also, even though we are deviating from 5e guidelines (at least those that existed before OneD&D), remember that this 5e and not 3.5e. Feat trees should be no longer than three feats at most.

Combat Feats

Stricter requirement feats that are predominately used in combat.

Feat	Prerequisites
Adaptable Shaper	Wisdom score of 13 or higher, Wild Shape feature
Advanced Magic Initiate	Magic Initiate feat
Anger of Iron	Strength and Constitution of score of 15 or higher, Rage feature
As One	Wisdom score of 13 or higher, proficiency in Animal Handling, Mounted Combatant feat
Barbearian	Rage and Wild Shape features
Body Trainer	Must have levels in a class with a d8 hit die or lower
Breadmancer	The ability to cast the animate dead spell
Brutal Sneak Attacker	Strength and Dexterity 13 or higher, Sneak Attack feature
Channeled Rage	Rage feature
Conditioned Rage	Rage and Second Wind features
Darklord	Ability to cast darkness
Dexterous Rage	Rage feature
Divine Energy Master	At least 11th level, Divine Smite feature
Divine Illusion	paladin of level 5 or higher
Divine Protection	The ability to deal radiant damage and at least 11th level paladin or cleric
Divine Retributionist	The ability to deal radiant damage and have a level in paladin or cleric
Dual-Wielding Master	Dual wielder feat, 5th level
Duelist's Parry	Defensive duelist feat, the ability to use the battlemaster parry maneuver
Eldritch Barrage	The ability to cast eldritch blast
Eldritch Loyalist	Mystic Arcanum feature
Eldritch Master	Eldritch Blast Cantrip
Elemental Ki	Monk 2nd level or higher.
Elemental Master	Elemental Adept feat
Endurant Rage	Endurant feat, rage feature
Familiar Warrior	The ability to cast the find familiar spell
Fervor	Channel Divinity feature
Fighting Sprint	Second Wind or Action Surge
Fire Bolt Master	The ability to cast the fire bolt spell, Charisma, Intelligence, or Wisdom 13 or more
Furious Fighter	Rage and Action Surge features
Greater Familiar, Variant	The ability to cast the find familiar spell
Greater Heartiness	Constitution score 15 or higher, Tough Feat
Guillotine, Variant	Extra attack, Strength 13 or higher
Heavy Rage	Rage feature, proficiency with heavy armor
Hyperalert	Alert feat
Improved Deflect Missiles	Ki feature, Wisdom 15, and 15 Dexterity
Improved Indomitable	Indomitable
Improved Magic Resistance	Feat Magic Resistance
Improved Natural Armor	Natural Armor
Improved Rage	Rage feature
Improved Second Wind	Second Wind, 5th level
Improved Uncanny Dodge	Uncanny Dodge feature
Inspired Superiority	Bardic Inspiration and the Combat Superiority feature or martial adept feat
Ki Battlemaster	Ki and the Combat Superiority feature or martial adept feat
Ki Brute	Ki feature, Strength 13 or higher
Ki Focused Blows	Medium Size, Strength 16 or Dexterity 16 , Ki class feature.
Ki Mastery, Variant	Ki feature
Ki-Empowered Rage	Ki and Rage features
Lightning Fists of Flurry	Dex 16, Ki class feature, Flurry of Blows.
Lord of Undead	The ability to cast the animate dead spell
Magic Practitioner	magic initiate feat, proficiency in Arcana, Nature, Religion or Performance.
Magical Sneak Attacker	Sneak Attack, the ability to cast at least one spell
Metamagic Master	The ability to use at least 1 Metamagic option
Mighty Spellcaster	The ability to cast a spell of 7th level or higher
Monstrous Shaper	Wild Shape
Poison Immunity	Constitution score of 13 or higher, resistance to poison damage
Polymorph Master	The ability to cast the polymorph spell
Psionic Vampire	Psionics or Psionic Power feature
Quick Attacker	Sneak Attack +3d6 or higher
Rage Mage	Spellcasting or Pact magic feature, Rage feature
Rage Mastery	Rage feature
Redundantly Resilient	Resilient
Resistant Natural Armor	Natural Armor, level 4
Slightly Armored Defense	Unarmored Defense
Soul of Power	Spellcasting or Pact Magic feature, and Ki feature
Spell Master, 2nd Variant	The ability to cast a 6th level spell
Spellbreaker	The ability to cast the dispel magic or counterspell spell
Summoning Master	Conjuration or necromancy spell that creates or summons a creature
Superior Rage	Rage feature
Superior Wind	Second Wind, and the Combat Superiority feature or martial adept feat
Supreme Wild Shape	Wisdom 15, wild shape class feature, Druid 10th level
Swarm Shape	Wild Shape
Thoroughly Trained	Ki feature
Triple Handed Witchblademaster	1 or more levels in Warlock, Hexblade patron
True Beast	Barbarian with the Path of the Beast subclass
Unarmed Smite	Divine Smite feature
Unarmored Bastion	Unarmored Defense, at least one level in monk, at least one level in barbarian
Undead Master	The ability to cast the animate dead spell
Vampiric Touch Master	The ability to cast the vampiric touch spell
Wild Shape Savant	Wild Shape, spell slots

Discovery Feats

Stricter requirement feats that improve ways of handling locations, investigating or travel.

Feat	Prerequisites
Adaptable Shaper	Wisdom score of 13 or higher, Wild Shape feature
Eldritch Loyalist	Mystic Arcanum feature
Elemental Ki	Monk 2nd level or higher.
Fighting Sprint	Second Wind or Action Surge
Improved Second Wind	Second Wind, 5th level
Leader of the Familiars	The ability to cast the Find Familiar spell.
Monstrous Shaper	Wild Shape
Persistent Shapeshifter	Wild Shape Druid class feature, Constitution and Wisdom both 13 or higher
Resistant Natural Armor	Natural Armor, level 4
Swarm Shape	Wild Shape
Wild Shape Savant	Wild Shape, spell slots

Interaction Feats

Stricter requirement feats that improve the way you deal with objects and other creatures.

Feat	Prerequisites
Advanced Magic Initiate	Magic Initiate feat
As One	Wisdom score of 13 or higher, proficiency in Animal Handling, Mounted Combatant feat
Blindsight	Blind Fighting Fighting Style and expertise in the Perception skill or the Observant feat.
Eidetic Spellbook	Keen Mind, Intelligence 13 or higher, must be a wizard
Eldritch Loyalist	Mystic Arcanum feature
Eldritch Spellkeeper	Pact of the Tome, at least one level of wizard
Familiar Warrior	The ability to cast the find familiar spell
Fervor	Channel Divinity feature
Greater Familiar, Variant	The ability to cast the find familiar spell
Hyperalert	Alert feat
Improved Arcane Recovery	Arcane Recovery, 5th level
Improved Indomitable	Indomitable
Leader of the Familiars	The ability to cast the Find Familiar spell.
Magic Practitioner	magic initiate feat, proficiency in Arcana, Nature, Religion or Performance.
Mind Jammer	Intelligence and Wisdom 17 or higher, and 12th level or higher
Persistent Shapeshifter	Wild Shape Druid class feature, Constitution and Wisdom both 13 or higher
Poison Immunity	Constitution score of 13 or higher, resistance to poison damage
Puppet Master	The ability to cast the animate dead spell
Restorative Hands	Lay on Hands, 4th level
Skill Master	Skilled Feat
Sorcerous Spellkeeper	At least one level of wizard, at least one level of sorcerer
Spell Memorizer	Keen Mind, Intelligence 13 or higher, must be a wizard
Spellbreaker	The ability to cast the dispel magic or counterspell spell

Incomplete Stricter Requirement Feats

Stricter requirement feats with one or many improving, reviewing, or removing templates present. Please help work on the problem presented on the template.

• One with the Tribe

4.00

(2 votes)

---

Back to Main Page → 5e Homebrew → Rules
Back to Main Page → 5e Homebrew → Feats