Talk:Truly Attuned (5e Feat)

Design disclaimer?

As far as I'm aware, in official material, there's no way to increase the number of magic items to which you are attuned. It's also been stated that the limit of 3 is a fundamental balancing component of the game. Perhaps a Design Disclaimer is warranted? - Guy 20:01, 28 August 2018 (MDT)

The Artificer from Unearthed Arcana gains the ability to attune to 4 and later 5 magic items, so this isn't entirely without precedent. — Geodude (talk | contribs | email)‎‎ . . 20:13, 28 August 2018 (MDT)

That is true, but I do believe the class and its features was a bit clunky as the class's power was heavily dependent on having good magical items. Anyway, as for allowing PC's to attune to additional items, I am against the idea of such a feature existing as changing the norm(3) makes it so PC's are much more reliant on how much emphasis the DM game places on giving PC's magic items. Because of this, the feat's power level is inherently extremely volatile as its power level is dependent on what magical items you get. On the high end this feat is far more powerful than any other feat with very powerful magical items, while on the low end this feat literally does nothing to help the PC, which isn't a sign of a well designed feat.--Blobby383b (talk) 20:36, 28 August 2018 (MDT)

On a slightly different note, the feat has a few other issues such as how do you attune to an item in half the time when you attune to an item when you finish a short rest? Do you just sorta take a short rest and only spend 30 minutes to attune to the item an ignore the part about finishing a short rest? Also, you can't gain the benefits of a feat(ie take a specific feat) more than once.--Blobby383b (talk) 20:56, 28 August 2018 (MDT)

Oh, I completely forgot about artificer. That does make it seem more reasonable, though Blobby's comments still make me question this feat's balance.

I assumed "half the time" would be 30 minutes, but yes, it would be worth clarifying if that benefit remains.

Sometimes I forget 5e has a no-repeating-feats rule, unlike previous editions. I think the feat would be better off being unrepeatable, but if not that aspect could also fit in a Design Disclaimer. - Guy 21:07, 28 August 2018 (MDT)

Is it okay now? --Green Dragon (talk) 01:02, 31 January 2020 (MST)

Although I am still no too much of a fan of allowing pcs to attune to addition items, the feat should otherwise be relatively balanced(as much so as a feat that gives allows you to attune to another item) and useful to some pcs whose DM's give out tons of magic items.--Blobby383b (talk) 20:07, 31 January 2020 (MST)