Feat summary

Feats are special abilities that give your character a new capability, or improves one he or she already has.

Each Character gets one feat upon creation. At 3rd level, and every 3 levels after that (6th, 9th...) he or she gains another feat. The only additional feats are gained:
 * by Humans who get one additional feat upon creation,
 * by Fighters who get a bonus feat at 1st and 2nd level and every 2 subsequent levels of fighter, but must choose from a more limited list of combat-oriented feats,
 * by Wizards who get to choose a bonus metamagic feat at wizard levels 1, 5 and 10.

Free Active Feats are provided to any character that meets the requirements, and represent things most people can try (but not necessarily with much success).

Note also that some classes automatically gain free class feats based on their class level: check each class' page for more details on those.

=Feats list=

Free Active feats

 * Attack: This is the standard attack for all characters. It can be toggled on to attack repeatedly, or activated once by right-clicking the mouse.
 * Defensive Fighting (requires base attack bonus of +1): This feat reduces the character's to-hit by 4 but adds 2 to their Armor Class. Casting a spell ends this mode.
 * Sneak: The character becomes invisible to all enemies that fail a Spot and Listen skill check, opposed by Hide and Move Silently skills.
 * Sunder (, ✅)
 * Trip (15 second cooldown, requires base attack bonus of +1, and some unconfirmed class requirements): This feat has a chance to trip the target rendering it prone for a short time. Some creatures may be immune to this effect. Creatures larger or stronger than you are less likely to trip.  Some weapons, like a sickle, supposedly provide a bonus to Trip attempts.

Free Passive feats

 * Heroic Durability: This feat increases the characters maximum hit points by 20.
 * Magical Training: ✅

Active feats

 * Cleave (5 second cooldown, requires Power Attack): Activate this ability to attack one or more enemies in an arc in front of you. Cleave has a better chance to hit more enemies at once than a basic attack.
 * Combat Expertise (requires Intelligence 13+): This feat subtracts 5 from the characters to-hit roll, and increases its Armor Class by 5. Casting a spell ends this mode.
 * Great Cleave (10 second cooldown, requires Cleave, base attack bonus of +4 or higher): This feat attacks enemies in a wider arc than Cleave. Great Cleave has a greater chance to hit more enemies than Cleave.
 * Hamstring (15 second cooldown, requires Sneak attack):
 * Improved Feint (8 second cooldown, requires Combat Expertise, Sneak Attack): An attack which also Bluffs the enemy, enabling a sneak attack.
 * Improved sunder (15 second cooldown, requires Sunder, Power attack):.
 * Improved Trip (10 second cooldown, requires Combat Expertise): This feat has a chance to trip the target, rendering it prone for a longer period of time than Trip. Some creatures may be immune to this effect.
 * Manyshot (20 second duration, 2 minute cooldown, requires Dexterity 17+, Point Blank Shot, Rapid Shot, base attack bonus of +6 or higher): Enables the character to fire with a bow two or more arrows at a target at -4 to hit. A third arrow can be fired when they achieve a base attack bonus of +11 and a 4th arrow at +16 to hit. Extra arrows apply a cumulative penalty of -2 to hit for each arrow fired.
 * Power Attack (10 second cooldown, requires Strength 13+): Reduces your hit bonus by 5, or your BAB, whichever is lower. Then your successful attacks will have their damage increased by the same amount. Two-handed weapons get twice that damage bonus.
 * Precision (30 second cooldown, requires Dexterity 13+, base attack bonus of +1 or higher): This feat grants +4 on to-hit rolls but damage (including Sneak Attack Damage) is halved. (Elemental, and bane damage unaffected).
 * Resilience (30 second cooldown, requires Constitution 13+, base attack bonus of +1 or higher): This feat reduces to-hit rolls by 4; attacks deal half damage but the character gains +4 to all saving throws..
 * Sap (15 second cooldown): This feat has a chance to render the target briefly senseless, though it will become active if damaged again. Some creatures may be immune to the sap effect.
 * Slicing Blow (15 second cooldown): When this feat successfully lands, the attack will deal its initial damage plus additional damage as the target bleeds. Some creatures may be immune to the bleeding effect.
 * Stunning Blow (15 second cooldown): This feat has a chance to stun the target for a few seconds. Some creatures may be immune to the stunning effect.
 * Whirlwind Attack (15 second cooldown, requires Combat Expertise, Spring Attack, base attack bonus of +4 or higher): This feat attacks all enemies in a 360 degree arc around the character.

Passive feats

 * Acrobatic: This feat provides a +2 bonus to the characters Jump and Tumble skills.
 * Alertness: This feat provides a +2 bonus to the characters Listen and Spot skills.
 * Athletic: This feat grants a +2 to the Balance and Swim skills.
 * Heavy Armor Proficiency (requires Medium Armor Proficiency): This feat negates the penalties from wearing heavy armor.
 * Light Armor Proficiency: This feat negates the penalties from wearing light armor.
 * Medium Armor Proficiency (requires Light Armor Proficiency): This feat negates the penalties from wearing medium armor.
 * Bullheaded: This feat grants +2 to the skill Intimidate and +1 on Will saves.
 * Combat Casting: This feat grants +4 to the concentration skill when spells are cast in combat.
 * Discipline: This feat grants +2 to Concentration skill checks, and +1 to all Will saving throws.
 * Dodge (requires Dexterity 13+): This feat grants +1 to the characters Armor Class.
 * Exotic Weapon Proficiency (requires base attack bonus of +1 or higher): This feat negates the -4 penalty from using an exotic weapon untrained. It must be taken once for each exotic weapon you wish to become proficient in.
 * Extra turning (requires the ability to Turn undead): allows the character to turn undead an additional 4 times per rest period. This feat can be taken only once.
 * General Shield Proficiency: This feat negates the penalties from using a shield untrained.
 * Great Fortitude: This feat grants a +2 bonus to all Fortitude saves.
 * Greater spell focus : adds +1 to the DCs of your spells from the chosen school of magic, making them harder to resist. This bonus stacks with the bonus from the Spell focus feat of the same school. The available choices are: Abjuration, Conjuration, Enchantment, Evocation, Illusion, Necromancy, Transmutation.
 * Greater Spell Penetration: Same effect as spell penetration, but cumulative to Spell Penetration for a grand total of +4.
 * Greater two-handed fighting (requires Strength 17+, Base attack bonus of +11 or higher and Improved two-handed fighting): When fighting with a two-handed weapon, your glancing blows do additional damage, and you now get glancing blows on the 4th attack in your combo chain.
 * Greater two-weapon fighting: (requires Dexterity 17+, base attack bonus of +11 or higher, Improved two-weapon fighting):
 * Greater Weapon Focus (requires Fighter (level 8) and Weapon Focus in a specific weapon type): This feat grants an additional +1 on to-hit rolls with the chosen weapon type (thrown, ranged, bludgeoning, piercing or slashing). This feat stacks with Weapon Focus.
 * Greater weapon specialization in a weapon type (requires Fighter level 12, Weapon focus and Weapon specialization in the same weapon type): adds +2 damage when using the specified weapon type, that stacks with the bonus from weapon specialization.
 * Improved Critical (requires base attack bonus of +8 or higher): This feat doubles the threat range of a certain weapon type (thrown, ranged, bludgeoning, piercing or slashing). This feat can be taken multiple times, each time applying to a different kind of weapon.
 * Improved Mental Toughness (requires Mental Toughness, ability to cast 3rd level spells): This feat increases the characters spell points by +5 each level and stacks with Mental Toughness.
 * Improved Mobile Spellcasting (requires Combat Casting, Mobile Spellcasting, ability to cast 5th level spells): This feat allows the caster to move about faster when casting a spell.
 * Improved precise shot (requires Dexterity 19+, Point blank shot, Precise shot, Base attack bonus +11 or higher): Your targeted ranged attacks will now pass through and damage all foes in your path until they reach your intended target.
 * Improved Shield Bash (requires Shield Proficiency: General): Enables the character to retain the shield bonus to its Armor Class when using Shield Bash.
 * Improved Shield Mastery (requires ): increases the amount of additional damage the character can block with a shield by +3 damage reduction for a total of +6 (when combined with its prerequisite Shield mastery).
 * Improved Turning (requires Turn Undead): This feat gives clerics and paladins a better chance at turning the undead.
 * Improved two-handed fighting (requires Strength 17+, Two-handed fighting, base attack bonus of +6 or higher): increases the damage from glancing blows when fighting with a two-handed weapon by 10%.
 * Improved Two-weapon Fighting (requires Dexterity 17+, base attack bonus of +6 or higher, Two-Weapon Fighting): This feat adds a second Off-hand attack to a two-weapon combo chain at a +5 bonus to-hit.
 * Iron Will: This feat grants a +2 bonus to Will saves.
 * Lightning Reflexes: This feat grants a +2 bonus to all Reflex saving throws.
 * Luck of Heroes: This feat grants a bonus to +1 to all saving throws.
 * Martial weapon proficiency: Negates the -4 penalty from using a martial weapon untrained. ✅
 * Mental Toughness (requires being able to cast spells): This feat Increases the characters maximum spell points by 10 at first level, and 5 spell points for each additional level.
 * Mobile Spellcasting (requires Combat Casting, ability to cast 2nd level spells, Dexterity 13+): This feat allows the caster to move about slowly when casting a spell.
 * Mobility (requires Dodge):.
 * Negotiator: This feat grants a +2 bonus to Diplomacy and Haggle skills.
 * Nimble Fingers: This feat grants a +2 bonus to the Disable Device and Open Lock skills.
 * Point blank shot: Grants a +1 to-hit bonus and +1 damage bonus with ranged weapons ✅) against enemies who are within 30 feet of the character.
 * Power Critical:Provides a +4 bonus to confirm critical hits.
 * Precise shot (requires ): Your targeted ranged attacks will now pass through friend and foe alike to strike your target (no damage will be done other than to your target).
 * Quick draw:
 * Rapid reload (requires Proficiency with light crossbows): Allows crossbows to be reloaded faster.
 * Rapid Shot (requires Dexterity 13+, Point Blank Shot):.
 * Resist Poison: This feat grants a +4 bonus to all saving throws vs. poison.
 * Self Sufficient: This feat grants a +2 bonus to the Heal and Repair skills.
 * Shield mastery (requires General Shield Proficiency): This feat increases the amount of damage the character can absorb when defending with a shield. The player is granted a +3 to damage reduction.
 * Shot on the run (requires Dexterity 13+, Point blank shot, Mobility, base attack bonus of +4 or higher): ✅
 * Simple Weapon Proficiency: This feat negates the penalty from using any of the simple weapons untrained. All classes get the simple weapon proficiency.
 * Skill Focus: This feat grants a +3 bonus to the chosen skill when making skill check rolls. This feat can be taken multiple times. Available Skill Focus feats are: Listen, Jump, Haggle, Concentration, Repair, Bluff, Intimidate, Balance, Heal, Swim, Diplomacy, Disable Device, Move Silently, Open Lock, Perform, Use Magic Device, Spot, Hide, Search, Tumble.
 * Snake Blood: This feat grants a +2 bonus to saving throws vs. poison and +1 to reflex saving throws.
 * Spell Focus: This feat makes it harder for enemies to resist the caster's spells. It adds +1 to the difficulty class of the spell. The available choices are: Abjuration, Conjuration, Divination, Enchantment, Evocation, Illusion, Necromancy, Transmutation.
 * Spell Penetration: Adds +2 to the caster level check for defeating a foe’s spell resistance.
 * Spring Attack (requires Mobility, base attack bonus of +4 or higher):.
 * Stealthy: This feat grants a +2 bonus to the Hide and Move Silently skills.
 * Toughness: This feat adds +3 hit points to the character and adds +1 per level for each level. This feat can be taken multiple times so that the effects stack.
 * Tower Shield Proficiency: (requires General Shield Proficiency): This feat negates the extra penalties acquired from using a tower shield untrained (however the normal -2 to attack penalty still applies).
 * Two-handed fighting (requires Strength 15+): decreases the to-hit penalty on glancing blows from -5 to -2.
 * Two-weapon blocking (requires Dexterity 15+, Two-weapon fighting): Increases the damage reduction when actively blocking with two weapons.
 * Two-Weapon Defense (requires Dexterity 15+, Two-Weapon Fighting): This feat grants the character a +1 shield bonus to its Armor Class when fighting with two weapons or +2 to its Armor Class when fighting defensively with two weapons.
 * Two-weapon fighting (requires Dexterity 15+): This feat reduces the penalty to using two weapons at the same time (-6/-10). The penalty for your primary hand lessens by 2 and the one for your off hand lessens by 6. If the offhand weapon is light, the penalties both decrease by another 2 points (-2/-2).
 * Weapon Finesse (requires base attack bonus of +1 or higher): This feat allows the character to apply their dexterity modifier to hit instead of the strength modifier when making melee attacks with light weapons and rapiers.
 * Weapon focus (requires base attack bonus of +1 or higher): This feat grants a +1 bonus on to-hit rolls with the chosen weapon type (thrown, ranged, bludgeoning, piercing or slashing). It can be taken multiple times - once for each of the different types.
 * Weapon specialization (requires Fighter (level 4), Weapon focus with the same weapon type): grants a bonus of +2 to damage with the chosen weapon type (thrown, ranged, bludgeoning, piercing or slashing). This feat can be taken multiple times, once for each weapon type.

Metamagic feats

 * Empower healing spell (1 second cooldown): Increases the healing power and cost of a healing spell by 50%.
 * Empower Spell (1 second cooldown): Causes spells to deal 50% more damage, but doubles the spell point cost of casting the spell.
 * Enlarge Spell (1 second cooldown): Doubles the range of a spell, but increases the amount of spell points needed to cast the spell by 50%.
 * Eschew Materials (1 second cooldown): Allows the caster to cast a spell without its material component. Using this feat increases the spell points consumed by the spell by 30%.
 * Extend Spell (1 second cooldown): Doubles the duration of a spell, but increases the amount of spell points needed to cast the spell by 50%.
 * Heighten Spell (requires being able to cast 2nd level spells): While this spell is active, spells are harder for monsters to resist but the spells cost more spell points to cast.
 * Maximize Spell (1 second cooldown): While active, spells will deal double damage. Spells will cost three times more spell points while this feat is active.
 * Quicken Spell (1 second cooldown): While this feat is activated, spells will be cast faster and cannot be interrupted. During this time though, all spells will cost 100% more spell points to cast.

Racial feats
To the exception of some Warforged racial feats, all racial feats below are given for free at character creation.

Drow feats

 * Drow Spell Resistance: Drow are naturally resistant to spells and magical effects. You begin with SR 11 against nondamaging spells and effects, and can later improve it through enhancements.
 * Elven Keen Senses: Elves have keen senses and gain a +2 bonus to Listen, Search, and Spot checks.
 * Enchantment Save Bonus: Elves are naturally resistant to enchantments, receiving a +2 bonus on saves against enchantments.
 * Exotic Weapon Proficiency (Shuriken): You do not suffer a -4 penalty on attack rolls when using a shuriken.
 * Immunity to Sleep: Elves are naturally immune to magical sleep effects.
 * Martial Weapon Proficiency (Rapier): You do not suffer a -4 penalty on attack rolls when using a rapier.
 * Martial Weapon Proficiency (Short sword): You do not suffer a -4 penalty on attack rolls when using a short sword.
 * Spell Save Bonus: Drow are naturally resistant to spells, receiving a +2 bonus on Will saves against spell effects.

Dwarf feats

 * Dwarven Stability: With this feat, dwarves gain a +4 modifier to the Balance skill.
 * Giant Evasion: With this feat, dwarves gain a bonus of +4 to their armor class vs. giant-type monsters including giants, ogres, trolls, etc.
 * Orc Bonus: This feat gives dwarves a +1 to-hit bonus against orcs and goblinoids.
 * Poison Save Bonus: This feat grants dwarves a +2 bonus to saving throws vs. poison.
 * Dwarven Stonecunning: This feat grants dwarves a +2 bonus to the skill Search while in dungeons.
 * Spell Save Bonus: This feat grants dwarves a +2 bonus to saving throws vs. spells and spell-like effects.

Elf feats

 * Enchantment Save Bonus: This feat grants elves a +2 bonus to saving throws vs. enchantment spells and spell-like effects.
 * Elven Keen Senses: This feat grants elves a +2 bonus to the skills Listen, Search and Spot.
 * Immunity to Sleep: This feat grants elves immunity to sleep and sleep-like effects.

Halfling feats

 * Halfling Agility: This feat grants halflings a +2 bonus to the skills Jump and Move Silently.
 * Halfling Bravery: This feat grants halflings a +2 morale bonus to saving throws vs. fear effects.
 * Halfling Keen Ears: This feat grants halflings a +2 bonus to Listen checks.
 * Halfling Luck: This feat grants halflings a +1 luck bonus to all saving throws.
 * Halfling Size Bonus: This feat grants halflings a +1 size bonus to attack rolls and Armor Class, and a +4 bonus on Hide checks.

Free Warforged feats
Free feats given at character creation:
 * Composite Plating: The feat Composite Plating counts as light armor and grants a +2 armor bonus, but also provides a 5% arcane spell failure chance.
 * Warforged Resistances: Warforged are naturally immune to sleep, energy drain, nausea, exhaustion, poison, disease, and paralysis effects.
 * Light Fortification: This feat grants the character a 25% immunity to critical hits and sneak attacks.

Warforged body feats
These feats used to only be purchased at character creation but can now be swapped via Fred:
 * Adamantine Body: The feat Adamantine Body counts as heavy armor. It grants a +8 bonus to Armor Class and a damage reduction bonus of 2/adamantine. The character also incurs a 35% chance for arcane spell failure, a -5 armor check penalty to certain skills, and a +1 maximum dexterity bonus.
 * Mithral Body: The feat Mithral Body counts as light armor for the character, and grants a +5 bonus to Armor Class. With this feat, the character also incurs a 15% arcane spell failure rate, a -2 armor check penalty to certain skills, and a +5 maximum dexterity bonus.

Regular Warforged feats
These feats may be purchased just like regular feats:


 * Improved Fortification (requires Warforged, level 8): This feat improves the warforged fortifications. It gains immunity to sneak attacks and extra damage from critical hits. This feat will cause the character to lose the ability to be healed by spells such as Cure Light Wounds.
 * Warforged Improved Damage Reduction: This feat grants the character damage reduction 1/adamantine, or improves the characters existing damage reduction by 1.
 * Mithral Fluidity (requires Mithral Body): This feat has two bonuses. It increases the character's maximum dexterity bonus to armor class by +1, and it decreases the armor check penalties by 1.

=See also=
 * Feat - (Definition)
 * Class feat - (Definition)
 * Fighter bonus feats - list