Feats for Attributes

[ImperatorK]

I'd like to allow players getting higher Attributes by using feats, but I'm not sure how much should they give. Plus, there's two options of how to do it - a straight +X to a stat OR +X to your pointbuy pool (I houseruled that you don't gain a normal +1 per four levels, but instead you gain +1 pointbuy every level) - and I don't know which would be better as a feat.

[Kethrian]

Considering you are using pointbuy on level up, definitely make the feats use the same system.  You will have to adjust the rate to suit your campaign, but perhaps you could go something like 2 points +1 per 4 levels when the feat is taken.  This makes the feat more appealing to take at higher levels, when feats should be stronger so that it still competes.

[faeryn]

You know, there already exists a set of feats that grant +1 to their respective Attributes...

Great [Attribute Name]

There is one for each attribute and they all grant +1 each and can be taken multiple times... Granted they are Epic feats... buf if your looking to houserule things anyway you may as well just houserule that feat set to be non-epic...

[ImperatorK]

You know, there already exists a set of feats that grant +1 to their respective Attributes...

Great [Attribute Name]

There is one for each attribute and they all grant +1 each and can be taken multiple times... Granted they are Epic feats... buf if your looking to houserule things anyway you may as well just houserule that feat set to be non-epic...

I know. And quite frankly, they suck. They're not Epic feats. They're not even worth a normal feat.

[Garryl]

If that's how you feel about the existing feats balance, then 5th edition's setup might be about right. +2 to a stat for a feat (or, more accurately, the option to trade one of your +2 racial stat bonuses for a feat instead), and a large number of feats with +1 to a stat and something useful and feat-worthy attached to it.