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Excerpts Archive | 4/3/2009

Excerpts: Feats

Arcane Power

In today’s Arcane Power preview, we introduce a new suite of feats, showing off those at the heroic tier!

Feats

Feats offer a remarkable opportunity to customize your character. These feats focus on arcane activity and providing interesting options for arcane characters.

You must meet a feat's prerequisites, if any, to take the feat. If you ever lose a prerequisite for a feat (for example, if you use the retraining system to replace training in a prerequisite skill with training in a different skill), you can’t use that feat thereafter. A feat that has a class as a prerequisite is available only to members of that class, including characters who have joined the class through a class-specific multiclass feat.

Familiar Feats

Familiar feats give arcane characters the ability to gain a special type of spirit companion that accompanies them as a friend and cohort. Some of these feats have powers associated with them, which follow the feat description. A familiar feat is denoted by "Familiar" in brackets after the name of the feat. The complete rules for familiars and the associated feats are found beginning on page 137 of Arcane Power.

Heroic Tier Feats

Any feat in this list is available to a character of any level who meets the prerequisites. Heroic tier feats and multiclass feats are the only feats you can take if you are 10th level or lower.

Any Arcane Class	Prerequisites	Benefit
Arcane Fire	Int 13, any arcane class	Target hit with fire power gains vulnerability to cold
Arcane Fury	Half-orc, any arcane class	Deal extra furious assault damage to multiple targets
Arcane Implement Proficiency	Any arcane class	Gain new arcane implement
Arcane Reserves	Human, any arcane class	+2 to damage with at-will powers when encounter powers are expended
Darkfire Implement	Drow, any arcane class	Darkfire deals twice implement damage
Draconic Spellcaster	Dragonborn, any arcane class	+1 to attacks that have same damage type as your breath weapon
Dual Implement Spellcaster	Dex 13, any arcane class	Add off-hand implement enhancement to damage rolls
Elemental Echo	Genasi, any arcane class	+1 to attack, +2 to damage after using racial power
Elven Arcane Precision	Elf, any arcane class	Reroll elven accuracy against all targets of a power
Fanged Magic	Longtooth shifter, any arcane class	Deal extra damage while longtooth shifting
Magic of the Ages	Deva, any arcane class	+1 to attack roll with memory of a thousand lifetimes
Magic of the Mists	Gnome, any arcane class	Retain fade away effect when you attack
Mountain Hammer Spellcasting	Goliath, any arcane class	Ignore resistances after using stone’s endurance
Nimble Spellcaster	Halfling, Dex 13, any arcane class	Area arcane powers don’t provoke opportunity attacks
Predatory Magic	Razorclaw shifter, any arcane class	Shift as free action while razorclaw shifting
Rune-Scribed Soul	Dwarf, any arcane class	+1 to attacks, bonus to damage after using second wind
Twist the Arcane Fabric	Eladrin, any arcane class	Fey step an ally out of your power’s area of effect
Wrathful Magic	Tiefling, any arcane class	Use infernal wrath against missed target

Warlock Feat	Prerequisites	Benefit
Accursed Accuracy	Warlock, Warlock’s Curse	Ignore concealment for cursed enemies
Curse of Io’s Blood	Dragonborn, warlock, Warlock’s Curse	Deal extra damage with curse when bloodied
Cursed Advantage	Drow, warlock, Warlock’s Curse	Gain combat advantage against cursed enemies
Dooming Action	Warlock, Warlock’s Curse	Deal curse damage again with action point
Empowering Shadows	Warlock, Shadow Walk	+1 to damage when you have concealment
Reckless Curse	Human, warlock, Warlock’s Curse	+1 to attack against cursed creatures
Vengeful Curse	Tiefling, warlock, Warlock’s Curse	Curse enemy that hits you as immediate reaction
Vestige Adept	Warlock, Vestige Pact	Change your vestige after pact boon is triggered

Wizard Feat	Prerequisites	Benefit
Careful Summoner	Con 13, wizard	Summoned creatures gain +1 to defenses
Destructive Wizardry	Dex 13, wizard	+2 to damage if you hit two or more creatures
Eladrin Sword	Wizardry Dex 13, eladrin, wizard	Use longsword as implement with wizard powers
Elemental Empowerment	Genasi, wizard	Add Strength modifier to damage with keyword powers
Enlarge Spell	Wis 13, wizard	–2 to damage to increase size of blast or burst
Gnome Phantasmist	Gnome, wizard	+1 to attack and damage with illusion powers
Phantom Echoes	Cha 13, wizard	Gain combat advantage against target hit by illusion power
Remembered Wizardry	Wis 13, deva, wizard	Add additional daily and utility powers to spellbook