Suppressing Feats [Archive] - Wizards Community

Suppressing Feats [Archive] - Wizards Community

Post/Author/DateTime Post
captianhowdy
05-19-07, 12:52 AM Is it possible to suppress certian feats? Such as suppressing Destructive Retribution on a Skeleton that took a long/difficult time to find.
CantripN
05-19-07, 03:01 AM You can choose not to use it, I guess...
arjomanes
05-19-07, 03:02 AM You don't have to use a feat. An example of this is the power attack feat. Simply because you have the ability to power attack doesn't mean you have to every round.
CantripN
05-19-07, 03:06 AM You don't have to use a feat. An example of this is the power attack feat. Simply because you have the ability to power attack doesn't mean you have to every round.

On the other hand, you can't choose not to use Toughness or Tomb Tainted Soul, so it depends...
Dheran
05-19-07, 08:25 AM There's no wiggle room in the feat description for Destruction Retribution. It says:Each undead you raise or create with any necromancy spell releases a burst of negative energy upon its destruction so I don't see any way to "turn it off". If you take the feat, you're stuck with the benefits. You could ask your DM about the retraining rules in Players Handbook II, so you could swap this feat for something else. But if the undead in question was already raised/created with the feat, that undead is going to go boom when destroyed.

Post/Author/DateTime	Post
captianhowdy 05-19-07, 12:52 AM	Is it possible to suppress certian feats? Such as suppressing Destructive Retribution on a Skeleton that took a long/difficult time to find.
CantripN 05-19-07, 03:01 AM	You can choose not to use it, I guess...
arjomanes 05-19-07, 03:02 AM	You don't have to use a feat. An example of this is the power attack feat. Simply because you have the ability to power attack doesn't mean you have to every round.
CantripN 05-19-07, 03:06 AM	You don't have to use a feat. An example of this is the power attack feat. Simply because you have the ability to power attack doesn't mean you have to every round. On the other hand, you can't choose not to use Toughness or Tomb Tainted Soul, so it depends...
Dheran 05-19-07, 08:25 AM	There's no wiggle room in the feat description for Destruction Retribution. It says:Each undead you raise or create with any necromancy spell releases a burst of negative energy upon its destruction so I don't see any way to "turn it off". If you take the feat, you're stuck with the benefits. You could ask your DM about the retraining rules in Players Handbook II, so you could swap this feat for something else. But if the undead in question was already raised/created with the feat, that undead is going to go boom when destroyed.