Manalis' Vanilla Feats Overhauled Volume 1

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When I started the game for the first time in january of 2025, I was very excited to discover a new world, to experience a story and know new companions, to learn new skills for my class, to solve mysteries, to fight challenging enemies, and so on.

I was a complete novice in the D&D universe and tabletop, as such, I was going in blind, and so, when I finally reached level 4 for the first time and discovered the Feats, I spent a lot of time going through them, reading the descriptions, thinking aloud what could be the best fit for my character.

I must repeat myself here: I didn't know anything about the game or the 5E edition tabletop, I didn't know anything about what skills or spells I would learn on the next level, when I would learn Feats, etc, it was a total discovery from top to bottom, and I loved it.

I initially believed Feats were specific to each class, but I quickly found it it wasn't the case, so I went on, picked those I wanted, moved on, and eventually completed the game.

Then, I started my modding journey, and after getting a few dozens of mods, mainly character customization, I started a second playthrough, during which many of the flaws that I had noticed during my first experience resurfaced, and confirmed themselves to not be simply annoyances, but deeper issues pertaining to game balance.

Among others things, what bothered me the most was, you guessed it, the Feats.

Let's face it: Feats in the game are bad, they are one of the worst balanced things in the game, ranging from completely useless like Performer or being so ridiculously niche they are for all intents and purpose useless, such as all the Initiate Feats, or Medium Armor Expert; to mind-bogglingly overpowered and basically meta-defining such as Alert, Taven Brawler or War Caster.

While I know the game isn't entirely to blame for the state of things as those Feats are straight up lifted from the 5E tabletop game, with minor changes overall, and that the tabletop version also has a maximum character level of 20 instead of 12, which allows for more Feats to be selected; the fact is that it doesn't work in Baldur's Gate 3, a gam