Feats

Feats are the spice of Dungeons and Dragons that give your character a little more individuality. So of course, we need a few new feats for Cimmeria!

Origin Feats

Amazon – You learned from the ways of the warrior Amazon women. You gain the following benefits:
Mounted Prowess. While mounted, your mount can make a melee attack whenever you take an Attack action.
Powerful Presence. You gain proficiency in Intimidation.
Shock and Awe. When you reduce a creature’s Hit Points to 0 with a melee attack you can immediately frighten a target within 30 feet. The target must succeed on a Wisdom saving throw (DC 8 plus your Charisma or Strength modifier and Proficiency Bonus) or have the Frightened condition until the end of your next turn.

Aractrashan – You learned the ways of the jungle and the Aractrashan Kingdom. You gain the following benefits:
Aractrashan Tongue. You know Aractrashan. If you already know Aractrashan when you select this feat, you instead learn one language of your choice.
Hit and Run Tactics. After you hit a creature with a melee attack you do not provoke attacks of opportunity from that creature until the end of your turn.
Sylvan Knowledge. You gain a +2 bonus to Animal Handling, Nature, Perception, Stealth, and Survival when in jungle terrain.

Cimmerian – You learned the ways of the Cimmerian City-states. You gain the following benefits:
Adapted Experience. Increase one of your ability scores by 1, to a maximum of 20.
Adventurous Explorer. You gain proficiency in Perception.

Greek – You learned the culture and tactics of the Greek City-states. You gain the following benefits:
Greek Tongue. You know Greek. If you already know Greek when you select this feat, you instead learn one language of your choice.
Hoplite Formation. If an adjacent ally is hit with an attack, you can take a Reaction to interpose your shield. The ally takes half the damage of the attack (rounded down) and you take the other half (rounded up). You must be holding a Shield to use this Reaction. Once you use this benefit, you can’t do so again until you finish a Short Rest or a Long Rest.
Olympians’ Favor. When you succeed on a roll with Disadvantage you gain Heroic Inspiration. Once you use this benefit, you can’t do so again until you finish a Long Rest.

Invulnerable Skin – You have Resistance to one of Bludgeoning, Piercing, or Slashing damage (choose when you select this feat).
You can take this feat more than once, but you must choose a different damage type each time.

Persian – You learned the culture and tactics of the Persian Empire. You gain the following benefits:
Barter Culture. You gain proficiency in Persuasion.
Persian Tongue. You know Persian. If you already know Persian when you select this feat, you instead learn one language of your choice.
Strength in Numbers. When you’re adjacent to an ally you may reroll a saving throw. Once you succeed on a saving throw while using this benefit, you can’t do so again until you finish a Long Rest.

Xorian – You learned the rigid ways of the Xorian Kingdom. You gain the following benefits:
Manifest Destiny. When you expend Heroic Inspiration you can reroll all your dice until the start of your next turn. Once you use this benefit, you can’t do so again until you finish a Long Rest.
Solidarity. When you take the Help action, you can assist two allies.
Xorian Tongue. You know Xorian. If you already know Xorian when you select this feat, you instead learn one language of your choice.

General Feats

More to come!

I’m Isaac

Welcome to the GoCorral website! I’m Isaac Shaker and this is a place for me to write about D&D and occasionally other topics. I host a podcast called Setting the Stage that interviews different DMs about their campaigns. I’m currently focused on completing the Cimmeria campaign setting and turning it into a book.

Setting the Stage Podcast

86 – Wuxia Adventures in RPGS (Daniel and Metanoia/Ithasen) Setting the Stage, Campaigns for D&D and Other RPGs

I interviewed Daniel, my cohost of the Tabletop Community Spotlight! Daniel created his own setting called Ithasen with an in-progress wuxia TTRPG system called Metanoia to go along with it. Ithasen has a spiritual force known as Ren that pervades the world. Ren is a magical manifestation of the user's, or Rennim's, will upon the universe. Rennim that cultivate their will grow stronger and capable of more amazing feats as the concentrate their power and force of personality.Within Ithasen there are seven lineages of people that decide what type of Ren they can use. Anamor use conversion Ren. Elkyr use flux Ren. Janim use elasticity Ren. Nyl use influence Ren. Okoi use recurrence Ren. Haqol use harmony Ren. Finally, Daruner use use coalescent ren. The two races lineages that drive unique politics in Ithasen are the Daruner and the Haqol.Daruner children absorb the Ren talents of both their parents, becoming a perfect blend of Daruner and another lineage parent. Through this mixing, a Daruner family could potentially include all other lineages within itself. This power has placed Daruner as the nobility of Ithasen.Haqol's power of harmony allows them to amplify the Ren powers of others. This puts Haqol in a vulnerable position as unscrupulous people will do anything to incorporate Haqol lineage into their bloodline. Haqol have experienced something akin to a genocide as their lineage has been consistently absorbed by other lineages and diluted over the centuries.There's a whole lot more than that so strap in!Daniel has a fully setup GitHub Wiki for information on Metanoia and Ithasen that you can explore.There's a Metanoid Discord server you can join to discuss the rules and setting with other fans.The occasional musing on TTRPGs can be found on Daniel's blog, Tabletop Discourse.GoCorral YouTube Channel for watching the Tabletop Community Spotlight.Vote in the CRIT Awards! Voting is open until August 23rd.Check out the Setting the Stage website!Want to be on the show? Fill out this survey.Join our Discord!Support Setting the Stage on Patreon! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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