Once you remove some feats people would "allways choose" ... they just start "allways picking" something else.
Would that mean remove that aswell?
It's not really about removing feat choices that people like. They would still get those feat choices at the same point they used to get them during their character growth.
Instead, it's about offering the players the chance to get something different, as well. And if that creates new fan favorites, then great. There's nothing wrong with that.
The problem I see with this suggestion is that a character with racial boni / abilities & a feat at level 1 seems a bit overpowered. I know some people here like that, but I'm not one of them.
Also, it would make the variant human (if Larian implements it) obsolete.
I just don't see how it would be overpowered.
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And regarding the variant human:
1. it's not even in the game, and
2. it's completely unnecessary if the regular human gets an extra feat at level one.
3. unless you just want the human to be stronger in comparison to the other races, in which case just give the "variant" human something extra. Personally, I'm not convinced the variant human is necessary if everyone gets a free feat at first level. That's the real draw of the variant in the first place.
