Does Savage Attacker seem massively OP as a level 1 feat to anyone else? Reroll attack damage once per turn and keep the higher roll. Like Advantage for damage that's permanently on. Seems really OP compared to the other level 1 feats.
Not particularly? It's the same as the one already in the 5e PHB. Rolling two 2d12s and taking the higher is an average of +1.5 points of damage; rolling 2d8s and taking the higher is an average of +1 point of damage. It sucks that you can't use it on AoOs.
It's not nothing, but getting advantage on even a single attack roll per combat (musician allow you to give out PB # of Inspirations per short rest!) makes you ~50% more likely to deal like 7 damage, so it seems about equivalent. In fact, Lucky allows you to roll a 2nd dice *after* you see the result of the first roll, which is much more powerful than basic advantage. Magic Inititate is imo the most powerful 1st level feat; the rest mostly seem to have similar levels of power (except for Crafter and Tough).
Originally Posted by Niara
Aside: Niara should not attempt to write posts when it is 2am and she is tired and cranky. She ends up writing more aggressively than she should.
Oh but that's like half the reason we still come to these forums; for your scathing appropriately-toned critiques of D&D-related presentations!
You're not wrong regarding certain abilities/feats; if WotC is presenting them as "new and improved" (I didn't watch the video presentation), then that's disingenuous.
