Skill Feats

This collection of feats presents additional options for characters to enhance what they can do with their skill proficiencies. Many of them are based on feats or abilities that appeared in prior editions of Dungeons & Dragons, and none of them have been playtested. A reasonable effort has been made to consider their impact during a game session, and the hope is that there are fun and exciting options here for characters of all types.

Deceitful Feint

Prerequisite: Charisma 13 or greater, proficiency with Deception

Your ability to hide your intent lets you put foes off balance in combat:

Your proficiency bonus is doubled when making Charisma (Deception) checks.

As a bonus action, you may make a Charisma (Deception) check opposed by the target's Wisdom (Insight), Wisdom (Perception), or Intelligence (Investigation) check (target's choice). If you succeed, you may either impose disadvantage on the target's next saving throw against a spell you cast this turn or grant advantage on your next attack roll against the target this turn.

Focused Expert

Your dedication and focus in pursuing a skill makes you a masterful practitioner:

Choose one skill you are proficient with. Your proficiency bonus when making ability checks using that skill is doubled.

Add +1 to the chosen skill's associated ability score (to a maximum of 20).

This feat may be selected multiple times, but only once for each skill.

Inspiring Athlete

Prerequisite: Strength 13 or greater; proficiency with Athletics

Your displays of puissant athleticism inspire your allies:

Your proficiency bonus is doubled when making Strength (Athletics) checks.

Once per short rest when you succeed at a Strength (Athletics) check and the result of that check was 20 or greater, you may use a bonus action to grant all allies that can see you advantage on their next ability check, attack roll, or saving throw. This effect lasts one minute.

Martial Knowledge

Prerequisite: Intelligence 13 or greater; proficiency with one of Arcana, Nature, Religion, or History

You have learned to apply your specialized knowledge in combat, exploiting the weaknesses of your foes:

Choose one of Arcana, Nature, Religion, or History that you are already proficient with. Your proficiency bonus is doubled when making Intelligence checks using the chosen skill.

Once per short rest as a bonus action, you may make an Intelligence check with the chosen skill. The DC of this check is equal to 8 + the Challenge Rating (CR) of a creature you can see that has a type relevant to your chosen skill (see the Martial Knowledge table below). If you succeed, you may grant advantage on attack rolls to yourself and up to one ally against that creature and all others of its kind until the end of the current encounter.

Martial Knowledge

Skill Affected creature types Arcana Aberration, Construct, Dragon, Elemental Religion Celestial, Fiend, Undead Nature Beast, Fey, Humanoid, Plant History Giant, Monstrosity, Ooze

Peerless Investigator

Prerequisite: Intelligence 13 or greater; proficiency with Investigation

Your keen and methodical mind uncovers details others would miss.:

Your proficiency bonus is doubled when making Intelligence (Investigation) checks.

Once per short rest as a bonus action, you may make an Intelligence (Investigation) check to learn the powers and weaknesses of a foe you face in combat. The DC of this check is equal to 8 + the target's Challenge Rating (CR). If you succeed, you learn any one of the following: Whether the target has vulnerability or resistance to any types of damage, and what damage types those are Whether the target has a breath weapon or legendary action, and its type or basic description The target's weakest ability score The target's current hit points The target's armor class

When interacting with law enforcement (guards, police, sheriffs), you may use your Intelligence (Investigation) check in place of any Charisma (Persuasion) checks you might make.

Prepared Survivor

Prerequisite: Wisdom 13 or greater; proficiency with Survival

Your command of surival techniques allows you to prepare for any circumstance: