Level 4 feat or ability points

[TheMagicMan]

From what I have been reading most people say to take the ability points. What is everybody's opinion?

[Rho]

definitely take ability points. Most of the feats chosen are not good or very situational. Maxing stats will always help you.

[Mike]

If you have 17 in prime stat, take a feat with +1 stat and something else (like +1 dex and shield prof for rogue). If you have 16 prime stat go +2.

At level 8 get up to 20 in the stat.

[Nictator]

For dex focused characters especially, yeah its good to hit 20 dex ASAP. Others tho? Dunno, could be situational. Since the game supposedly only goes to level 12ish, so that's only 2-3 feats. If ya want to do the sentinel/polearm master combo you definitely wanna skip ASIs

[Winter Wolf]

Depends on your build right? 5e D&D Feats are not one size fits all so some might be crucial for your build while others not so much. An ability point could help if you have an odd ability (which is common with the point assignment method.) But you might not really care much about the ability.

Ask yourself is this actually doing anything for my build? Do I need x ability to get a feat later? Do I need x feat? etc.

[TheMagicMan]

thanks for the reply's

[shadejh]

Raise to 18 you primary stat.

[Mad Max]

Stats Increase is always good to take unless you have a build that really requires a VERY SPECIFIC Feat to work.

[Malaficus Shaikan]

I take lucky.
So many avoided hits.
Every last member in my party has lucky.
But yeah lucky is the only feat worth a damm.

[Mike]

Is lucky 3/day?

[Cryptic]

sentinel is an awesome feat but ability points are equally useful

[HereIsPlenty]

Oops, I am a scrub, I took Tough on all of them.

[Morgian]

There is another point of view: what saves are you proficient with? If missing one that is critical, get the resilient feat and get that proficiency and +1 to the stat.

Some feats can be good to have, but so is a 20. Medium armor mastery could be good, as it means +1 AC, but only if you use it and have a +3 DEX bonus. Resilient is always good if there are many saves to roll; not sure about this game yet. Getting skill proficiencies can be the thing, because you did not take the important ones from start. Some martials get more feats and can therefore do more with them.

[Malaficus Shaikan]

Originally posted by Mike:

Is lucky 3/day?

Yes.
Every long rest.
Works wonders with diviner wizards.

[ayrtep]

Take ability points unless you really know what you are doing, and even then usually take the ability points.

I much before the Pathfinder, 3.5 system where the ability points are separate from the feats to allow for some diversity.