Project Description

The teamwork feats are a subcategory of feats available to every class of the game, allowing party members to take concerted actions for an added benefit.

Design Focus

Incentivize players to work as a team and develop party combat tactics, and make leveling up a group activity rather than an individual responsibility. 

Pitfalls to Avoid

Feats are a valuable commodity in Pathfinder, and the core of a character build. Convincing a player to give up their first choice in favor of a teamwork oriented feat is no small task. Requiring more than one players to select a teamwork feat for it to be effective could only lead to disappointment and ultimately, for the system to be disregarded. 

Solutions

The issue was avoided by making the feats beneficial to the party even when used by only one player, but increasingly effective when two players in the party possess corresponding feats. This not only ensures a player who picked the party over themselves, but failed to convince another party member to do the same, is not penalized, but it also allows them to demonstrate the potential of the teamwork abilities in combat and encourage other players to engage with them.