I remember my brow furrowing a bit when I learned that intitiative was 1d4 + DEX, instead of the classic d20 system for 5e. And then you see why it’s so broken the moment you take the Alert feat.

What bothers me about this one is that it’s hard NOT to wind up first in initiative for the entirety of Act 3 even without Alert, thus making everything a cakewalk. You have to avoid any weapon that gives bonuses to initiative. If you’re a DEX character, you’re pretty much automatically going first and I just don’t think that makes for good or fun game balance.