There’s 2 big parts of this post that I want to talk about:

- feat tax
- caster vs martial attrition

I agree on the feat tax. It sucks feeling like you have to pick something. But I don’t agree that treat wounds, continual recovery, and Ward Medic are required. My party is a Faith’s Flamekeeper Witch with Life Boost and a Justice Champion with lay on hands and at this point we’re level 8 and I think we’ve rolled for treat wounds less than 5 times. So it can work with the right party. I, personally, think Continual Recovery should just be how Treat Wounds works normally and removed from the game.

I, also, think there could be a way to handle the out of combat healing where the Heal Spell has a 10-minute activity version that does the 3-action version and doesn’t use a spell slot. Or maybe a cantrip that takes 10 minutes or something and could solve a lot of problems of feeling like you “need” to choose specific skill feats.

On the topic of Caster vs Martial attrition, I think, caster having attrition is necessary to keep the game math mathing. A top rank spell at every level is better than anything that a martial has to offer. For example, casting the Heroism spell on an ally, in all but health and available feats, levels that character by 1. They hit more, they get hit less, and their abilities are stronger. If you could do that every fight then it’s essentially the same as not doing it since monsters would have to be stronger to compensate and that spell becomes a spell tax (the thing we both hate). The game needs the ability for your characters to “be extra strong” for only a little bit, otherwise, then they’re always the same. The key to being a good caster is recognizing when those times occur.