If a Feat requires an Ability Score of 19 (Ex: Greater Two-Weapon Fighting, Dex 19) and a PC has an Ability Score of 17 with a magic item that increases his Ability Score to 19 (Ex: Belt of Incredible Dexterity), does he qualify for the Feat? I think no, however a lot of players discuss casting higher level spells by wearing a headband deapite having a lower base Ability Score. I wondered if there was a similarity or difference in function. Thanks!
I may be wrong, but I believe that you qualify as long as you've have had your belt on for at least 24 hours.
I may be wrong, but I believe that you qualify as long as you've have had your belt on for at least 24 hours.
IF that is the case, do you lose the Feat afterwards if you were to have removed the belt?
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After wearing a belt/headband for 24 hours the increase become permanent and allow you to qualify for a feat.
Permanent Bonuses: Ability bonuses with a duration greater than 1 day actually increase the relevant ability score after 24 hours. Modify all skills and statistics related to that ability. This might cause you to gain skill points, hit points, and other bonuses. These bonuses should be noted separately in case they are removed.
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PrerequisitesSome feats have prerequisites. Your character must have the indicated ability score, class feature, feat, skill, base attack bonus, or other quality designated in order to select or use that feat. A character can gain a feat at the same level at which he gains the prerequisite.
A character can't use a feat if he loses a prerequisite, but he does not lose the feat itself. If, at a later time, he regains the lost prerequisite, he immediately regains full use of the feat that prerequisite enables.
The only problem what will make you lose the ability score increase.
It is a bit silly to think that your character will have to wear the belt/headband all the time or lose the bonus for the next 24 hours.He really go to bed wearing belt and headband, take a bath wearing them and so on?
We had a thread about that a few months ago. The general (non RAW) consensus is that after the initial 24 hours attuning period you can remove the headband/belt without cancelling the attunement, you only suffer a temporarily decrease in attributes that can make some feat, spell or skill temporarily unavailable, but you will get them back as soon as you don again the belt/headband.
You can have only 1 ability enhancing item attuned in each slot (1 belt and 1 headband), so donning a different belt/headband will delete the previous attunement and start the timer to attune the new item.
If a Feat requires an Ability Score of 19 (Ex: Greater Two-Weapon Fighting, Dex 19) and a PC has an Ability Score of 17 with a magic item that increases his Ability Score to 19 (Ex: Belt of Incredible Dexterity), does he qualify for the Feat? I think no, however a lot of players discuss casting higher level spells by wearing a headband deapite having a lower base Ability Score. I wondered if there was a similarity or difference in function. Thanks!
I don't see why he shouldn't. After 24 hours of wearing the increase is no more temporary, so he has an effective score of 19. Of course, a Dsipel Magic (that make the item cease to work for 1d4 rounds), removing the item, or similar things, provoke a loss of the feat until he restore the ability score requirement. After all, nothing in the rules let me think that you cannot satisfy the requirements with magic items.
Thanks everyone!
He really go to bed wearing belt and headband, take a bath wearing them and so on?
Who take a bath anymore ? Prestidigitation, my friend, prestidigitation!