D&D 5th Editon Discussion: 6th thread and counting

[Seerow]

I thought in 3.5e it only costs a skill point (or 2?) to learn elven, not an entire feat? Is it different in 4e?

You're right about 3.5, and I don't know about 4e. I was just responding to the example provided.

If we're going to be balancing feats against the ability to speak a new language, we may as well get rid of feats completely, because that is a near-useless baseline.