I can't believe we're going on for pages about an absolutely terrible ability...

Why is the ability terrible? By my eye, even if the people here who are defending this ability are right, this ability will get used...idk, a handful of times throughout a campaign? Maybe? Idk that I've ever been in a campaign where this ridiculously specific ability would've ever come up, but that's another topic.

*This is supposed to be an entire subclass feature.* Like, 1 of 4 or 5 you'll ever get, and even then only if you play all the way to 17.

General guideline for major features? They should plausibly come up at least once per *session.* That's a meaningful ability. A plot device disguised (heh, pun) as a class feature is not a meaningful ability.