With the newer books and the 2024 rules, AL now allows you to include an Origin Feat with your character’s background.
But how does this background feat work with old backgrounds or Human and Custom Lineage species which also grants you a feat?
With the 2024 rules, backgrounds now offer you an Origin Feat. You can take the feat that comes with the background you choose, or you can use the “Creating a Background” rules in the Dungeon Masters Guide to create a custom background (ALPG page 1).
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Some older books include feats, such as Strike of the Giants in Bigby Presents: Glory of the Giants. These feats are not usable as background feats because they are considered “uncategorized”, not Origin Feats. If you want one of these feats, you must either:
Some older backgrounds are still available to choose from. However:
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The “Customizing a Background” option from the 2014 Players Handbook is not an available option.
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If you choose an old background:
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The Human species now follows the 2024 rules. This means that Variant Human from the 2014 Players Handbook is no longer an available choice.
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According to the 2024 Players Handbook, the Human species allows you to choose an Origin Feat. This does not interfere/interact/negate the Origin Feat you get with your Background. So you do indeed get both.
The Custom Lineage “species” from Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything says you’re allowed to choose a feat. AL allows you to choose any of the following: