Favourable Beginnings

Favourable Beginnings is a passive feature and Illithid Power. This feature applies a character's Proficiency Bonus to the first Attack Roll or Ability Check made against a target.

Description

The first  Attack Roll or  Ability Check you make against any target gains a bonus equal to your Proficiency Bonus.

How to learn

Used by creatures:

• Blasphemous Acolyte, Full-illithid, Minthara, Minthara

Other ways to learn:

• Unlock from the illithid power skill tree with a Mind Flayer Parasite Specimen.
• Unlocked automatically after becoming a Partial-Illithid

Notes

• When multiple characters with Favourable Beginnings attack the same target, only the first character benefits from this passive.

Bugs

• Contrary to the description, only Deception and Persuasion receive ability check bonuses.
• Due to a hidden technical condition that is applied to the target, this passive triggers effects such as Coldbrim Chill from  Coldbrim Hat.

Brief preview

First attack roll or ability check against any target gains proficiency bonus.