[quote=@Fading Memory]
I didn’t realize you were allowed to take Monster features instead, they pretty explicitly have different power levels to players. Was that a Haruki/houserule thing or do I just need to reread Volos’s/Tasha’s/Tome of the Multiverse and figure out my booksense. (I’m not bothered. i just was losing my mind trying to figure out where the feature even came from, so much appreciated on the explain!)
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Honestly? It was something I missed when I first looked over the CS. ^^" So it's a "Boo Boo the Fool DM" thing. 

But, it's all good. ^_^ Because brute strength is not everything. ;)