Unless I'm missing something, the level requirement is completely pointless and just wastes word count. There are no features before your 4th level feat that let you choose any feat that's not an origin feat.

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Unless I'm missing something, the level requirement is completely pointless and just wastes word count. There are no features before your 4th level feat that let you choose any feat that's not an origin feat.

 How would you define a General Feat vs an Origin Feat?

Simple answer is, one has a 4+ level requirement, and the other does not.

I see. However, it would have saved a lot of words if the book just said that all general feats have a level 4+ prerequisite.

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I see. However, it would have saved a lot of words if the book just said that all general feats have a level 4+ prerequisite.

 Not saying that leaves open other options in the future. Maybe they’ll never say level 5+ or 8+  or whatever. But they have the option if they ever want to implement feat trees. 

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I see. However, it would have saved a lot of words if the book just said that all general feats have a level 4+ prerequisite.

 Have you met the "Rules Lawyer" and subset "Rules Shyster" communities? 

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I see. However, it would have saved a lot of words if the book just said that all general feats have a level 4+ prerequisite.

1.  This creates a clunkiness in the future if they want to release a general feat without that prerequisite, or a modified version of it
2. Generally speaking you want to package as much of, if not everything, you need to use the game option in the game option. Having a general rule for general feats tucked away elsewhere means it can get missed