Can we get Religous Feats with Free LR, or only LR +20?

[PNellesen]

Got a couple level 25ish Clerics who haven't used their free LR yet, was hoping I could use that instead of the LR+20 to pick up some Heal/Spellcraft skills and the new Religious feats. However, I notice this in the Known Issues "Working as Intended" section:

NEW: Characters eligible for Religious Feats who were created prior to the release of the Shadowfell Conspiracy on August 19th will need to use the +20 Heart of Wood in order to take their feat.

Is this truly the case? We can't use the Free LR instead? I was really hoping to save the LR+20 for later if at all possible...

[Cordovan]

Yeah, you should be able to use your free Lesser Reincarnation as well.

Only thing to mention is that Bladeforged can't reincarnate, so unfortunately Bladeforged created prior to the release of the Shadowfell Conspiracy cannot swap out feats for their religious feats. This is a Known Issue that will be addressed in the future.

[Ferrianite]

Yeah, you should be able to use your free Lesser Reincarnation as well.

Only thing to mention is that Bladeforged can't reincarnate, so unfortunately Bladeforged created prior to the release of the Shadowfell Conspiracy cannot swap out feats for their religious feats. This is a Known Issue that will be addressed in the future.

I may have thought of a solution to this problem. Would it be practical to give every Bladeforged with a creation date prior to 19/08/2013 a Gem of Exp (like the ones given from the Daily Dice) equal to the difference between the EXP for level 15 and their current EXP, make it Bound to Account and only usable by the Bladeforged race, then have all their Bound gear (that isn't Bladeforged Starting Gear) be made Unbound for trading then have them simply make a new character?