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Originally Posted by Samuel Leming  Ok.
The question was how I justified the barbarian rage ability? I just used the default line of bull from the PHB that raging is exhausting. That was good enough for me.
The 4e PHB doesn't even provide that for martial powers, but I think switching them all over to expendable ki is as good an explanation as exhaustion was for barbarian rage. |
I know this may spur on the "D&D is too Anime!" crowd, but...
Something that really helped me accept the encounter and daily paradigm was watching
Kung Fu Panda... Or any other slightly silly Kung Fu style flick (
Shaolin Soccer would be another good example).
It was a simple shift in perspective from "how would scene play out in a novel?" to "how would this scene play out in a movie?" You see something similar, but more subtley, in the difference between the LotR books and the movies.
Again and again in the movies, you see the same basic trick played in different ways, based on the scenery and situation at hand.
For example, Jackie Chan obviously has the "Shield Bash" power, allowing him push an opponent back and then knock them prone. He almost never uses more than once per scene (ie encounter), but every time he does it, the ability uses a different method... Somtimes he just punches or kicks the guy, sometimes he shoves with a ladder or chair, sometimes the baddies slips in some conveniently placed liquid, or trips on a bucket.
The point being if you describe them a little bit differently each time, the reason a martial Daily is a Daily takes care of itself... Last time, I knocked him prone just by shoving hard. This time, it's because I pulled the rug out from under him. Next time, it's because I forced him to trip over a stool.
It also has the added benefit of encouraging role play by way of description in combat.
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