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Old 14th October 2009, 12:53 AM   #1 (permalink)
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IDEA - Multiclassing grants access to powers like Skill Powers

I've been thinking about multiclassing. One of the first changes I made was to make it so that the power swap feats GRANTED, as opposed to SWAPPED, the powers. I've been wondering, though, if that's too good.

The original power swap feats seemed like a net loss; So my options were to power up those feats, or remove them and make their benefits default.

I was thinking about modelling dragonmarks after the skill powers, based on a comment I read on the WotC boards. That struck me as a good way to model multiclassing. Thus, an idea;

1) Remove all power swap feats.

2) Taking a multiclass feat has the additional benefit of allowing you to choose from that class' powers. You cannot retrain your base class' powers to your multiclass', but you can retrain your multiclass powers to those from either.
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Old 14th October 2009, 02:47 PM   #2 (permalink)
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From a power standpoint, swapping powers for a feat is pretty good in a lot of cases. Several classes have a level of powers that aren't that great, but can pick up a much better power from another class.

One thing you could consider as a compromise is requiring one feat, but then allowing swaps for all 3 types of powers. Basically combining all 3 power swap feats into one.
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Old 14th October 2009, 02:53 PM   #3 (permalink)
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That's not a bad idea. I'll have to mull it over a bit, but it IS a power-up, while still having a cost. I like it.
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