PH3 Preview: SKill Powers
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I was hoping for something a little free-form, where you perhaps burn encounters or dailies for a skill power.
It does allow for some different mechanics to come in through utility powers though. I notice that counter spelling has (sort of) come back by using the result of an arcana roll to reduce the damage.
Otherwise, it just seems a way to introduce non-class specific powers. I wonder which class specific powers should be kicked into being skill powers?
It does allow for some different mechanics to come in through utility powers though. I notice that counter spelling has (sort of) come back by using the result of an arcana roll to reduce the damage.
Otherwise, it just seems a way to introduce non-class specific powers. I wonder which class specific powers should be kicked into being skill powers?
Seems like all that's needed to kick people's imagination off is a good title!jasonbostwick
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Very cool.
This is exactly what my players and I have been looking for.
I'm strongly leaning towards a houserule that lets you use these without a power-swap, so that at every level you gain a utility power from your class, you also gain one skill-power from one of your trained skills.
This is exactly what my players and I have been looking for.
I'm strongly leaning towards a houserule that lets you use these without a power-swap, so that at every level you gain a utility power from your class, you also gain one skill-power from one of your trained skills.
Nifft
Penguin Herder
LightPhoenix
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I thought the article and concept was interesting, though I don't know that I would swap out a utility for most of these. I know they want to emphasize the powers you get from a class, but why use the power system to do this then?
That aside, there are a few of them that are neat, mostly from the active skills. Most of them I feel are slightly underpowered. I would have liked to have seen more at-will utility powers; for example, the moving through crowds power for Streetwise could have a slightly higher level, but at-will. In fact, that's how I would have worked the higher-level skill powers - more stuff you can do at will.
[EDIT] Also, I think this article was supposed to come out next Tuesday. Nice treat, even if it was a mistake!
That aside, there are a few of them that are neat, mostly from the active skills. Most of them I feel are slightly underpowered. I would have liked to have seen more at-will utility powers; for example, the moving through crowds power for Streetwise could have a slightly higher level, but at-will. In fact, that's how I would have worked the higher-level skill powers - more stuff you can do at will.
[EDIT] Also, I think this article was supposed to come out next Tuesday. Nice treat, even if it was a mistake!
