Yes the Summoner Archetype seems easy...
Even a Noble with a heartier entourage (he puts real effort into) might work ok... but the Beowullf seems unsustainable.
I wonder if its really something that comes up again and again in the sense that you actually get to practice it a lot of times.
I wonder if its really something that comes up again and again in the sense that you actually get to practice it a lot of times.
Well, IMHO, a character that is based on this concept (A Warlord that commands minion NPCs, which are mechanically similar to or actually use the summoning rules) is going to be doing this a lot. If a daily power calls forth some minions, then presumably the character will use this power each day, which means at least 1 or 2 times per level, probably a couple times per adventure unless its a short adventure.
i assumed his statement was reaction to the original Beowulf enemy analysis trick.
one could use a cross encounter escalation die for thatAh, well, you're probably correct... lol.
I think its true, you don't OFTEN face the same enemy, but I've had campaigns where a nemesis dogged the PCs through a long period of time and appeared in say 4 or 5 encounters.
one could use a cross encounter escalation die for that
That sounds like fun to keep track of I have to admit as well to a sort of dislike of things like escalation dice 'limit breaks' and various other similar kinds of mechanics. I think some of them can possibly be useful, but only when there's something narrative that is being accounted by it. I just dislike pure gamist mechanics that exist for no other reason than tweaking play. I know, I could be accused of being 'old school' or something like that... Anyway, "you have learned how to fight this enemy" might be a decent enough excuse for it
That could be interesting. You initiate a practice. While it's going you swap an encounter/utility power. When you invoke a one-time benefit of the practice, the practice ends and the power swaps back.Yeh I like the flavor a lot getting it to work in relatively standard way... yes i see the utility power angle pretty strongly for the combat context...
I am wondering if learning practice X... gets you access to utility power Y which you can swap out with another utility power -- might be an interesting route to go.