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<blockquote data-quote="scylis" data-source="post: 5317352" data-attributes="member: 93363"><p>From the wording in podcasts and interviews and posts with the designers and devs, if you're gaining an At-Will, Encounter, Daily, or Utility power, so long as the power has [Appropriate Class Name] and [Appropriate Level #] in its description, you may choose to take that, instead. The examples given by them have included the Warpriest, going on to describe the Domain choices as "guides" that can either make power selection as easy as choosing the powers the Domain you selected says it gives you or to give players a general idea of what sort of powers Clerics of that Domain/god tend to take, flavor-wise, and that the latter is true for Mages and powers of the school they "specialize" in (HotFL doesn't actually say you have to take powers of the associated school, just that you'll probably want to). This is what they have said.</p><p></p><p>In HotFL, the specific wording in each class section (Cleric and Wizard, specifically in this case) makes no mention of being able to choose any power other than what is presented in that book specifically. For Warpriest daily and utility powers (which are gained at the normal times), it says "You gain one of the following powers of your choice" and specifically tells you which at-wills and encounter powers you gain depending on your domain choice, while for Mage at-wills, it says "You gain two of the following powers of your choosing" and for encounters and dailies, it says "You may add two of the following powers to your spellbook".</p><p></p><p>What all that means is that if someone wanted to take a strict interpretation of the wording in HotFL and only the wording of HotFL, Warpriests and Mages are only allowed to choose powers contained therein and Warpriests have no choice but to take the Domain powers given to them unless future products specifically note otherwise. The devs and designers in previews and podcasts, however, have said you are not limited to the powers in HotFL and may select any appropriate power from any other 4E source.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="scylis, post: 5317352, member: 93363"] From the wording in podcasts and interviews and posts with the designers and devs, if you're gaining an At-Will, Encounter, Daily, or Utility power, so long as the power has [Appropriate Class Name] and [Appropriate Level #] in its description, you may choose to take that, instead. The examples given by them have included the Warpriest, going on to describe the Domain choices as "guides" that can either make power selection as easy as choosing the powers the Domain you selected says it gives you or to give players a general idea of what sort of powers Clerics of that Domain/god tend to take, flavor-wise, and that the latter is true for Mages and powers of the school they "specialize" in (HotFL doesn't actually say you have to take powers of the associated school, just that you'll probably want to). This is what they have said. In HotFL, the specific wording in each class section (Cleric and Wizard, specifically in this case) makes no mention of being able to choose any power other than what is presented in that book specifically. For Warpriest daily and utility powers (which are gained at the normal times), it says "You gain one of the following powers of your choice" and specifically tells you which at-wills and encounter powers you gain depending on your domain choice, while for Mage at-wills, it says "You gain two of the following powers of your choosing" and for encounters and dailies, it says "You may add two of the following powers to your spellbook". What all that means is that if someone wanted to take a strict interpretation of the wording in HotFL and only the wording of HotFL, Warpriests and Mages are only allowed to choose powers contained therein and Warpriests have no choice but to take the Domain powers given to them unless future products specifically note otherwise. The devs and designers in previews and podcasts, however, have said you are not limited to the powers in HotFL and may select any appropriate power from any other 4E source. [/QUOTE]
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