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<blockquote data-quote="Dunamin" data-source="post: 4684727" data-attributes="member: 57529"><p>It may not be as bad off as I first thought, but I’m not convinced its fine as is.</p><p></p><p>Say Fred and Barney turned level 3. They both miss on encounter powers for the first two rounds, but Fred retains all powers. On the next two rounds, Barney hits with at-will powers and Fred with encounter powers.</p><p></p><p>Over the course of those rounds Barney has contributed with perhaps two times 1d10+Cha (Eldritch Blast), while Fred perhaps has dealt 3d6+Con+2d6+Int+Int (Fiery Bolt with two secondary targets) and 2d8+Con while gaining 5+Int temp hp (Vampiric Embrace). The temp hp gain of 5+Int more than outweighs the loss from the feat of 2-6, and Fred’s contribution ends up head and shoulders above Barney’s.</p><p></p><p>While the cost for retaining a power goes up with the power’s level (not the PC’s level), more powerful encounter powers are comparably more potent. It will still be better to pay 17 hp to pull off Thirsting Tendrils than settling for Eldritch Blast – you still end up with more hp and deal more damage.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dunamin, post: 4684727, member: 57529"] It may not be as bad off as I first thought, but I’m not convinced its fine as is. Say Fred and Barney turned level 3. They both miss on encounter powers for the first two rounds, but Fred retains all powers. On the next two rounds, Barney hits with at-will powers and Fred with encounter powers. Over the course of those rounds Barney has contributed with perhaps two times 1d10+Cha (Eldritch Blast), while Fred perhaps has dealt 3d6+Con+2d6+Int+Int (Fiery Bolt with two secondary targets) and 2d8+Con while gaining 5+Int temp hp (Vampiric Embrace). The temp hp gain of 5+Int more than outweighs the loss from the feat of 2-6, and Fred’s contribution ends up head and shoulders above Barney’s. While the cost for retaining a power goes up with the power’s level (not the PC’s level), more powerful encounter powers are comparably more potent. It will still be better to pay 17 hp to pull off Thirsting Tendrils than settling for Eldritch Blast – you still end up with more hp and deal more damage. [/QUOTE]
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