Well there is not much of a difference between "going nova and being unable to do anything special" and "going nova and being unable to do anything meaningful".
It doesn't bother the Balor at 20th level whether you can still cast Burning Hands at will or not, but the player has at least some...
Thanks for your answer, Asurya.
The problem with encounterizing (and ToB) is that everything works out fine as long as the abilities are only used in combat. Using them outside combat poses problems again.
Keeping the standard allotment of PP/Spell Slots per day but not allowing them to sink...
Design Aims:
As little rule modification as possible
Any additional rules/mechanics should be kept as simple as possible
Seamlessly insertible into any campagin
Assumptions: Spellcasters are more difficult to play than Fighters. Having a character that has no special abilities left to use is...
from the SRD:
Psionic Body
Your mind reinforces your body.
Benefit: When you take this feat, you gain 2 hit points for each psionic feat you have (including this one). Whenever you take a new psionic feat, you gain 2 more hit points.
Here's the Bard:
Bardic Music [Bard]
Prerequisites: Perform 1 rank, Cha 13
Benefit: You gain the ability to use the Bardic Music class feature like a bard of your character level. Upon taking this feat you have access to the Countersong and Fascinate abilities.
Inspire Courage [Bard]...
I once converted all class features of the core classes for the generic classes, unfortunately the file is lost by now.
Basically you just have to ensure that class abilities don't become available earlier than they would become in the normal system. Skill prerequisites naturally lend...