Now that a load of people have the books, here's a house rule we can really weigh up the pros and cons of: Why not let PCs just choose Powers from any class they like?
Clearly defined roles for PCs is all well and good, but couldn't we just let the players sort that out amongst themselves? With...
I was at work thinking about how I was going to implement 'Marked' when 4E comes out, the first idea popping into my head being poker-chips or something similar. They come in different colours and so can represent marks from multiple opponents, they're readily and cheaply available for us poor...
But if the number of powers/day is ment to stay managable that means inevitably you will have to give up an existing Fighter power to gain a Wizard power. I think the example the designers gave was instead of always gaining new powers you will upgrade existing powers.
I was considering some things on the bus today, and what is all boiled down to was "Will multiclassing give access to more powers/day?" along with some other Multiclassing issues.
Here's my train of thought: Imagine you are playing a 9th level Fighter. You have access to some pretty cool...