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Complete divorce in certain cases? Such as? I don't remember reading any kind of fluff as to why daily abilities regenerate only after extended rest. In fact, I don't see any fluff as to why abilities regenerate on one particular basis or another. This doesn't mean that fluff is divorced from...

I would argue that all characters, regardless of power source, fall in the same basket. In optimal circumstances, all characters would be able to use any of their powers. But, sometimes, conditions aren't quite right for using certain powers. This can be anything, from a momentary lapse of...

I'd be interested to see some numbers on this, just to satiate my curiosity. Are there really more combat feats than there are Sor/Wiz spells, especially after the Spell Compendium? In any case, I doubt the quantification would honestly advance that feat-based combat characters have as many...

Actually, option 2 describes the 4E method perfectly. The availability of daily powers is entirely circumstantial, and the presence of these circumstances is in the player's hands. But you're right in that dailies, just like any power that cannot be used at will, is indeed just a form of...

I think it only breaks suspension of disbelief if you absolutely need a single explanation for all uses of any daily nonmagical power. With magical abilities, it's far easier to find a single valid reason, since magic is an artifice of the human mind and we define its parameters and limitations...