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Message: <blockquote data-quote="tomBitonti" data-source="post: 4818416" data-attributes="member: 13107">So ... I think a part of the problem is that 4E makes a very (very!) thin attempt to explain why dailies (and encounters) are limited (besides game balance).  This is one of my strong criticisms of the edition: The reasoning behind the mechanics is hidden.  There is a similar problem with Rituals, in that the listed rituals expose hardly any generating structure at all.  There was a lot of richness in the magic system in 3.5E, and it's just gone in 4E.  That is unfortunate, since rituals could have been a very rich subset of the game.Going back to encounter and daily powers, I think a good approach would be to categorize why a power might have limited uses.I can think of two general explanations.1) Strain.  The power is just too hard to use without a lot of effort.  Rage falls in this category.  Some spell-like effects could be like this.2) Tricks.  The power works as long as your opponent isn't on guard for it.After a bit of thought, I keep wondering if the whole debate is unfortunate, in that it could have been avoided with the addition of the two keywords Strain and Trick (or perhaps, Strain: Mental and Strain: Physical), where any use of a Strain ability after the first imposes a cumulative -2 modifier to mental or physical checks of all sorts, and any use of a Trick was at a -4 penalty if used twice in someones view.The addition of just that little bit of explanation allows all sorts of details to be added.  For example, what happens if you use a trick on someone who knows the same trick?Thx!TomB</blockquote>

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