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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 3750947" data-attributes="member: 42582">In addition to Hong's points, I would note that (at least as I understand it) there is an ambiguity in Eberron as to whether Action Points are in-game or metagame. For example, there is an Adventurer PrC which gets bonus APs, and from memory a feat which gives bonus APs (though I could be confusing this with Arcana Uneartherd, which suffers from the same ambiguity in its Hero Point system).If APs are the sort of thing that can be purchased with a PrC selection or a feat slot, then one of three interpretations follows:*Class selection and feat development are themselves purely metagame.*APs are not purely metagame, but are the sort of thing (a knack, an instinct or perhaps a blessing) that can a person can acquire through training.*D&D is confused as to the relationship between its metagame mechanics and its in-game simulation mechanics.I suspect that either the second or the third of these is right. I rule out the first possibility because, at least in the past, I don't think it is what D&D has intended - class and feat acquisition are meant to model in-game process of learning and development.This is why I suggested that, in the past, D&D designers have always seemed hesitant to introduce pure metagame mechanics.</blockquote>