Reply to thread

Message

<blockquote data-quote="Dungeoneer" data-source="post: 6334875" data-attributes="member: 91777">I dunno, people have been playing D&amp;D fighters for a long time and acquiring NO powers as they level and it seems like it's been okay. It seems like for certain classes this would be acceptable. And I should say that I'm not recommending this for EVERY class. Casters still need to pull new spells on a regular basis. Anyway, I think the other key is to make the scaling powers ROBUST. That is to say that they are a) satisfyingly effective and b) maybe have some options baked into them. It might also be necessary in some cases to do more than simply scale up the damage every tier. You might need to add or change rider effects, number of targets, things like that. As for tying powers to PPs and EDs, I honestly don't know. I think you would have to try both ways and see how it felt. I see the appeal of both being able to freely select powers and having nice, thematic packs of powers.At the end of the day, the guiding principle should be that any given power should make the player really feel like they are embodying their class when used. A fighter's powers should make them feel like a fighter. A rogue's powers should make them feel like a rogue.I think if that's working it doesn't really matter too much whether they get to select from fifteen different powers every other level or not. Besides which, there are only actually a handful of good powers at any given decision point, so all that supposed choice was really just for show.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dungeoneer, post: 6334875, member: 91777"] I dunno, people have been playing D&D fighters for a long time and acquiring NO powers as they level and it seems like it's been okay. It seems like for certain classes this would be acceptable. And I should say that I'm not recommending this for EVERY class. Casters still need to pull new spells on a regular basis. Anyway, I think the other key is to make the scaling powers ROBUST. That is to say that they are a) satisfyingly effective and b) maybe have some options baked into them. It might also be necessary in some cases to do more than simply scale up the damage every tier. You might need to add or change rider effects, number of targets, things like that. As for tying powers to PPs and EDs, I honestly don't know. I think you would have to try both ways and see how it felt. I see the appeal of both being able to freely select powers and having nice, thematic packs of powers. At the end of the day, the guiding principle should be that any given power should make the player really feel like they are embodying their class when used. A fighter's powers should make them feel like a fighter. A rogue's powers should make them feel like a rogue. I think if that's working it doesn't really matter too much whether they get to select from fifteen different powers every other level or not. Besides which, there are only actually a handful of good powers at any given decision point, so all that supposed choice was really just for show. [/QUOTE]

Verification