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<blockquote data-quote="jasin" data-source="post: 3705034" data-attributes="member: 7531">Well, looking at the swordsage and warblade, &quot;per encounter&quot; means &quot;trivially recoverable unless you're in initiative-time where every second matters&quot;. You start every encounter with all your per-encounter abilities ready, since it doesn't take more than a couple of seconds to get them back. But those couple of seconds mean you cannot use them completely at will, since a couple of seconds in a fight is enough to get your ass kicked.We've been there, more or less, for a long time. Out of all 3E's classes, how many don't have any spells or spell-like abilities?I'd love more of a distinction between spellcasters and non-spellcasters, but flavour is much more important than mechanics. I don't mind if the mage and the warrior use a similar or same mechanic when using Shocking Grasp and Mighty Cut, respectively (whatever Might Cut might be... I just made the name up). However, I'd like flying, bolts of lightning, bursts of fire, invisibility... to be limited mostly to clearly designated magic guys, with not-magic guys using powerful blows, cunning tricks, superior speed to win their fights. Of course, exceptions and hybrids should be possible, but for the default fighter, I want much more Iron Heart than Desert Wind.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jasin, post: 3705034, member: 7531"] Well, looking at the swordsage and warblade, "per encounter" means "trivially recoverable unless you're in initiative-time where every second matters". You start every encounter with all your per-encounter abilities ready, since it doesn't take more than a couple of seconds to get them back. But those couple of seconds mean you cannot use them completely at will, since a couple of seconds in a fight is enough to get your ass kicked. We've been there, more or less, for a long time. Out of all 3E's classes, how many don't have any spells or spell-like abilities? I'd love more of a distinction between spellcasters and non-spellcasters, but flavour is much more important than mechanics. I don't mind if the mage and the warrior use a similar or same mechanic when using Shocking Grasp and Mighty Cut, respectively (whatever Might Cut might be... I just made the name up). However, I'd like flying, bolts of lightning, bursts of fire, invisibility... to be limited mostly to clearly designated magic guys, with not-magic guys using powerful blows, cunning tricks, superior speed to win their fights. Of course, exceptions and hybrids should be possible, but for the default fighter, I want much more Iron Heart than Desert Wind. [/QUOTE]

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