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Message: <blockquote data-quote="delericho" data-source="post: 5959572" data-attributes="member: 22424">I actually quite dislike 3e-style Action Points - they're enough of a bonus to be fiddly while not enough to make a massive difference, they're a per-level resource which seems to lead to the BBEG encounters becoming anti-climactic (as the PCs have kept all their action points and are now spending them freely so as not to lose them), and the "you can use them, but only up into success or failure is known" is a real pain - I find it speeds play a lot if I tell the players the DC up-front, but that is now disallowed by the book.Whereas the 4e version, where an action point gives an extra action? Yeah, that's good - a simple, intuitive, and fun mechanic.</blockquote>