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Message: <blockquote data-quote="pemerton" data-source="post: 6362808" data-attributes="member: 42582">One thing that plays an important role in our 4e game is the fighter's utility abilities. They don't have the scope you describe in the passage I've quoted, but they still come into play quite a bit.The fighter has Mighty Sprint, which is an encounter power that lets him move further than his normal speed, ignore difficut terrain (which becomes, in many situations, an effective doubling of speed) and gives a +5 to Athletics checks made as part of the move (for him, that is most often a bonus to jumping).He also has a power (daily, I think, but maybe encounter) that lets him break domination (and maybe some other conditions) with no roll required.These are the sort of "fiat" utilities that a rationing system like 4e's allows into the game. Rogues get comparable fiat abilities to improve their jumping, their Stealth (eg maintain hidden status, = invis, even if they lose cover provided various other conditions are met, depending on the power), etc.To date, I feel that these are missing from 5e, in part because nearly everything seems to be set out on an "at-will" rather than rationed basis. Where is the option to spend Action Surge to life a condition, for instance?</blockquote>