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<blockquote data-quote="Imaro" data-source="post: 4485097" data-attributes="member: 48965">Ok, so in an effort to try and work out some of the issues I have with 4e...I got to thinking about the rigidity of the power structure and how it could be loosened up a bit.&nbsp; What I came up with is as follows...What if every class has a power point pool, so Wizards and Warlocks have an Arcane pool, Fighters, Rangers, etc. have a Martial point pool and so on. I was thinking the pool could be constructed as follows...&nbsp;Where x = the average number of encounters the DM wants within an adventuring day, each PC gets [#ofencounterabilities(x)]+[(x(#ofdailyabilities)] power points.&nbsp; So for example if the average number of encounters your 1st level PC's accomplish in a gameday is 4 then they receive 8 power points.The powers are priced as follows...At-Will = No power points to useEncounter = 1 power point to useDaily&nbsp; = 4 power points to useThere is no limit to how many power points you can spend in an encounter, and each time you continue (without resting) to another encounter you get one power point back.&nbsp; So for example...If in the 1st encounter you use 2 power points, you would have to go through two consecutive encounters, after that, without resting to replenish those points, though you could just go through one to get one back.It's a little rough, but any advice, thoughts, etc. that people have to offer would be appreciated.&nbsp; NOTE: I understand people could go Nova, but I feel like this is a player thing, rather than a rules thing and I would expect my players to manage their resources or face being in a weakened state when the fit hits the shan.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Imaro, post: 4485097, member: 48965"] Ok, so in an effort to try and work out some of the issues I have with 4e...I got to thinking about the rigidity of the power structure and how it could be loosened up a bit. What I came up with is as follows... What if every class has a power point pool, so Wizards and Warlocks have an Arcane pool, Fighters, Rangers, etc. have a Martial point pool and so on. I was thinking the pool could be constructed as follows... Where x = the average number of encounters the DM wants within an adventuring day, each PC gets [#ofencounterabilities(x)]+[(x(#ofdailyabilities)] power points. So for example if the average number of encounters your 1st level PC's accomplish in a gameday is 4 then they receive 8 power points. The powers are priced as follows... At-Will = No power points to use Encounter = 1 power point to use Daily = 4 power points to use There is no limit to how many power points you can spend in an encounter, and each time you continue (without resting) to another encounter you get one power point back. So for example... If in the 1st encounter you use 2 power points, you would have to go through two consecutive encounters, after that, without resting to replenish those points, though you could just go through one to get one back. It's a little rough, but any advice, thoughts, etc. that people have to offer would be appreciated. NOTE: I understand people could go Nova, but I feel like this is a player thing, rather than a rules thing and I would expect my players to manage their resources or face being in a weakened state when the fit hits the shan. [/QUOTE]

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