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<blockquote data-quote="77IM" data-source="post: 7346551" data-attributes="member: 12377">Thanks for the feedback! This is great stuff.One clarification:That... is exactly how it already is. &quot;As a bonus action, you can channel mystical energy into yourself, enhancing your abilities briefly. Until the start of your next turn...&quot; It's intentionally modeled after the Samurai ability, although stronger (because of the duration) and usable less often. It's until the start of your next turn so that defensive improvements granted by subclasses can have some time to work.My intention between Prowess and Empowered Weapon was to invert the paladin's mechanics. Paladin's Smite lets them nova using spell slots; Empowered Weapon also burns spell slots, but it's a slow burn over the course of the encounter (I worry this makes it too much of a &quot;no-brainer,&quot; becoming a &quot;spell-slot tax&quot;). Meanwhile the paladin and ranger both have tons of weaker abilities that work continuously, like auras and stuff. Supernatural Prowess is the opposite: most of the adept's class powers are part of a sudden 1-round burst. So you really have to try hard to use it strategically.You make some really great points about the stacking of abilities in this class. That's somewhat intentional, as I like it when class features synergize well, but maybe I overdid it in places. I have some ideas for how to reign this back in.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="77IM, post: 7346551, member: 12377"] Thanks for the feedback! This is great stuff. One clarification: That... is exactly how it already is. "As a bonus action, you can channel mystical energy into yourself, enhancing your abilities briefly. Until the start of your next turn..." It's intentionally modeled after the Samurai ability, although stronger (because of the duration) and usable less often. It's until the start of your next turn so that defensive improvements granted by subclasses can have some time to work. My intention between Prowess and Empowered Weapon was to invert the paladin's mechanics. Paladin's Smite lets them nova using spell slots; Empowered Weapon also burns spell slots, but it's a slow burn over the course of the encounter (I worry this makes it too much of a "no-brainer," becoming a "spell-slot tax"). Meanwhile the paladin and ranger both have tons of weaker abilities that work continuously, like auras and stuff. Supernatural Prowess is the opposite: most of the adept's class powers are part of a sudden 1-round burst. So you really have to try hard to use it strategically. You make some really great points about the stacking of abilities in this class. That's somewhat intentional, as I like it when class features synergize well, but maybe I overdid it in places. I have some ideas for how to reign this back in. [/QUOTE]

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