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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Nichwee" data-source="post: 4964779" data-attributes="member: 84242">A case made even more apparent, imo, when you think of a Wizard - who has his Daily in a spellbook and picks between it and another to 'prepare' that day.Your 'powers' are something your character has learnt to do, and then uses when the oppertunity arises. The exact way they pull of the 'trick' may be a spur of the moment thing (reskin the fluff everytime you use it) but the 'trick' itself is something they have learnt and look for the opening to use.And Gathanos; In the game I play at the moment I play a nervous wizard with a bit of an inferiority comlex (based on Neville Longbottom) who has been through a war recently. A fair number of his encounter powers are shooting ones (Ranged, one/two targets). There is no way he would have waited until in combat to make sure he knew how to do Spactral Ram (for example), and probably practised it for hours even after being confident he could cast it well. He would be convinced he'd mess it up/misaim if he wasn't practiced enough, as he is certain his natural talent is never enough.Practice is normal for all powers. The barbarian practices hitting the target dummy/imagined foe (D/IF) to build his base technique (using At-Will). He then tries to cleave the D/IF in two to strengthen his swing (using a Daily 4W power potentially). No need for uber-hypnosis/self-delusion, just trying to hit hard even though you know you are hitting nothing. It ties you out a bit (so no doing that again until tomorrow) but overtime you find you can do better and better (You learn a 5W Daily or 4W + lasting effect).In Fencing I practice my At-Will a lot (fast arm movement with a bit of shifting). I then have psuedo-encounter attacks = I lunge, which due to bad knees I can't do often or I find I lose all mobility for the day (and a Daily involving rapid sucession lunging to score a single hit). I still practice the lunge tho, not as often but I still do - so if I need the advantage in a fight I am still able to keep my sword tip under control when doing something taxing and different to my normal move. 90% of this practice is done facing a wall, or other blank vista, and just imagining where my opponent would be.</blockquote>

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