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Message: <blockquote data-quote="KarinsDad" data-source="post: 5050371" data-attributes="member: 2011">That is one of several reasons for a single action point per two encounters, but it is not the reason for their existence.Action points actually exist to replace the 3.5 concept of action points where it was a bonus to hit. The entire concept is to give the players a little bit more control when they decide that they need it. Effectively, it's a PC cheat. The player decides that he needs an advantage at this point in time, so he gets it. He gets to change the laws of physics of the game system.I give the PCs 2 action points between each short rest.1 can be used normally.1 can be used in place of a healing surge for "magical" healing.1 can be used to bring an encounter power back.So obviously, only two of these three functions can be used between short rests for a given PC. This has sped up encounters quite a bit, helps out with the swinginess of combat a bit, and also allows more encounters per day (in situations where they are in a dungeon).Works great.</blockquote>