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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Barastrondo" data-source="post: 5655007" data-attributes="member: 3820">I'm firmly in the "spice comes from roleplay" camp, though I suppose a better way of looking at it is "spice comes from context." From a mechanical standpoint, that comes less from having neat powers that make the same character play differently (which is kind of a continuity issue) and more from neat powers that can be applied in a variety of ways. For instance, I think one of the spiciest builds out there is the brawler fighter, but a successful 1-30 run with one would be best with a lot of variety in who and what he's grappling, where he can throw enemies for effect, what he's fighting for. 4e's remarkable strong point is synergy. A class handles differently depending on what the other classes in the group are: consider the rogue with the cleric or the rogue with the warlord, for instance. This is also true of encounter design. Encounter design could grant a lot of sense of progression in ways that the mechanics of the class don't -- or, honestly, they could showcase a subtle class change as you gain a new power, and make it clearly a Very Big Deal. Piratecat said it best, and I paraphrase: "Once my players were able to cast regenerate, I did my best to cut off a limb." Having access to that new power is only a big thing if you have an opportunity to use it.</blockquote>