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Message: <blockquote data-quote="SolitonMan" data-source="post: 4932979" data-attributes="member: 22433">Cool info, thanks for the replies!  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />  This is exactly the type of information I was searching for, and helps me see what I was missing in my dabbling.  Clearly the detailed interaction of powers, feats and (to some extent) items helps make what seemed to me like pretty meager damage potential into what I would consider solid, dependable strikes.From this conversation and others I've read on the topic I get the impression that 4e tends to zero in on necessity.  As a player I like to have as much power as I can so that I can versatilely address any situation I encounter.  But in practice I rarely use most of the power I have.  For example, in our current 3.5 Shackled City campaign I'm running a 15th level warlock.  I have a greater chasuble of fell power to give +2d6 to my eldritch blasts (so 9d6 per blast), the eldritch cone invocation for doing area damage, fell flight and flee the scene for mobility, walk unseen for avoidance, and wall of perilous flame just for the fun of it.  And while it's great to have all of these at-will powers, in practice my use of them is pretty limited on a daily basis.  Other than fell flight, if I could only use some of these once per encounter or day it wouldn't really reduce my practical effectiveness nearly as much as I would at first have thought.Of course, I still love the IDEA of surrounding enemy forces on all sides with walls of fire.  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />Anyway, thanks again, and if there are more replies I'd love to read them!  <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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