Olgar Shiverstone
Legend
You know, if powers become more interchangable and are roughly balanced with eahc other at each level, we may see the beginning of de-classificatrion of D&D. Think about it ... if all powers of a given level a more or less equally balanced, why not let a character choose from all of them instead of being restricted to a given class list?
I doubt that will happen soon, though -- strong class roles are part of what makes D&D D&D. But the power balance opens up the possibilty.
The other risk from highly balanced powers is the loss of originality. If all powers of a given level are essentially "attack roll plus xdx damage", only differentiated by a "power source" which is merely flavor text, then all characters become the same, just with different dressing. And that would be boring.
I doubt that will happen soon, though -- strong class roles are part of what makes D&D D&D. But the power balance opens up the possibilty.
The other risk from highly balanced powers is the loss of originality. If all powers of a given level are essentially "attack roll plus xdx damage", only differentiated by a "power source" which is merely flavor text, then all characters become the same, just with different dressing. And that would be boring.