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Message: <blockquote data-quote="D'karr" data-source="post: 6009530" data-attributes="member: 336">Thematically, I've allowed a single power to be reused when a player decided to use Second Wind.  At the time, within that particular encounter, it seemed appropriate.Some of these things really work a lot better as "rough guidelines" rather than "hard rules."Allowing the PCs to reuse a spent power is one of those things that also allows me to set some pacing goals.  For example when wave 2 of an encounter starts "the heroes look at it and steel themselves for the onslaught."  At that time I might recharge a power, or grant them recovery of a healing surge.I've also used milestones, real ones not the artificial every 2 encounter ones, as the recharge point of an adventure.I tinker with the system a lot, and I have a lot of fun doing it.</blockquote>