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<blockquote data-quote="Quickleaf" data-source="post: 4688409" data-attributes="member: 20323">Thanks for bringing this topic up Fallen Seraph and Moridin, it's been in the back of my mind.Without adding a new subsystem (non-combat roles, gadget creation, etc.), I agree that race and skills are the best places to implement alternate utility powers, though you could extend the idea to alignment, environment, or any other area you wanted.I'd imagine it like a set of utility powers organized into the &quot;Elf&quot; suite, the &quot;Athletics&quot; suite, the &quot;Lawful Good&quot; suite, etc.If you wanted to include action points in the process, you could allow a player to switch these &quot;floating&quot; utility powers with an AP.For example, take an Elven Ranger whose party is surprised by a white dragon cloaked in magical darkness. The ranger along with several party members get pushed into a freezing river. Using his Athletics utility power, the ranger makes a Jump check from the water onto the land, as if the river spat him out! He then spends an AP to change his &quot;floating utility power&quot; to an elven one that changes his low-light vision into the infrared spectrum allowing him to pinpoint the cold signature of the white dragon and take aim with his bow.Maybe my example isn't the best, but that's the basic idea.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Quickleaf, post: 4688409, member: 20323"] Thanks for bringing this topic up Fallen Seraph and Moridin, it's been in the back of my mind. Without adding a new subsystem (non-combat roles, gadget creation, etc.), I agree that race and skills are the best places to implement alternate utility powers, though you could extend the idea to alignment, environment, or any other area you wanted. I'd imagine it like a set of utility powers organized into the "Elf" suite, the "Athletics" suite, the "Lawful Good" suite, etc. If you wanted to include action points in the process, you could allow a player to switch these "floating" utility powers with an AP. For example, take an Elven Ranger whose party is surprised by a white dragon cloaked in magical darkness. The ranger along with several party members get pushed into a freezing river. Using his Athletics utility power, the ranger makes a Jump check from the water onto the land, as if the river spat him out! He then spends an AP to change his "floating utility power" to an elven one that changes his low-light vision into the infrared spectrum allowing him to pinpoint the cold signature of the white dragon and take aim with his bow. Maybe my example isn't the best, but that's the basic idea. [/QUOTE]

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