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<blockquote data-quote="Mengu" data-source="post: 5980351" data-attributes="member: 65726">As player, I'd be disinclined to pick a utility power instead of an attack power. Encounter/Daily attack powers are just fun. And while it may take some creativity, some of those powers have out of combat uses as well. An Assassin might use Twilight Assassin to create a duplicate and lure some guards away from their post. Numerous summoning powers can be used to retrieve items from dangerous environments. Rather than mess with the power structure, I'd just hand out more free stuff if you're concerned about their out of combat performance. Just make a free feat progression, including some of the combat tax feats in there so they can use their feats on other campaign needs, something like:Level 1: Free superior weapon or implementLevel 3: Free Skill Training or Skill FocusLevel 5: Free Expertise or any other featLevel 7: Free Skill PowerLevel 9: Free Improved Defenses or Superior Defense featIf players are guaranteed the necessities, they are more likely to tweak their characters to fit the needs of the campaign. You could also maybe allow Skill Power to be taken multiple times if it suits your campaign.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Mengu, post: 5980351, member: 65726"] As player, I'd be disinclined to pick a utility power instead of an attack power. Encounter/Daily attack powers are just fun. And while it may take some creativity, some of those powers have out of combat uses as well. An Assassin might use Twilight Assassin to create a duplicate and lure some guards away from their post. Numerous summoning powers can be used to retrieve items from dangerous environments. Rather than mess with the power structure, I'd just hand out more free stuff if you're concerned about their out of combat performance. Just make a free feat progression, including some of the combat tax feats in there so they can use their feats on other campaign needs, something like: Level 1: Free superior weapon or implement Level 3: Free Skill Training or Skill Focus Level 5: Free Expertise or any other feat Level 7: Free Skill Power Level 9: Free Improved Defenses or Superior Defense feat If players are guaranteed the necessities, they are more likely to tweak their characters to fit the needs of the campaign. You could also maybe allow Skill Power to be taken multiple times if it suits your campaign. [/QUOTE]

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