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Message: <blockquote data-quote="NoWayJose" data-source="post: 5540121" data-attributes="member: 84810">FYI, I chose Hypnotism, partially because I would have assumed that Essentials applies the latest in lessons learned. Both Beginning of the End and Hussar have commented that 4E is an evolving game, so I looked at one example of the latest in the evolution of magic powers. But these questions DO seem to come up, as have been mentioned beforehand. [sup][error: missing footnotes][/sup] Your game clearly involves out-of-the-box thinking, which is wonderful, but is it the norm for 4E gamers? What if many other players and DM read any power mechanics and simply assume that's all they can do with it? That's not a one-sided question -- many people, including myself, read a rule in a rulebook and assume it's the rule, period, whether we personally agree with it or not, especially (as you've pointed out) when the rule is written so succinctly. Some people are very law-abiding that way (excluding anarchists and libertarians who may view D&D rules as guidelines to be broken or bent on a whim). So I still wonder how many players actively refer to page 42 for alternatives? And of those players that do argue that they should do more with Hypnotism and other powers, how many DMs are in the same mindspace? My question was not so much how 4E *can* or *should* play out, but how *does* it play out in most games? It's the latter experience that informs a majority consensus, which I think is important to recognize whether one is discussing wizard spells or any other topic. So I didn't mean to ask a one-sided question. Also, I believe that Hypnotism Essentials is an at-will attack power (someone please correct me if I'm wrong). If some DMs allow Hypnotism to be used more believably as some indicated they would [sup][error: missing footnotes][/sup], then arguably, you have a very powerful tool that can upset all sorts of balance issues, no? Can Hypnotism be used endlessly at-will outside of combat? If yes, that can be seriously unbalancing. If not, what's the fictional justification for that? Lots of questions, leading me to believe that, for the sake of balance, the designers did not truly intend spells like Hypnotism to be used beyond 'attack or slide up to 3 squares'. If that's true, then the page 42 option may introduce its own problems and then we're back to square one [sup]1[/sup] 1. <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/302220-how-wizard-vs-warrior-balance-problem-handled-fantasy-literature-103.html#post5539325" target="_blank">http://www.enworld.org/forum/general-rpg-discussion/302220-how-wizard-vs-warrior-balance-problem-handled-fantasy-literature-103.html#post5539325</a></blockquote>

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