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Message: <blockquote data-quote="UngeheuerLich" data-source="post: 5795322" data-attributes="member: 59057">One of the biggest shortcomings of 4e IMHO is the impossibility to learn new powers by training. I am not speaking of grandmaster training (which I see as a patch actually), but the aquisition of new wizards spells or new exploits during a level.One of the most rewarding things of earlier editions was improving your character over the standard for a level. A wizard gains 2 spells per level through his own studies, but if he was lucky, he could find a spellbook and learn another spell.In our ADnD games, we allowed fighters to train in additional weapons when he found them. I could easily imagine a system where a fighter can learn new tricks.The framework of 4e is not bad. But I would have liked it, if it was possible, that you can learn additional powers of a given level, but in a fight you may only be able to use one of them... or even better, male a system that allows for exploits a certain number of times and you may chose which of those exploits you use.Power attack and power attack enhancing feats of mordekainens emporiom are not unlike the system I envision... but I really don´t like the idea that broadening your characters abilities should cost a limited resource... IMHO roleplaying and the effort to gain those abilities should decide how many you get... not the number of feats spent.</blockquote>