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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Argyle King" data-source="post: 5780937" data-attributes="member: 58416">You have a point, but I'm not only looking at D&D with my comment.  Personally, I'd prefer all parts of my character to be available at all times.  While it's slightly off topic, that's one of the main gripes I had toward Skill Challenges.  I like the concept a lot, but I did not like how my 4E characters sometime felt like two (or three) characters stitched together, and which one I got to use being determined by the mode of gameplay currently in.  If I'm attempting Uber Sword Slash technique, I believe the game should invoke my character to use (roll against) that technique rather than having me as a player define that technique with powers, uses per day, and things like that.Contradicting myself, I will also say that I do understand the concept of putting certain limits on casting spells and calling for divine favor.  I understand those because you're calling upon an energy source which realistically (in terms of the game world) can be depleted.  I'm not sure I'd go the Vancian route though.  I'd instead have the fluff say (as it does in many areas already) that channeling supernatural power through your body has the potential to be harmful.  I'd want to work out some sort of system where casting fatigues you.  When fatigued you could still attempt casting, but it would cause detrimental effects for the caster.  An alternative would be some sort of threshold limit for magic.  Someone who knew spells would have a safe threshold within which casting spells was relatively safe.  In this way a mage could attempt to cast spells which were higher level than normally allowed, but doing so would have a high chance of causing harm and backlash to the caster.  I suppose a way to balance the two ideas would be to allow fighters to also push beyond normal limits with some sort of pool of threshold.  Putting extra oomph into an attack for extra damage or sprinting for a few extra squares of movement or trying to push yourself to make an incredible leap would require extra effort granted by the pool. I don't think this would be accepted as D&D by most of the community though.  Honestly, now that I think about it, I'm not sure if I would either.  I like the concept though.</blockquote>

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