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<blockquote data-quote="Timespike" data-source="post: 8429376" data-attributes="member: 29665">Focus features don't really do the same things as maneuvers, though. And a number of them such as Stillness of Mind and Purity of Body used to be &quot;mandatory&quot; features in the old Monk class. They're still available now, but if you'd rather have something else, you're not locked into them. Other, like Adept Weaponry, give you additional overall capabilities, but they don't really work like a maneuver does.Think of them as something more akin to warlock invocations, but for martial arts instead. And yeah, they're definitely there to be both an a la carte menu you can choose from freely and a unique, special set of things about the adept class rather than a generally-available set of combat techniques. Several, like Adept Weaponry and Forbidden Strike, also &quot;plug in&quot; to other adept features making them much less useful (or outright useless) to characters that don't have the corresponding feature as well.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Timespike, post: 8429376, member: 29665"] Focus features don't really do the same things as maneuvers, though. And a number of them such as Stillness of Mind and Purity of Body used to be "mandatory" features in the old Monk class. They're still available now, but if you'd rather have something else, you're not locked into them. Other, like Adept Weaponry, give you additional overall capabilities, but they don't really work like a maneuver does. Think of them as something more akin to warlock invocations, but for martial arts instead. And yeah, they're definitely there to be both an a la carte menu you can choose from freely and a unique, special set of things about the adept class rather than a generally-available set of combat techniques. Several, like Adept Weaponry and Forbidden Strike, also "plug in" to other adept features making them much less useful (or outright useless) to characters that don't have the corresponding feature as well. [/QUOTE]

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