Making daily powers semi-reliable

[sirtayls]

How about this:

Feat: refocused power

"If during an encounter you do no damage with a daily attack power, and choose not to get the effect of that daily power, you regain the use of your daily after a short rest."

 

[Rechan]

I think a feat is a feat tax, in this situation. It should be everybody gets it or no one does.

 

[sirtayls]

why so? just curious, seems like it would work well... unless it falls under the 'feat so good everyone would take it' clause.

 

[Rechan]

I'd considered a reliable-ish approach like:

'When using a daily power, after rolling all attacks you may choose to have instead _not used the power at all_. The action is still lost, but the power is not spent and nothing happens as a result of the power.'

I think taking this approach would make Daily powers with Miss effects less desirable. And those powers are balanced on the fact they HAVE a miss effect. So, would this require bumping up Dailies with miss effects, in your opinion?

why so? just curious, seems like it would work well... unless it falls under the 'feat so good everyone would take it' clause.

Just the way I play. I don't want to charge a feat for something intended to ease player frustration over the system. I don't think it's good enough to deserve a feat.

 

[sirtayls]

I think taking this approach would make Daily powers with Miss effects less desirable. And those powers are balanced on the fact they HAVE a miss effect. So, would this require bumping up Dailies with miss effects, in your opinion?

That is a good point actually, although the player would have to balance "do I want to take the miss result now with the effect" Vs "do I think we have something else that will help us instead?"

Just the way I play. I don't want to charge a feat for something intended to ease player frustration over the system. I don't think it's good enough to deserve a feat.

I certainly see your point - though I'm sure my group would see it as a feat. differences in style, nothing wrong there.