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Message: <blockquote data-quote="D'karr" data-source="post: 5566335" data-attributes="member: 336">Just to clarify I didn't call it a flaw, and I don't see it as a flaw.  Page 42 of the DMG and pages 101-109 of the DMB are both part of the standard rules.The problem I described is not that the design is bad either.  As I mentioned I believe that the basic rules of 4e are very good exactly because they are well designed.The problem I describe is when players self-restrict to a subset of the standard rules and completely obviate others that can be applicable and open up more avenues for them.  If a player restricts himself to only performing move actions on his turn, and never used standard, minor or immediate actions he would be missing a plethora of possibilities.  When players limit themselves only to the things written on their character sheet they fall into the same trap.  A D&D character is only limited by the imagination/creativity of the player.  The page 42 rules are part of the rules design exactly to allow that imagination/creativity to be used, and still remain within the balance of that design.  They open up entire highways of actions that cannot simply be described in the Powers Mechanic.The designers of 4e wanted to have more options/action within the design space and they provided a very good way to do more.  What they did not provide was an easy to remember way to "know you can" do more.  I just added one thing that allows players to know they can do more.</blockquote>

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