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<blockquote data-quote="Syrsuro" data-source="post: 4431687" data-attributes="member: 58162">I don't much care for it, because it both removes player choice AND doesn't accomplish its alleged goal.&nbsp; Its rationale is based on the 'perfect moment' concept and yet it implies that the character somehow knows&nbsp; what perfect moment is going to arise in the (as yet unknown) combats during the day.&nbsp; &nbsp;So you are weakening the character's ability to choose powers to complement their abilities and you are not adding any verisimilitude, despite that being the alleged point.&nbsp;If you want to represent the unpredictability of the 'perfect moment' concept, a better way to do it (imho) is to give it a recharge chance rolled by the DM:&nbsp; At the start of every encounter it is uncharged, and each round there is a small chance (say 1/10) of it becoming possible (and remaining possible for the remainder of the current encounter).&nbsp; And if your goal is to allow flexibility of styles, then you can make the specific power that is 'activated' for the current encounter be random as well.&nbsp;I still don't like it, because it reduces the character's ability to plan tactically (compensated by the chance for more than one 'daily' in a day) - and the increased tactical depth is a plus of 4E imho, but if your goal is to represent dailies as 'perfect moments', it does that better than the above suggestion.&nbsp; imho.&nbsp;Carl</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Syrsuro, post: 4431687, member: 58162"] I don't much care for it, because it both removes player choice AND doesn't accomplish its alleged goal. Its rationale is based on the 'perfect moment' concept and yet it implies that the character somehow [I]knows[/I] what perfect moment is going to arise in the (as yet unknown) combats during the day. So you are weakening the character's ability to choose powers to complement their abilities and you are not adding any verisimilitude, despite that being the alleged point. If you want to represent the unpredictability of the 'perfect moment' concept, a better way to do it (imho) is to give it a recharge chance rolled by the DM: At the start of every encounter it is uncharged, and each round there is a small chance (say 1/10) of it becoming possible (and remaining possible for the remainder of the current encounter). And if your goal is to allow flexibility of styles, then you can make the specific power that is 'activated' for the current encounter be random as well. I still don't like it, because it reduces the character's ability to plan tactically (compensated by the chance for more than one 'daily' in a day) - and the increased tactical depth is a plus of 4E imho, but if your goal is to represent dailies as 'perfect moments', it does that better than the above suggestion. imho. Carl [/QUOTE]

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