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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ziegander" data-source="post: 4375386" data-attributes="member: 72250">Alright, still definitely a work in progress. I'm now working with the concept of a Tome of Exploits (similar to a Wizard's spellbook, but instead of storing rituals it stores monster powers) and thinking of converting Enemy Skill to a class feature. Here's what I mean.Tome of Exploits: You possess a book similar to the Wizard's spellbook in which you store some of your own most powerful combat secrets, but also the techniques of all those you meet.Enemy Skill and Tome of Exploits -  Whenever you use the Enemy Skill power make a record of the power you used. If you take a short or extended rest the encounter after taking the record you transcribe the power into your Tome of Exploits. Powers transcribed this way have a level equal to the monster that originally used them (At-will powers are the exception and are always 1st level). After each extended rest you may exchange any power transcribed into your Tome of Exploits for a power of your own of the same level until your next extended rest. For example, you've transcribed the Gore at-will attack of a Dire Boar. After an extended rest you may exchange any of your own at-will powers for the Gore at-will attack. If you do, the attack bonus, damage, and effect remains exactly as written in the Monster Manual entry. You can do this with encounter powers, and even daily powers. Recharge powers can be transcribed into your Tome of Exploits, but in order to use them you must exchange a single recharge power for one of your at-wills and an encounter power of equal level of the recharge power.This obviously requires slight modifying of the Enemy Skill power, but nothing I can't handle:Enemy SkillAt-Will, MartialImmediate ReactionTrigger: An enemy you can see uses a power.Effect: Until the end of your next turn you can spend the same action the triggering enemy used to activate the power to use the power the triggering enemy just used. If you do, replace any modifiers to the power with your wisdom modifier. If the power used this way was an encounter power you can't use your highest level encounter power of the same type (attack or utility) until you take a short rest. If the power used this way was a daily power you can't use your highest level daily power of the same type until you take an extended rest.I might actually make Allied Power into a class feature too in order to create the build options of the class. One of the builds stores enemy powers in the Tome of Exploits while the other stores allies powers in it. Thoughts?</blockquote>

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