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Secondary ability benefits - why the wizard inconsistency?
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<blockquote data-quote="Plane Sailing" data-source="post: 4372424" data-attributes="member: 114"><p>When I was reading through the powers, I started to notice that in most cases there are a number of powers which had a secondary benefit which was modified by an ability which was different to the attack ability in question.</p><p></p><p>Except for wizards.</p><p></p><p>I was interested enough to go through and tabulate the powers by class. How many powers per class of each type gain a secondary benefit from another ability score?</p><p></p><p><strong>Cleric</strong> (all Cha)</p><p>1 at-will</p><p>10 encounter</p><p>2 daily</p><p></p><p><strong>Fighter </strong>(5 Con/8 Dex)</p><p>0 at will</p><p>11 encounter</p><p>2 daily</p><p></p><p><strong>Paladin</strong> (all Wis)</p><p>2 at will</p><p>14 encounter</p><p>0 daily</p><p></p><p><strong>Ranger</strong> (14 Wis, 1 Str)</p><p>0 at will</p><p>13 encounter</p><p>2 daily</p><p></p><p><strong>Rogue</strong> (12 Str, 10 Cha)</p><p>2 at will</p><p>15 encounter</p><p>5 daily</p><p></p><p><strong>Warlock</strong> (all Int)</p><p>0 at will</p><p>19 encounter</p><p>1 daily</p><p></p><p><strong>Warlord</strong> (12 Int, 14 Cha)</p><p>2 at will</p><p>16 encounter</p><p>8 daily</p><p></p><p><strong>Wizard</strong> (both Wis)</p><p>2 at will</p><p>0 encounter</p><p>0 daily.</p><p></p><p>What a disparity, eh?</p><p></p><p>Now the Rogue, Warlock and Warlord totals are inflated slightly by having some benefits which only apply to certain builds, so the maximum powers with these secondary benefits is reduced for any given individual, rather than the full 22/20/26 possibles.</p><p></p><p>The cleric, fighter, paladin and ranger still have solid totals of 13, 13, 16 and 15 powers their way.</p><p></p><p>The wizard? 2 at wills.</p><p></p><p>It is strange. It is almost as if the wizard powers were written by someone who "didn't get the memo" about including secondary ability benefits in a certain number of powers!</p><p></p><p>Cheers</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Plane Sailing, post: 4372424, member: 114"] When I was reading through the powers, I started to notice that in most cases there are a number of powers which had a secondary benefit which was modified by an ability which was different to the attack ability in question. Except for wizards. I was interested enough to go through and tabulate the powers by class. How many powers per class of each type gain a secondary benefit from another ability score? [B]Cleric[/B] (all Cha) 1 at-will 10 encounter 2 daily [B]Fighter [/B](5 Con/8 Dex) 0 at will 11 encounter 2 daily [B]Paladin[/B] (all Wis) 2 at will 14 encounter 0 daily [B]Ranger[/B] (14 Wis, 1 Str) 0 at will 13 encounter 2 daily [B]Rogue[/B] (12 Str, 10 Cha) 2 at will 15 encounter 5 daily [B]Warlock[/B] (all Int) 0 at will 19 encounter 1 daily [B]Warlord[/B] (12 Int, 14 Cha) 2 at will 16 encounter 8 daily [B]Wizard[/B] (both Wis) 2 at will 0 encounter 0 daily. What a disparity, eh? Now the Rogue, Warlock and Warlord totals are inflated slightly by having some benefits which only apply to certain builds, so the maximum powers with these secondary benefits is reduced for any given individual, rather than the full 22/20/26 possibles. The cleric, fighter, paladin and ranger still have solid totals of 13, 13, 16 and 15 powers their way. The wizard? 2 at wills. It is strange. It is almost as if the wizard powers were written by someone who "didn't get the memo" about including secondary ability benefits in a certain number of powers! Cheers [/QUOTE]
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