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<blockquote data-quote="C.W.Richeson" data-source="post: 5102203" data-attributes="member: 33888">I don't find the Skill Powers to be unbalancing.&nbsp; At best most of them are a hard choice or offer something merely competitive with existing powers.&nbsp; Losing a Feat to pick one up is rough as, by now, there are a lot of nice Feat options that can boost other aspects of a character and any character can already only use so many different powers in an encounter (especially at higher levels).Anything that adds more options is, to an extent, power creep in that gaining access to these options can make a build stronger.&nbsp; Are the PHB 3 options notably superior to existing options?&nbsp; I think the only way to know for sure is through extensive play, but from a few sessions of play with it and messing around with the tools presented nothing is jumping out.&nbsp; The Runepriest seems pretty strong in Heroic tier play, Superior Implements will be chosen by many casters, and some builds will prefer certain Skill Powers.&nbsp; The Shardmind is hideously effective at being a Psion.&nbsp; On the whole, I'm happy with the book and will be making use of it in future games.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="C.W.Richeson, post: 5102203, member: 33888"] I don't find the Skill Powers to be unbalancing. At best most of them are a hard choice or offer something merely competitive with existing powers. Losing a Feat to pick one up is rough as, by now, there are a lot of nice Feat options that can boost other aspects of a character and any character can already only use so many different powers in an encounter (especially at higher levels). Anything that adds more options is, to an extent, power creep in that gaining access to these options can make a build stronger. Are the PHB 3 options notably superior to existing options? I think the only way to know for sure is through extensive play, but from a few sessions of play with it and messing around with the tools presented nothing is jumping out. The Runepriest seems pretty strong in Heroic tier play, Superior Implements will be chosen by many casters, and some builds will prefer certain Skill Powers. The Shardmind is hideously effective at being a Psion. On the whole, I'm happy with the book and will be making use of it in future games. [/QUOTE]

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