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<blockquote data-quote="Flamestrike" data-source="post: 8361041" data-attributes="member: 6788736">How you (as DM) manage that, alters the choices by your PCs at the table.A DM that is big on longer AD's (8 or more encounters between long rests, say by pushing the 'Gritty realism' variant on the players) will see a lot of 'builds' that favor 'at will' and short rest recharge abilities.OTOH a DM that doesnt manage the AD at all, will likely see nova builds (Action surging Sorc-aladins, and full casters) dumping everything they have from round 1, with little to no thought being applied, and then falling back to rest and do it all over again.Personally I would have prefered a system where virtually all resources are per encounter (think ToB or SWSE), but we got the system we got.It has advantages (lack of same-ness, ability to move the spotlight, levers to pull and push on, plus a requirement for long term thinking and resource management) but there are some drawbacks as well.This thread coming up every week or so highlights those disadvantages.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Flamestrike, post: 8361041, member: 6788736"] How you (as DM) manage that, alters the choices by your PCs at the table. A DM that is big on longer AD's (8 or more encounters between long rests, say by pushing the 'Gritty realism' variant on the players) will see a lot of 'builds' that favor 'at will' and short rest recharge abilities. OTOH a DM that doesnt manage the AD at all, will likely see nova builds (Action surging Sorc-aladins, and full casters) dumping everything they have from round 1, with little to no thought being applied, and then falling back to rest and do it all over again. Personally I would have prefered a system where virtually all resources are per encounter (think ToB or SWSE), but we got the system we got. It has advantages (lack of same-ness, ability to move the spotlight, levers to pull and push on, plus a requirement for long term thinking and resource management) but there are some drawbacks as well. This thread coming up every week or so highlights those disadvantages. [/QUOTE]

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