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<blockquote data-quote="Minigiant" data-source="post: 5751465" data-attributes="member: 63508">I think one of the things that would help merge the mechanics and&nbsp; fiction of powers is to name the groups of powers (At-will, encounter,&nbsp; and daily) with each power source. Then create fluffy and crunchy bits&nbsp; for each.For example martial powers would be strikes, tactics, exploits, stances and assaults.Strikes are at-wills attacks. These are attacks characters independent&nbsp; on the user's stamina, the target's actions, and the situation in&nbsp; battle.Tactics are encounter attacks and utilities. They only work 1 to 3 times&nbsp; each battle.&nbsp; These are mostly only for warlords but companion based&nbsp; classes would get them to. Exploits are also encounter attacks and utilities. They only work once&nbsp; because the target wont be fooled twice example when targets is not&nbsp; intelligent like animals and mindless creatures. Exploits would be split&nbsp; up by class.Stances would be at-will utilities and also would be split up by class.Assaults would be martial daily attacks. They would have big effects but&nbsp; would give penalties on the user until the next short rest. And even&nbsp; then, only extended rests, magic, or rituals would restore them.So Joe the Rogue can do his &quot;Move then attack&quot; Strike and &quot;Careful Aim&quot; Strike at will because he can easily do them. Joe can only use the &quot;Bait and Switch&quot; and &quot;Insult to Injury&quot; Exploits about once a fight because no one ever falls for them twice. The &quot;Bladed Tackle&quot; Assault leaves his arms and shoulders sore all day after doing it once. And do this with each power source.Instead of a generic &quot;spells&quot; blanket for all arcane; there are&nbsp; cantrips, tricks, metamagics, sorceries, hexes, songs, etc. All dailies&nbsp; except for cantrips (at-will), metamagics (encounter), and tricks&nbsp; (at-will). Divine gets at-will orisons, challenges and words, encounter divinity channels, and daily chants/prayers.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Minigiant, post: 5751465, member: 63508"] I think one of the things that would help merge the mechanics and fiction of powers is to name the groups of powers (At-will, encounter, and daily) with each power source. Then create fluffy and crunchy bits for each. For example martial powers would be strikes, tactics, exploits, stances and [COLOR=#333333][COLOR=White]assaults[/COLOR][/COLOR]. Strikes are at-wills attacks. These are attacks characters independent on the user's stamina, the target's actions, and the situation in battle. Tactics are encounter attacks and utilities. They only work 1 to 3 times each battle. These are mostly only for warlords but companion based classes would get them to. Exploits are also encounter attacks and utilities. They only work once because the target wont be fooled twice example when targets is not intelligent like animals and mindless creatures. Exploits would be split up by class. Stances would be at-will utilities and also would be split up by class. Assaults would be martial daily attacks. They would have big effects but would give penalties on the user until the next short rest. And even then, only extended rests, magic, or rituals would restore them. So Joe the Rogue can do his "Move then attack" Strike and "Careful Aim" Strike at will because he can easily do them. Joe can only use the "Bait and Switch" and "Insult to Injury" Exploits about once a fight because no one ever falls for them twice. The "Bladed Tackle" Assault leaves his arms and shoulders sore all day after doing it once. And do this with each power source. Instead of a generic "spells" blanket for all arcane; there are cantrips, tricks, metamagics, sorceries, hexes, songs, etc. All dailies except for cantrips (at-will), metamagics (encounter), and tricks (at-will). Divine gets at-will orisons, challenges and words, encounter divinity channels, and daily chants/prayers. [/QUOTE]

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