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<blockquote data-quote="the Jester" data-source="post: 5990921" data-attributes="member: 1210">I'm putting this in the 4e forum because 4e is where we see recharge dice.I was thinking about a variant recharge system. Instead of rolling a die for each recharge ability, roll one die and use the roll to recharge any single ability that will recharge on that number. This system would require shifting a lot of recharge numbers down a bit, for less impressive powers especially. Let's say you are using a monster with two recharge abilities, Tail Sweep (recharge 5 6) and Breath Weapon (recharge 6). If I was using this system I would almost certainly increase tail sweep to 4 5 6; that way, half the time, something recharges, but most of those times it's the tail sweep attack. I was actually thinking about this in terms of pcs with recharge abilities (from one of my homebrewed systems). I was thinking along the lines of the combat superiority dice in the new 5e playtest- that pcs could gain more recharge dice as you go up in level, and that the dice type could improve eventually, which also lets you set high-level powers with recharge numbers above 6. In turn, this means that mid- or high-level pcs can recharge lower-level powers almost ubiquitously while their highest-level abilities don't become usable almost at-will.Mostly just thinking out loud here, but it's an interesting mechanical variant and I thought I would share my thoughts!</blockquote>

[QUOTE="the Jester, post: 5990921, member: 1210"] I'm putting this in the 4e forum because 4e is where we see recharge dice. I was thinking about a variant recharge system. Instead of rolling a die for each recharge ability, roll one die and use the roll to recharge any single ability that will recharge on that number. This system would require shifting a lot of recharge numbers down a bit, for less impressive powers especially. Let's say you are using a monster with two recharge abilities, Tail Sweep (recharge 5 6) and Breath Weapon (recharge 6). If I was using this system I would almost certainly increase tail sweep to 4 5 6; that way, half the time, [i]something[/i] recharges, but most of those times it's the tail sweep attack. I was actually thinking about this in terms of pcs with recharge abilities (from one of my homebrewed systems). I was thinking along the lines of the combat superiority dice in the new 5e playtest- that pcs could gain more recharge dice as you go up in level, and that the dice type could improve eventually, which also lets you set high-level powers with recharge numbers above 6. In turn, this means that mid- or high-level pcs can recharge lower-level powers almost ubiquitously while their highest-level abilities don't become usable almost at-will. Mostly just thinking out loud here, but it's an interesting mechanical variant and I thought I would share my thoughts! [/QUOTE]

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