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<blockquote data-quote="Asurya" data-source="post: 4064395" data-attributes="member: 59648">[digression]beware the word broken: as someone explained in another thread a class/feat is broken when it breaks the game (pretty straight forward he!) i.e. make it unplayable/unenjoyable. This is often tied to overpowered, because when you overpower anything else, you broke the game. But the reverse is also true: Fighter is broken ... just because he is sooo underpowered.[/digression]so yeah basically, this version is not overpowered.I'm not familiar with d20-WoW, so I have no idea how the Energy gauge is handled (having some background in the MMO, I see how it's used but can't tell how the d20 rules translated the size/regeneration etc)For the 'strangeness', I will leave it to your group, it's all matter of personal interpretation.Just a note, but 5 hits and 5 rounds are far from the same thing to me: at low level you can hit twice per round (TWF) and it grows when you gain levels.And for the last part of your sentence, you make a reference to the std Rogue don't you? because this brew will do near nothing but accumulate combo points on a critter for a few rounds before doing sth flashy and cool to finish it off (or seriously impeding him).I guess your player will have to plan carefully how combat is handled with his mates (both IG and IRL) because nothing sucks more than having spent 4 atk on a guy for your THF-PA-happy buddy take the kill himself. Arguably, std Rogue already need some planning if he wants to flank.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Asurya, post: 4064395, member: 59648"] [digression] beware the word [I]broken[/I]: as someone explained in another thread a class/feat is [I]broken[/I] when it breaks the game (pretty straight forward he!) i.e. make it unplayable/unenjoyable. This is often tied to overpowered, because when you overpower anything else, you broke the game. But the reverse is also true: Fighter is [I]broken[/I] ... just because he is sooo [B]under[/B]powered. [/digression] so yeah basically, this version is not overpowered. I'm not familiar with d20-WoW, so I have no idea how the Energy gauge is handled (having some background in the MMO, I see how it's used but can't tell how the d20 rules translated the size/regeneration etc) For the 'strangeness', I will leave it to your group, it's all matter of personal interpretation. Just a note, but 5 hits and 5 rounds are far from the same thing to me: at low level you can hit twice per round (TWF) and it grows when you gain levels. And for the last part of your sentence, you make a reference to the std Rogue don't you? because this brew will do near nothing but accumulate combo points on a critter for a few rounds before doing sth flashy and cool to finish it off (or seriously impeding him). I guess your player will have to plan carefully how combat is handled with his mates (both IG and IRL) because nothing sucks more than having spent 4 atk on a guy for your THF-PA-happy buddy take the kill himself. Arguably, std Rogue already need some planning if he wants to flank. [/QUOTE]

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