What does everyone think of...

[CovertOps]

Racial at-wills.

We now have skill powers that can be taken in place of class utilities, but these are all encounter powers. The one that's been in the back of my mind for a long time is Dragonborn breath attacks. I'm sure there are other ways to do this and other races that could have something special, but what do you all think?

 

[Nifft]

Racial at-wills.

Dragonborn shmagonborn. I want the elf racial as an at-will.

"It's broken", -- N

 

[Mort_Q]

More choice of powers is always good. The only danger is that a racial power / class power combination is so strong that it becomes a 'must have.' That said, that danger already exists in other forms so... bring 'em on.

 

[CovertOps]

More choice of powers is always good. The only danger is that a racial power / class power combination is so strong that it becomes a 'must have.' That said, that danger already exists in other forms so... bring 'em on.

As a racial it would not count as a class power so that prevents a lot of nonsense right out of the gate. Hybrids and MCs come to mind immediately.

 

[Gruns]

I'd given this some thought while writing up some new classes and whatnot a while ago, and it's really a bit too class dependant. You pretty much need at least 2 per race: a Melee type and an Implement type. Or you could go the Dragon Breath route and simply add a +2 to it per tier. That said, it really isn't all that feasible to come up with racial At-Wills that are meaningful to the race, without feeling all that bland, or stepping on the toes of other class roles. I can see Racial Utility powers a lot easier than I can see At-Wills. (I suppose the Utility powers could be used At-Will, but I don't think that's what was meant.)
Later!
Gruns

 

[Turtlejay]

A perfect addition to the Racial Power book:
- Racial at-wills
- Racial feats
- Racial Paragon Paths
- New Races
- Racial utility swaps

An untapped goldmine. WotC needs to do this.

Jay

 

[Roger]

I'm not aware of any existing At-Will replacement functionality; I presume that is by design.

If I wanted to walk down that road, I think I'd implement the whole class and bring back "I'm a 4th-level elf!"


Cheers,
Roger

 

[Turtlejay]

shhhh! Diaglo will hear you!

 

[MarkB]

There are a lot of feats and a few paragon paths that enhance what a Dragonborn can do with its breath weapon. Promoting that breath weapon to At-Will would automatically make all of those features much more powerful.

 

[Stuntman]

I can see there being racial at-wills as long as they are utility powers and not attack powers. Racial at-will attack powers would make the race seem more like a class as you can simply ignore most of your class's attack power and just use the racial one.