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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Zerakon" data-source="post: 1070822" data-attributes="member: 12921">Are these martial feats balanced?Well, for v0.42 I'm trying to tweak the martial Way feats so that they are reasonably balanced. For those (most) of you who haven't downloaded the rules, the concept is that in the Will Power system, each character gains Will Points at each level; these Will Points are the mystical strength of that person - used to power up any of the triad of mystical mechanics: heroism, supernatural powers, or magic.There is no Will Power monk class, instead any character can choose martial feats that give monkish powers. Each of the Way feats allows a character to spend Will Points to activate the corresponding power.I'm finding it interesting that a monkish fighter will accumulate these feats faster but have less Will Points to spend on using them, because of a d4 Will Die. A monkish priest will attain them more slowly but be able to use them more often because of a d10 Will Die.Anyway, here are the 5 Will Point-based martial feats, and I'm wondering if anyone can spot any immediate balance problems within them.  In other words, if you are given a limited supply of Will Points to activate them, do any of them seem like they wouldn't be worth activating?WAY OF BALANCE [general][fighter]You are a master of the elements and have improved powers in all of the martial skills.Prerequisites: Wis 15, Way of Earth, Way of Fire, Way of Water, Way of Wind.Benefit: When you have Way of Balance, your skill in each of the four elemental (Earth, Fire, Water, and Wind) way feats is improved. See each of those feats for details.WAY OF EARTH [general][fighter]You are trained in a strange form of martial arts defense, using your mental fortitude to increase your ability to deflect damage in combat.Prerequisites: Wis 13, Toughness, Level 4+.Benefit: When wearing no armor or shield, you may, as a free action, burn Nx2 Will Points to gain DR N/+1 for one round. You can only burn a number of Will Points equal to your level divided by 2. So, at 4th-7th levels, you can burn 2 Will Points to gain DR 1/+1, at 8th-11th levels, you can burn up to 4 Will Points to gain DR 2/+1, etc.Special: If you have Way of Balance, you gain an additional DR bonus equal to your level divided by 5 when activating Way of Earth.WAY OF FIRE [general][fighter]You are trained in a strange form of martial arts attack, using your mental fortitude to increase your ability to deliver damage with your unarmed attacks.Prerequisites: Wis 13, Improved Unarmed Strike.Benefit: When wearing no armor or shield and holding no weapon, you can burn 1 Will Point to use Way of Fire as a full attack. Your unarmed damage raises to 1d6 + your level divided by four. You gain additional unarmed attacks faster, based on your primary attack bonus minus 4. For example, if your base attack bonus is +5, your unarmed attack bonus is +5/+1. If your base attack bonus is +10, your unarmed attack bonus is +10/+6/+2.Special: If you have Way of Balance, when you activate Way of Fire, you may burn 2 additional Will Points to perform a flurry of fire, and gain an extra attack at your full attack bonus.WAY OF WATER [general][fighter]You are trained in a strange form of martial arts defense, using your mental fortitude to increase your ability to avoid blows in combat.Prerequisites: Wis 13, Dodge.Benefit: When wearing no armor or shield, you may, as a free action, burn 1 Will Point to add your Wisdom modifier to your Armor Class for one round.Special: If you have Way of Balance, you gain an additional Armor Class bonus equal to your level divided by 5 when activating Way of Water.WAY OF WIND [general][fighter]You can temporarily increase your speed using your training in a strange martial art.Prerequisites: Wis 13, Run.Benefit: When wearing no armor or shield and not encumbered with medium or heavy load, you may activate Way of Wind as a free action to increase your base movement rate for one round. Your options:Burn 1 Will Point for a 5’ increase.Burn 2 Will Points for a 10’ increase.Burn 4 Will Points for a 15’ increase.Burn 8 Will Points for a 20’ increase.Special: If you have Way of Balance, double all movement gains when activating Way of Wind.Note that the current design allows Will Power martial fighters to activate these powers even while holding a weapon, but not with armor or shield. That is, you could activate Way of Wind and Way of Water and attack with a two-handed sword. Is that too powerful, I wonder?-- Zerakon the Game Mage</blockquote>

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