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<blockquote data-quote="NotAYakk" data-source="post: 8095882" data-attributes="member: 72555">Yep, except now it is communication between two players and tactical requirements to get that bonus.The Warlord I wrote above, it is the Warlord who says &quot;roll an extra d6&quot; (or whatever) and says the DC (that is why I use the Warlord's DC, not the target PCs; less communication), and it happens after the player does what they do, and it doesn't generally require that the Warlord boss the Player around to get the max yield from it.At 1 die at level 1 up to 3 dice at level 9, you are going to have plenty of chances to use the dice; and at level 5+, you can reasonably efficiently burn 2 dice on your turn (giving 2 other people an attack) if you didn't find better things to do on your off-turn.I mean, I played a lot of 4e.&nbsp; Powers that granted small, conditional, wide bonuses where often mechanically sound, but they where a pain to deal with.&nbsp; I started talking about the differences between &quot;damage per second&quot; and &quot;damage per turn&quot;; small, stacking, conditional, fiddly bonuses and multiple attacks generated more damage per turn, but did not generate more damage per second.So they led to combat being both easier and more boring.---I mean, I guess we could have&quot;Focus Fire&quot;: hit a creature, burn a die.&nbsp; Everyone other than you who hits the creature gets to roll the die and deal extra damage (per player? per attack?)That has the nice property that it encourages tactically optimal play on the part of your teammates.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="NotAYakk, post: 8095882, member: 72555"] Yep, except now it is communication between two players and tactical requirements to get that bonus. The Warlord I wrote above, it is the Warlord who says "roll an extra d6" (or whatever) and says the DC (that is why I use the Warlord's DC, not the target PCs; less communication), and it happens after the player does what they do, and it doesn't generally require that the Warlord boss the Player around to get the max yield from it. At 1 die at level 1 up to 3 dice at level 9, you are going to have plenty of chances to use the dice; and at level 5+, you can reasonably efficiently burn 2 dice on your turn (giving 2 other people an attack) if you didn't find better things to do on your off-turn. I mean, I played a lot of 4e. Powers that granted small, conditional, wide bonuses where often mechanically sound, but they where a pain to deal with. I started talking about the differences between "damage per second" and "damage per turn"; small, stacking, conditional, fiddly bonuses and multiple attacks generated more damage per turn, but did not generate more damage per second. So they led to combat being both easier and more boring. --- I mean, I guess we could have "Focus Fire": hit a creature, burn a die. Everyone other than you who hits the creature gets to roll the die and deal extra damage (per player? per attack?) That has the nice property that it encourages tactically optimal play on the part of your teammates. [/QUOTE]

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