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5 years ago ::
Jun 06, 2008 - 1:51PM
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Jul 23, 2003
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Is there a limit to the number of Daily Powers a character can use on any given day?
Furthermore, would someone be kind enough to direct me to a chart and/or page number that this information is given? I have reviewed page 29 of the PHB and at first I thought the far right column listed the number of Daily Powers that could be used per day, but the title of that column is "Total number of known powers" or something to that effect. This doesn't necessarily mean to me that it is a daily [i]limit[i].
At first I assumed that a character could use any or all of his/her Daily Powers on any given day. But after reading the Wizard section of the PHB, it seems that I might have been mistaken.
Any help would be greatly appreciated!!
Thank you!!
"The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord" Romans 6:23
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5 years ago ::
Jun 06, 2008 - 1:56PM
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The chart you are speaking of is the correct one. At first level it should be 2/1/1/0.
Which translates to 2 "at-will" powers known, 1 "encounter" power known, 1 "daily" power known, and 0 "utility" powers known.
Since you only know 1 daily power, and you can only normally use a daily power once per day, you can use 1 daily power per day. If you know 2 daily powers, you can then use 2 daily power per day, each daily power being used once.
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5 years ago ::
Jun 06, 2008 - 1:57PM
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Page 29 is the go to page for this. Wizards can swap out memorized spells/daily powers for other ones but they are subject to the limits of that chart. So if I had 3 daily spells and 6 spells in my book I could use 2 of the dailies then decide that you know one of the others would be better and swap it out for the 3rd one. When I cast that then I would have no more daily spells left.
Of course also keep in mind you can use 1 daily magic item power if your in the heroic tier, 2 in the Paragon Tier, or 3 if your Epic. And that some of your utility powers might also be daily powers.
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5 years ago ::
Jun 06, 2008 - 2:12PM
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Thank you for replies!
I must be missing something though...
On page 158 it reads "You begin knowing two daily spells, one of which you can use on any given day."
So a wizard starts knowing 2 daily spells. The above quote would seem to suggest that he/she could only cast one of those daily spells per day. This would seem to follow what the chart on page 29 reads.
However, Larry the poster above said the following: "If you know 2 daily powers, you can then use 2 daily power per day, each daily power being used once." This would seem to contradict the quote on page 158, but seems to follow the logic that Daily Powers can be used once, and only once, per day, but not putting any limit on the number of different Daily Powers being used in a single day.
Which is the correct interpretation?
"The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord" Romans 6:23
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5 years ago ::
Jun 06, 2008 - 2:17PM
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In the case of the wizard, the class breaks the rule so-to-speak. The Wizard gets to know two daily powers per day (instead of one) but must still choose one of which to use.
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5 years ago ::
Jun 06, 2008 - 2:25PM
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Ahh...thank you  So to sum up, the right hand column of the chart on page 29 gives the total known Daily Powers for each class (except Wizard, which can know more) by level. It also gives the total number of Daily Powers that a character can use per day by level, regardless of class. I sure wish they would have given us advancement charts for each class in their respective sections. I think this would have made the material easier to understand. Thank you very much for all the help guys!!
"The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord" Romans 6:23
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5 years ago ::
Jun 06, 2008 - 2:30PM
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Well, just to be clear: the 3rd value in the right hand column is for Daily Powers.
Also, page 28 has the exact wording on Daily Powers as the base rule (again, Wizards break that rule).
And I agree, I'd prefer to have each class have its own information.
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5 years ago ::
Jun 06, 2008 - 2:39PM
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You're right, I should have been more clear.
As a follow up question, are there any classes that can know more Encounter Powers at a given level than the chart on page 29 indicates? And, if so, does the number that the chart lists limit the number of Encounter Powers that can be used in a single encounter?
Hope that makes sense, lol.
"The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord" Romans 6:23
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5 years ago ::
Jun 06, 2008 - 2:46PM
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I do not believe so. There are a couple of races and classes which give race/class encounter abilities which are not affected by the chart on parge 29. I also do not know of any class which knows two encounter powers at 1st level and must choose one of them, like the Wizards does with Daily Powers.
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5 years ago ::
Jun 06, 2008 - 2:49PM
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Ok, thanks a bunch for all your help!!
"The wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life through Christ Jesus our Lord" Romans 6:23
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