Recovery time [Archive] - Wizards Community

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Gilean

08-11-05, 07:20 AM
Instead of x/day abilities, each ability has a certain amount of recovery time before it can be used again. For example, instead of having rage twice a day, a barbarian would have rage with recovery time of 12 hours. This could be applied to spellcasters, as well.
For reference, a table
x/day--> recovery time
1-->1 day
2-->12 hours
3-->8 hours
4-->6 hours
5-->5 hours
6-->4 hours

This would reduce power of such abilities a bit, of course. Especially if applied to casters. The recovery times could be lessened a bit if balance is desired. For example (the number of uses is first reduced from 24 to get the results)
x/day--> recovery time
1-->23 hours
2-->11 hours
3-->7 hours
4-->5 hours
5-->4 hours
6-->3 hours
7-->2 hours and 25 minutes (or 2 and a 1/2 hours)
8-->2 hours
9-->1 hour and 40 minutes (or 1 and 2/3 hours)
10-->hour and 25 minutes
11-->hour and 10 minutes
12-->1 hour
13-->50 minutes
14-->45 minutes (the small difference comes from me rounding to nearest 5 minutes)
15-->35 minutes
16-->30 minutes
17-->25 minutes
18-->20 minutes
19-->15 minutes
20-->12 minutes
21-->8 minutes
22-->5 minutes
23-->3 minutes
24-->At will
weasel fierce

08-12-05, 02:23 AM
This actually makes a lot more sense.
Gilean

08-12-05, 07:17 AM
Yes, it does. And boosts fighters who don't have such abilities, as a bonus.