Balancing Per-Encounter rather than Per-Day
Have you thought about perhaps reducing the number of ki points the class gets, but allowing them to regain it with 5 minutes of meditation? (Between encounters.) That way you stop a Ki Warrior from spending all their ki in the first few battles (or even just in the first) and allow them not to end up going battle after battle with their entire pool of Ki spent. --Ghostwheel 05:24, October 17, 2009 (UTC)
- Yes I was going to reduce the amount of Ki they recieve per class lvl and increase what they get from bonus wisdom. I did toy with your idea but am still unsure. At first I had a lower Ki point total but all enhancements had a duration instead of lasting only a round. I am still toying with the balance of Ki points and any other suggestions are welcome. On a side note you'll have to pardon my poor formating, posting online is not something i do often. --Azel Deslin October 17, 2009 (UTC)
- One option could be giving them their wisdom mod x2 + class level ki points per encounter (scale up or down as you feel necessary). --Ghostwheel 23:41, October 18, 2009 (UTC)
- The general idea is to give the player many options using Ki while not letting them simply pump it all into 1 ability, not including blasts. So they could say spend 1/3 of their Ki for the round to increase their speed to reach an enemy then spend another 1/3 to give their unarmed attack an enhancement bonus for the round and spend the rest for more damage for a single hit, not implemented yet, increase their AC until their next turn, gain a saving throw bonus until next turn, ect. A Ki Warrior's Ki blast ability is intended to use their entire Ki reserve for the round but even then its roughly half the power of a caster of equal lvl. Since all enhancements last only until his next turn and he has a few limited uses for Ki when its not his turn that do not count against his per round limit, he needs at least a few times his class lvl in Ki for any decently long encounter.
- I'm toying with the idea of per encounter Ki using a Physic Warrior's class power points plus bonus Ki from wisdom. I am also considering lowering the BAB from high to medium since the idea behind the class is Ki is life, once you run out of Ki you are effectively out of the fight. BTW thank you ghost for fixing the formatting on my first response, and thus showing me how to do it as well. --Azel Deslin October 19, 2009 (UTC)