I like this aspect of the suggestion. Players are more likely to use them if they knoe there is no point in hoarding them.
> The book (IIRC) even points out that this undermines
> the entire notion of character advancement, but who doesn't love raising
> abilities? <shrug>
Well, if the character starts off appropriately competent, then raising abilities doesn't much bother me. For the most part, characters in novels don't "level up"...
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