I know that sometimes, for the sake of balance, we must limit some abilities to uses per day. This is understandable, however when extended to extraordinary abilities not tied to some kind of resource resivoir, it bugs the heck out of me. What could the in-game reasons for the limitation possibly be? An example of this is the Cavalier's Tactician ability. I can't figure out an excuse for the per day limitation that doesn't involve a suspension of disbelief.
What do you guys do? Just chalk it up to luck? Like, the situation only presents itself so many times per day? I personally hate the concept of luck, karma, fate, and any other similar construct. I dunno, the whole thing bugs me.
Don't get me wrong; I do think some make sense. Spiders only have so much poison in their glands, after all, but stuff like Tactician boggle my brain.
I think it makes sense. Something like coming up with superior battlefield tactics puts a lot of stress on the mind, especially if it is in dangerous situations.
EDIT: Quandary's explanation is even better.
You can say that the Cavalier can indeed share Tactical Advice, etc, all day long but echanically speaking it is only enough to make a difference that one usage... The other times it`s not enough to affect a die roll, avoid/take an AoO in time, etc... So RP-wise, you might want the Cavalier to CONSTANTLY be giving Tacticial Advice, and make him understand that his 1/usage is just the statistical chance (much higher than for non-Cav`s) to provide amazingly timely and effective advice, which can`t happen every encounter.
Yeah, that's the best I've heard yet.