A little trick I learned last night.

[kennew142]

I'm not so sure that's true. The rule specifies that AFTER a Charge, you are not allowed any further actions unless you spend an Action Point, meaning you can't Charge, then Move, or even use a Minor Action. This would imply that you can't do these things BEFORE the Charge either...but it would be great to get clarification from WotC.

I'm not sure how prohibiting further actions after a charge implies that they are prohibited before a charge as well. Just because all dragonborn females have boobies doesn't mean that all females with boobies are dragonborn.

 

[Plane Sailing]

I'm not so sure that's true. The rule specifies that AFTER a Charge, you are not allowed any further actions unless you spend an Action Point, meaning you can't Charge, then Move, or even use a Minor Action. This would imply that you can't do these things BEFORE the Charge either...but it would be great to get clarification from WotC.

It doesn't imply that at all!

It simply says that you can't take other actions after a charge.

Thus the implication is very clear that you can take your other actions before a charge just fine (if they wanted to prohibit all actions then charge wouldn't have been a 'standard' action, it would have been something different and new, or they would have specified otherwise).

So for a long distance attack, a move then a charge is fine.

Cheers

 

[Blackeagle]

I'm not so sure that's true. The rule specifies that AFTER a Charge, you are not allowed any further actions unless you spend an Action Point, meaning you can't Charge, then Move, or even use a Minor Action. This would imply that you can't do these things BEFORE the Charge either...but it would be great to get clarification from WotC.

The reason to prohibit these things after a charge is to prevent people from charging, hitting the enemy, then using a move action or shift to move away. That reasoning doesn't apply to movement before a charge.

 

[Corwin]

Speaking of which, something that just occurred to me...

Since you can't take any other actions after a charge, does that include the extra action garnered from an Action Point?

I would be inclined to think so.

 

[(Psi)SeveredHead]

Can you combine a charge with an at-will? I thought you could...

 

[Saeviomagy]

Can you combine a charge with an at-will? I thought you could...

I thought charges did a basic melee attack.

So, yes, if you've got an at-will that qualifies as a basic melee attack.

 

[Kzach]

Can you combine a charge with an at-will? I thought you could...

No.

Essentially, everyone has the At-Will power, "Charge" which allows you to make a basic melee attack against someone within move distance at a +1 to hit.

 

[Surgoshan]

You can bull rush after charging instead of a basic attack, but, yeah, that's it.