Battle Standards and Solitaire

[Pabloj]

I just barely read over the excerpt: is it possible to fight with a one handed weapon and wield a magical standard with the other?

 

[darukaru]

I don't get why they would give it resist 50, and then make removing it a standard action, no roll, no opportunity attack, for anyone even adjacent to the banner. Seems like banners will wreck solos and be useless against minion swarms, which is kind of the opposite of how I would expect them to work (if there were going to be a stature-based gradient of effectiveness).

Makes sense to me. The game is "capture the flag", after all, not "blow up the flag". It's just a little added spice to your combat--if you want a bonus, here's an objective you have to defend.

 

[frankthedm]

I just barely read over the excerpt: is it possible to fight with a one handed weapon and wield a magical standard with the other?

Actually the powers kick off when the standard is placed. Holding the banner aloft is not even an option. This is a huge reason why I feel these are "Meh".

"A battle standard’s magic allows it to be set into any solid surface that is not difficult terrain, even rocky ground or a stone floor."

"When you plant the battle standard in your space or an adjacent square, "

"This effect lasts until the end of the encounter or until the battle standard is removed from the ground. "

 

[Azurebane]

*Cough* Guild Wars *Cough*...

8)

 

[AllisterH]

*Cough* Guild Wars *Cough*...

8)

*Chuckle*

If people had used the Guild Wars = 4E, that at least would've made a decent argument.

Someone at WOTC really has good taste. Guild Wars is much more fun I find than WoW

 

[Black Knight Irios]

Too bad that WoW has standards, too.

Frostwolf Battle Standard


Back to topic:
I think I'll like those standards. They Add one more tactical element.

 

[Bison]

That ring looks like it would be pretty powerful in the hands of a Ranger, Warlock, or a Mage (Laser cleric too )

 

[Scholar & Brutalman]

Back to topic:
I think I'll like those standards. They Add one more tactical element.

That's the thing I like a lot about the standards. They essentially create terrain that the party wants to defend.

 

[small pumpkin man]

Violet solitaire + divine oracle's prophecy of doom = an extra action point every encounter? Am I missing something....?

I don't have prophecy of doom in front of me, but since you can still only use one action point per encounter, getting extra ones isn't that big a deal.

 

[Gloombunny]

If WotC doesn't do it for me, I'll have to make up a feat or something for a warlord to carry a battle standard around in her off hand.