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<blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 5553142" data-attributes="member: 82106"><p>Actually I think some of them are rather unexpectedly strong. Order Adept for instance. Not sure what Peraion meant by "attack powers that increase in level" but the Order Adept attack power is a darn good encounter power with level scaling damage. 1d10+highest mod damage AB1 within 10? Not going to change the world, but I'd guess it will be at least as good as any other encounter power you'll have at level 1. My understanding was that theme attack powers were weak, these aren't. They are definitely on a par with class encounter powers.</p><p></p><p>Some of the other benefits for Order Adept seem pretty darn good. Level 5 you can select a wizard utility power instead of a class utility power at any level, that's a pretty darn nice benefit for a non-caster. Order Adept's utility powers are fairly nice too.</p><p></p><p>I don't have DS, so I am a bit unsure of the comparison to the themes appearing there, but some of these seem a good bit more mechanically significant than I was expecting. The concept is nice, but I'm not really a fan of the extra burden of choices and power creep. There is no way a player is going to put off or forgo having a theme, which really should be a more realistic option.</p><p></p><p>OTOH they do look fun.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AbdulAlhazred, post: 5553142, member: 82106"] Actually I think some of them are rather unexpectedly strong. Order Adept for instance. Not sure what Peraion meant by "attack powers that increase in level" but the Order Adept attack power is a darn good encounter power with level scaling damage. 1d10+highest mod damage AB1 within 10? Not going to change the world, but I'd guess it will be at least as good as any other encounter power you'll have at level 1. My understanding was that theme attack powers were weak, these aren't. They are definitely on a par with class encounter powers. Some of the other benefits for Order Adept seem pretty darn good. Level 5 you can select a wizard utility power instead of a class utility power at any level, that's a pretty darn nice benefit for a non-caster. Order Adept's utility powers are fairly nice too. I don't have DS, so I am a bit unsure of the comparison to the themes appearing there, but some of these seem a good bit more mechanically significant than I was expecting. The concept is nice, but I'm not really a fan of the extra burden of choices and power creep. There is no way a player is going to put off or forgo having a theme, which really should be a more realistic option. OTOH they do look fun. [/QUOTE]
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