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This is all completely correct. Interrupts occur before the triggering action, and Reactions can be used between individual attack rolls of a multi-attack. The contention over this power is whether or not the shift granted by the stance is capable of invalidating the attack that triggered it...

As anybody who has dealt with CS before knows, they are consistently poor at answering technical rules questions. CS has been wrong on RAW before, and they are simply not a reputable source for rulings. I wager that I could send the question to CS again and receive a response contradictory to...

I'm only somewhat familiar with Fighter builds since I've never played one myself, but it looks good so far. Something I'd highly recommend is to check out Lordduskblade's Fighter Handbook. It's a huge help when trying to decide between certain options.

I think you are misinterpreting our position. We are arguing against the ability for SWS's shift to invalidate attacks. Though the shift granted by the stance occurs before damage is dealt by the triggering attack, shifting out of range doesn't prevent the damage you're about to take because...

Why? The power does not say "after the triggering attack is resolved" and it's not an immediate reaction, so you must resolve the shift when it triggers, which is when an enemy hits or misses you. This is consistent with triggered free actions. If they are triggered in the middle of another...

I doubt that will happen, since the stance also triggers off misses, and this would completely change the functionality of the power. It's more likely that the shift will have "after the triggering attack is resolved" tagged onto it to clarify that it doesn't negate the attack.

Well, technically, the user shifts before damage is dealt by the triggering attack. However, the shift doesn't affect the outcome of the triggering attack. Only opportunity actions and immediate interrupts can "roll back time" to do that, and the shift is neither. If the triggering attack hit...

OAs interrupt their trigger like immediate interrupts, so the OA would happen before the attack hits. The shift would not, however, since it's not part of the opportunity action, so you still get hit.

I didn't, I specifically separated the two. I said "MBA as an opportunity action and shift 3 squares away," not "MBA and shift 3 squares away as an opportunity action." I also gave the book and page number of the power for reference.

This would be better, but they don't seem to follow this template. I am looking for a power with a secondary attack that mentions a different attack type than the primary attack, but I am not finding one as you described. Could you give an example so I can compare?

One of the PPs, Feytouched, is from PHB1.

I don't think that the designers didn't specify clearly; I think it's just a limitation of the power format that secondary and tertiary attacks share the attack type of the primary attack, and that the attack types "Melee" and "Ranged" actually themselves say nothing about the range of the attack.

Well, it's not a free action unless it says it's a free action, so if it's not part of the opportunity action, it's a "no-action." The question is then, can a no-action (or a free action) change a hit to a miss? Since it's not an interrupt, it doesn't have the ability to "roll back time," so...

It's a very low level daily, so it's just 2 feats away from an aspiring Swordmage or Paladin who becomes basically immune to melee and close attacks for an entire encounter, while still punishing their marks for trying to attack anybody else. I'm not saying that's even a popular choice, I'm...

RAW, you can't provoke OAs on either attack, because the power is not a Ranged power and thus does not provoke OAs. Personally, I'd houserule that the second attack provokes OAs from other enemies that are adjacent and not dazed, for the same reason that I'd houserule that Nimble Strike doesn't...

So here's what we know. 1) Interrupts that trigger when an enemy hits you can invalidate the triggering attack and cause it to miss. See: Evade the Blow (Ranger U16), Wizard's Escape (Wizard U6). 2) Opportunity actions happen at interrupt speed. Now, here's Snarling Wolf Stance: Does this...

Temple of Brilliance was nerfed so that it blinds everyone in the zone except for the target. It's not particularly good anymore.

It's up.

No, but that does mean people who use undead to fight evil can be heroic. But all this is kind of irrelevant. The Diablo universe has straight up heroic necromancers. It's been done before. That's not really the issue. The question is, can a heroic necromancer class fit into the 4e core...

As circadianwolf said, I think it has more to do with his motives. Necromancy in general is a bit tricky, because it's almost always associated with evil beings and evil acts. Here is what Open Grave has to say about it: Why can't one of those "exceptions" be a PC necromancer who animates...