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And because you can't take Defend the Line Stance, you have to suffer with, let's see, oh yeah, Weight of Earth acquired through: 1. Hybrid Fighter | Warden, 2. Half-Elf Fighter with Versatile Master at paragon, or 3. Fighter MC Warden and Paragon Multiclassing Throw in Heavy Blade...

Taking your 75% estimate, it's still 8 * .75 * .45 = 2.7 targets unconscious leaving 5.3 slowed (save ends). I never said it was a bad power -- just fixing the math according to my understanding of it.

It was a sad, sorry joke. Video vs. "still images".

Two general comments: 1. A level - 2 encounter can result in a character death, and a level + 4 encounter can be a cakewalk. Much depends on the accuracy of the estimate of the encounter's level -- that "level - 2" might properly be considered "level + 1" if the party's capabilities relative...

It has been observed by some critics of the field of economics that it exaggerates the relevance of things that are easy to measure, and pretends that things that are difficult to measure have a static universal value, typically zero. This is not meant as a compliment.

The DM may view it that way, but I can assure you that many players do not. There is nothing wrong with the Storyteller style, but it is far from ubiquitous.

Each of the targets you hit has a 45% chance of failing the save. So basically, 22.5%* of your standard creature targets (including your allies in the burst) will fall unconsious. Target 8 creatures, and suddenly you'll be facing only 6.2. * Assuming you hit 50% of the targets.

As stated earlier, that +6 from Elven stuff applies to the attack roll, not the saves. Given that a miss on the attack roll negates any possibility of getting to unconscious, it's still valuable, but not in the way you are saying.

You expected video?

It seems a bit weak to me, but for a low-HP character such as a Controller with low Con, in a group with a couple of Leaders, it could make a big difference. The new feat Swift Recovery, which gives +3/+4/+5 surge value, makes it look a bit less attractive, as does Disciple of Stone, which...

Run for the hills! FedEx and UPS have joined up in a hostile takeover of WotC!

I'll give that one a shot. Um, no? The Greatspear I can see, but a campaign setting-specific abomination with a clunky name? There are some among us who let aesthetics play a role in our choices, and the Gouge Makes My Gorge Rise. If it has earned wide application of the adjective...

Sword Burst + whatever one fits your style of play. Booming Blade is my own preference. I might have a better opinion of Lightning Lure if I had ever, even once, hit a target with it.

Hahaha. Usually, no. I chose that construction knowingly to keep things simple. One is fewer than two.

In that case, my comment was misguided. Sometimes it can be hard to follow the flow of threads that go so long.

Non-adjacent OAs require "threatening reach", which is mostly a property of monsters but can be achieved situationally by characters with a handful of paragon paths. It's not easy and might cost more than it benefits.

The big exception is classes for which there are only two good at-will powers for a given build (Archer Ranger, Shielding Swordmage) and those for whom non-MBA powers are problematic (Essentials Knight, Slayer, Thief). Heroic Effort is nice, but it pales next to the huge advantage given by a...

True, but with a few well-chosen feats (Aggressive Advantage, Cunning Stalker, Hidden Sniper, Terrain Advantage, Vicious Advantage), just about any character can get CA most of the time. Granted, not as often as the Thief, and with less marginal advantage. I have seen that myself, but Thieves...

Ah, page 25, now I see what you are getting at. I had forgotten that attack rolls are considered a kind of "check". If you could truly use History checks in place of Intelligence checks applied to Intelligence-based attacks, Wizards and other Int-based characters could easily guarantee that...

I don't even know what that means. Your truth has no bearing on the fiction I might read or write or the gaming that I participate in. Are you threatening to break your own toys? Transparently false modesty screams "look at me!" as it runs naked down the street. If, by chance, you are a...