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Yeah, I didn't get the weapon damage bonus from Brash Strike, but I liked it for when i ran into something with a higher AC than normal, almost as a, Sure Strike. Giving up the CA was tough though. But I decided to retrain it for Shield Feint, for sure. We're playing today, so I will see how...

Yeah, that +3 is pretty "eye-catching," and I'm leaning towards taking it. I just don't know what I want to retrain; I use ToI often, and sometimes FL comes in real handy, like I said. But Brash Strike is rated really high at the optimization site. But it will probably be the one I retrain.

That's good to know, and I approve. The issue never really came up, until i started looking at BSoH.

How comparable do you people think the new Fighter At-Will Attack Power in Dragon #385, Shield Feint, is compared to the other Fighter At-wills? When something new is published our dm lets us "retrain" something if we want. I have a balanced human fighter who uses a shield and bastard sword...

I didn't know you couldn't spend healing surges freely during a rest period that is considered an encounter, but that seems consistent. Does anyone disagree?

Yes. The in-combat utility of it seems like it would come in real handy, for the reasons you mentioned. Thus, I can see how it presents a choice (i.e., in combat or, out of combat- without taking back-to-back rests- which is usually, meh) But that's why you buy 2 :) (for in, and, out, of combat)

I'm assuming you can, but can you use BSoH outside of an encounter? Granted, while not awesome, it seems that if you can use it outside of a "true" encounter, it does quite a bit of healing, given a level 3 magic item? Like I said, it's not awesome. But, is it a bit powerful for a 3rd level...

I still think it was a bad move. And not having any alignment at all, would be absurd.

I didn't even notice that there was a progression, but I saw a creature in the compendium that was listed as Chaotic Evil, and it confused me. Thanks Oh. Wow. The characters I knew who were CN, were just, basically, chaotic, but not evil. Whereas, the CE characters, were chaotic, and evil...

I've been playing dnd for over 25 years, and I love every change in 4th edition, except for getting rid of the Lawful & Chaos alignments. It's no biggy, I simply still use them. But why the change? Is it more politically-correct or something? Was the company getting flack from special interest...

Well, I have it in my head that Defender= "Attack me", not because of a preconceived archetype, but because of things like, the ability to Mark, and Combat Challenge, Divine Challenge, Divine Sanction, etc, (But as I think about it and play, I can see how many of those things can be used in...

Well it's funny that you mention that, because it's not like the party does poorly, it does quite well, divide-and-conquer style. I just think defender= everyone attack me. "I hear you," I usually use a "once bitten, twice shy" type-approach" when it comes to shielding effects. Well, they...

Well, she has Sword Burst, and Arcane Reach, and she's an Academy Master; she ends up WLR a lot of enemies. There's not really a problem- for her- really, it's just that she gets attacked a lot less as a result, and everyone else gets attacked instead, she's become somewhat of the Anti-defender...

Two questions, given the WLR sort of works like an anti-mark, is it problematic for a defender to take it, namely, a swordmage with the ability to cast only 1 aegis? I find it works well with Sword of Sigilis. But a lot of the other times, the creatures riposited (?) just go and beat on someone...

Understandable. I probably wont allow most armors to fit.

Well, what if the implements are the same?

But what if both implements are rods?

Ow wow, I have that issue and must have overlooked it. Thanks.

That's exactly what I wanted. Thanks a million.

I have a 12th level Warlock, Two-fold Pact, with it, and the rest of his powers & feats synergize well with it. But can you actually gain the benefit when using it in the off-hand? It seems, that it is assumed, you can? What is this assumption based upon? Or if it is the Dm's call, how and why...