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Another FYI: The cleric stuff is (nearly) all implement based. So, if someone wanted a warpriest that wasn't focused on weapons, the death domain is for you (and thus is supports the laser cleric as well, since it's implement based wisdom attacks). In fact, some of the attack powers are useful...

Nope, all blackguards get the same 1st at-will, it deals extra damage for each adjacent enemy (+2 per, up to a max of +8), and their 2nd at-will is based on their vice.

Just wanted to throw this out there. You know how PHB Paladin has a power to take damage on behalf of an ally? The Blackguard has a utility where, if they are going to drop to 0 HP, they take no damage and give that damage to an ally instead (and then give it 10 thp). I just think that's...

It would have been nice. (They even suggest that flails are a good weapon for the blackguard). Maybe they'll put that in a DDI article (along with say, slayer/knight options for flails, etc). The self damage only applies to a single damage roll. On the other hand, outside of a few close burst...

I'll try to stick to stuff they didn't put in the preview stuff. You get +Cha to dmg when you have combat advantage. At level 1, you get a utility to give yourself concealment and thp as an encounter power. The at-will they all get is 1[W] + Str mod, and +2 dmg per enemy adjcent to you (max...

13 Con or 13 Wis.

Those were the only options, all other levels gives you a power (or additional uses of the bloodsucking power). You do get a different encounter power at a few levels, that let's you spend a surge to attack a second target or deal more damage to the single target. The nethermancy stuff is end...

It gets better at level 19 [for some reason the level 19 versions don't even have the melee symbol for their at-will attack]. The shadow brute is large, has reach 2 that sort of grabs the target (it's immobilize save ends, but auto ends if the target ends his turn 2 squares away from the brute)...

For the vampire class, you have choices for utility powers at 2 and 22, plus the chioce of paragon "specialization" of beguiler or stalker. Of course there are always skill powers and racial utilities, but otherwise, you only have 1 power per level outside of 2 and 22 (where you get 2 options...

Hooray for Premiere Store release! Anyway, I've always enjoyed these threads in the past, so this is my chance to give back. First thing I want to throw out is some Vampire "facts", and other people can throw out their questions. Vampires can use ki focus or holy symbol. They have a mix of...

So, if at the end of the first encounter, and the vampire was at 0 surges, his allies would not only go on to the next encounter but refuse to give up a single surge to get the vampire up to full HP? Tough group. Also, there is always durable. A single feat doubles his banked surges. Yes, it's...

My first (well, technically second after a quick reroll after the first session) PC was an elven fighter/rogue who had a backstory of humans slaughtered his village, but was eventually tought sword techniques by a human mentor. So, he hated most people, save for this mentor that died. He...

They'll probably update it when they put new content up on Monday.

The raiding/hunting/patrol concept works to make things create some time sensitive options for the player. On the way in, they want to make sure any group they encounter they either avoid completely, or destroy completely (or at least, make it impossible for whoever is remaining to alert other...

One situation that involved this kind of thing occured just the other day with our group. We had just "snuck" into the baddies hideout. I was able to teleport in and Coup de Grace a sleeping enemy (blowing my 1/encounter sneak attack, an encounter power, and resetting my shroud count), and we...

In general, most of these level 4 utilities, and things like them, are sort of free rituals. As such, the questions would be similar to some of the divination rituals that involve asking questions of gods, or the spirits, etc ... in this case asking it of a fiend. So, depending on the roll, he...

Of course, even the classes without at-will martial attacks basically do. The thiefs at-will powers have been turned into move actions, some mimic the non damage effects of the rogue's at-will. Ditto the stances for the ranger, and fighter. How big a change is "I hit it with my sword and push...

The one thing that was sort of burried in the lead up article. They HAVE confirmed there will be feats allowing the use of the some of the class features from HotFK/FL. So, if nothing else, the Class Compendium articles will be providing some new content eventually (in April). Speaking of...

Actually, it's because those buildsare not part of HoS. Technically speaking, all the powers are for the new schools/pact/domain or for the new class builds. So, they support those. They are also usable by other builds of the same class. With the mage, if they are low enough level, they can pick...

Well, that would be the definition of "enough" ... no need for more. And, regardless, they ARE getting more support anyway, via the class compendium articles. They were going to get a book instead of just Dragon articles, but for some reason it was cancelled. It may be they didn't want to...