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Here is another free action that can trigger on a charge attack in my book: Overpowered? No. Fun? Yes.

Nice find. Since it's a free action, it absolutely triggers. The power is designed to work as a fine follow up attack for shield fighters. All it does is push the target and knock it prone. Makes total sense too after a charge. Once per encounter... it adds fun to the game. Now show me the...

exactly. I was referring earlier to a dud. By disallowing those free actions, you'll have a barbarian in the group who constantly fires duds. It will happen a lot. Crits and kills on a charge? I stopped counting. So the barbarian has these great fun features, but no, the DM always says, you...

yes, I wasn't thinking

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I think you can divide survivalists up into two groups. 1) Just being the toughest guy out there. Doesn't mind direct and honest confrontation, because defenses, HP, surges, healing powers, temp HP sources and the occasional death saves or bring back from death powers make him stand longer than...

Unless you are below minimum wage, the CB is worth the money (along with other DDi goodies). It makes character creation, and most importantly the research of your options, at least 100 times faster. Which saves time, and time is money. On the flipside, you are wasting much more time than before...

show me the rule

1) the triggered action MUST take place. It was triggered, and it's nested inside the triggering action. Nothing can take the free action away from the barbarian. 2) It's free (can take place at any time) and it's triggered, which means it WILL go off - it's not like a dud or something. Show me...

yes you can. Select "hybrid" under classes and you will be presented the options. For hybrid talent, you pick the feat under heroic, and then choose the option under classes. It works seemlessly. I must say I probably wouldn't touch hybrids without the CB. That tool is just fantastic.

Yes but once the monsters decide to gang up on you you're toast. The bottom line is, you need to be either immortal with that death saving cheese + a good number of surge, or you have tons of AC, HP, self-healing, temp HP sources, more surges than others.

this is exactly how almost all groups play it. I've played with a lot of DM's in the NYC meetup, and none of them ever denied a barbarian his free attacks triggered during a charge. There was not even a discussion about it!

yeah, and you pile up on anything that makes sure those death saves become 20 or higher. I've tried my hand on such a build. The problem with it is you are so focused on optimizing the death saving situation that the character looses any actual game appeal. It's kind of begging to (not) die. And...

This is for an actual game that starts at level 17. The objective is to create an optimized blend of striker, leader, and defender qualities. - Righteous Brand can be used on OA, charges, and any other free attacks from Rampage, Swift Charge, Warpriest Challenge. - I don't want to be a true...

The only trouble is at level 17 so many monsters have reach.

====== Created Using Wizards of the Coast D&D Character Builder ====== level 14 Dwarf, Fighter, Dreadnought Build: Battlerager Fighter Fighter Talents: Battlerager Vigor FINAL ABILITY SCORES Str 20, Con 22, Dex 12, Int 11, Wis 16, Cha 9. STARTING ABILITY SCORES Str 16, Con 16, Dex 11, Int 10...

1) A dwarf. Superior racial abilities and various feats that increase hit points, surge values, number of surges. Also: 2nd wind as minor action. 2) Class: Fighter (battlerager), because of armor proficiency and high HP, and abundant temp HP. Also access to 3) Dreadnought PP. 10 more HP, and...

I'm building a level 17 dwarf warpriest right now and was wondering about giving him a halberd and Polearm Gamble. The idea is to put the marked target between a rock and a hard place. He is suffering an awful mark, but if he moves adjacent to attack me, he gets smacked with polearm gamble. If...

This. It's a major headache to do this. I think the term "free action" is in the rules so you have a type of action that has practically no limitations, like all the other types have, except for what the free action description says itself. The only other limitation is the DM's call.

Where does it say in the rules that triggers for free actions have to take place outside your turn if you take the action outside your turn? I say: The rules grant the barbarian the rampage attack, and swift charge. He earned those actions. Taking those away from him is a huge deal. It happens...