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Here's a build, and a discussion of that topic: http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?p=4269960 The key is, of course, that the "enter adjacent square" is interrupted by the OA.

As others have said: your player is wrong. When you get together, carefully go over the rules regarding interrupts. Seriously, read them together line-by-line. It's a bit tedious, but the rules are actually well-written and very clear. It might help to picture moving from square A to square B...

No. That's what the credible threat rule is for. No cleaving with a bag of snails. No using Healing Strike on the ground to grant a surge. 4E, more than other editions, recognizes that stupid loopholes exist and simply asks the players (DM included) to be cool.

Here's a build: http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?p=4269960 Basically, Polearm Gamble makes polearms more useful because they give an OA. So naturally you'll want to synergize that capability with a class that optimizes OAs, like fighter and warpriest. The other OA feats (blade opportunist...

Taking the indent into account, that's apparently what it says. If you hit, everything that's after or indented below "hit" applies. So you make two attacks. For each attack: if you hit, you make a secondary attack. Here're the rules on secondary attacks: Compare Rain of Blows to, for...

You only get one immediate action each turn, so that means your wall works on only one enemy per round. What happens if 10 guys move adjacent? You can't attack the other 9, so... do they automatically get to go through? I don't think the attack is any sort of action. It looks like essentially...

Turn-based, all the way. I want D&D, except I want the computer to handle the rolls and the math. No more, no less. I *don't* want a generic action-game-with-RPG-elements that's skinned with D&D races and classes.

Well, a medium creature only ever occupies one square--even if he's 10' tall. :) And even if prone, a medium creature completely occupies its square.* But yeah, for a large creature, you could aim your spell in such a way that only the "upper" squares are affected. Any small or medium size...

No question; I definitely agree. But this is the rules forum--if someone asks a rules question in this particular forum, the conversation should stick to the rules as written. If the rules say that a power affects all creatures in a square, then all creatures in the square are affected. Full...

Angling a thunderwave "up", so that it pushes people into the air, sounds pretty fun. But I recall a rule that said you have to push along the ground. For Burning Hands, the AOE affects the entire square--no subdivisions allowed. That's the downside of AOE attacks that target "each creature in...

Maybe the Tiefling was referring to Eldritch Rain? It allows you to attack two targets.... :) But yeah, that is a little odd. Maybe the Arcane sourcebook will provide a way to modify EB. Maybe a bunch of implements that give as much variety as a fighter's weapon. So instead of powers that say...

For an example, play a fighter, take the cleric multiclass feat, and go with the Warpriest paragon path. Warpriest Challenge works like the fighter's Combat Challenge, except you get to make an OA instead of a basic attack--and the target doesn't have to be adjacent. That's a pretty big deal...

Good call, Rystil. Star Pact could work. Especially since Dreadful Word is such bad news for this build. You just might want to keep those even at high level! Blargney, I'm not sure I understand your question. Are you asking if this guy is effective before he gets his re-rolls? I think that...

The Divine Oracle is a great paragon path for many classes, but it’s particularly good for the Warlock since that class has more "vs. Will" attacks than anyone else. This build turns the Warlock from a blaster into more of a controller... an extremely accurate controller. Take this build if...

Don't forget that rangers and warlocks can add damage dice to each and every attack, thanks to Hunter's Quarry and Warlock's Curse.

Everyone *hated* 3.5. Hated it. At least, hated the idea of it before it came out. Everyone complained that they'd already spent all this money on 3E, and grumbled about "having" to re-buy what was essentially the exact same system. Of course, these days, people have fond memories of 3.5. WotC...

Right. You get one immediate action per round, and one OA per "each other combatant's" turn. Combat Challenge doesn't work with Heavy Blade Opportunist, for the reason pointed out by Ginnel. However, Heavy Blade Opportunist works very well with Warpriest's Challenge (a marking ability that has...

It's clearly worse than 3e reach, but Actions are still the king of combat, and anything that gives you an extra action is therefore still quite good. To address your specific issues: It is a paragon feat. Nothing we can do about that. The OA is triggered on enemy's "move adjacent", so...

daddystabz, I think Human is pretty strong simply due to Action Surge. I'm a big fan of action points because so many Paragon Paths give you interesting ways to spend them, or bonuses that last an entire round--so if you spend the action point at the beginning of the round (before your standard...

Irongorn can hit the AC range appropriate for his level on 2+ without needing anyone else, especially if you use the alt build that's on page 4 (swords and frost weapons). He doesn't have re-rolls, but it's still pretty effective. :) But I want to comment on your last sentence. I think 4E...