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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Oni" data-source="post: 4857642" data-attributes="member: 380">covaithe, while we're on the topic of keywords and Lasting Frost, I've a couple questions on the finer points of the rules and how you want to handle them.  First Lasting Frost (and similar feats).  My current reading of the rules is that an attack is farther broken down into parts that occur in sequence, but are actually separate events.  This seems to be the general consensus and is necessary for attacks to interrupted midstream by some powers are they are.  However it also leads to some weirdness like Echoes of Thunder and Lasting Frost being applied on the initial attack that activates them.  Having given it some thought, I don't believe that was the intent.  Personally I'm leaning more and more toward on hit powers being applied along with the hit line of a power, rather than immediately upon fulfilling the requirement (so that they don't apply to the initial attack), but wanted to see how you're doing it since it is pertinent.  Secondly keywords.  It seems like we're in agree about adding keywords, but what the rules don't mention is losing keywords (no reason it should, there is nothing in the PHB to warrant it).  The rod of the dragonborn doesn't add a damage type, it changes the damage type.  It seems logical to me that instead of adding a keyword, that it should replace the keywords related to damage type.  The upside is less immunities to worry about, the downside is less ways to sidestep a particular resistance.  And it avoids some weirdness such a fire immune creature being immune to cold damage, because the power still has the fire keyword.  What is your opinion on the matter, as it is again pertinent.Well that's enough minutia for me, I think I might make the Lasting Frost/ Echoes of Thunder fix a L4W proposal.</blockquote>

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