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<blockquote data-quote="Diirk" data-source="post: 4934897" data-attributes="member: 14476">Not sure that I really agree with you. The target entry of a power is explicit and defined (pg 57 PHB), however targetting in general has a seperate section (pg 272 PHB) where it talks in much vaguer terms and is referred to from other places that aren't related to powers.I much prefer to say 'If you're damaging something, you're targetting it', which is straight forward and doesn't bring up oddities such as Dragonflame Mantle and similar utilities never being able to pierce resistance because they don't have a target entry. And the Burning Spray rider not piercing resistance on a creature you didn't attack with it, but piercing resistance on a creature you missed completely with it, with your ruling.Plus, then you run into conjurations (eg lvl 19 daily Blackfire Serpent), auras (eg lvl 15 daily Spitfire Furnace altho it isn't called an aura explicitly) and zones, which can quite conceivably hit/(target?) alot of things that the initial usage of the power didn't, and while I can understand you're ruling, I feel that it can quite easily cheat the player out of some damage that he'd expect to be doing.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Diirk, post: 4934897, member: 14476"] Not sure that I really agree with you. The target entry of a power is explicit and defined (pg 57 PHB), however targetting in general has a seperate section (pg 272 PHB) where it talks in much vaguer terms and is referred to from other places that aren't related to powers. I much prefer to say 'If you're damaging something, you're targetting it', which is straight forward and doesn't bring up oddities such as Dragonflame Mantle and similar utilities never being able to pierce resistance because they don't have a target entry. And the Burning Spray rider not piercing resistance on a creature you didn't attack with it, but piercing resistance on a creature you missed completely with it, with your ruling. Plus, then you run into conjurations (eg lvl 19 daily Blackfire Serpent), auras (eg lvl 15 daily Spitfire Furnace altho it isn't called an aura explicitly) and zones, which can quite conceivably hit/(target?) alot of things that the initial usage of the power didn't, and while I can understand you're ruling, I feel that it can quite easily cheat the player out of some damage that he'd expect to be doing. [/QUOTE]

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