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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Manbearcat" data-source="post: 6078451" data-attributes="member: 6696971">I cut out the snark to distill the essence of the post.  I'm not sure its particularly fair to deconstruct a coherent whole into its individual parts, focus like a laser beam on one or two specific parts and then assert that by proxy of your deconstruction and zoom-in focus on specific parts, its clear that the zoomed-out, aggregated, mechanical whole don't inherently create a theme.  That being said, the keywords and the mechanical impact of Come and Get It certainly promulgate the play of "martial master of the battlefield" by way of its mechanics.This post <a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/showthread.php?333786-Pemertonian-Scene-Framing-A-Good-Approach-to-D-amp-D-4e&p=6078390&viewfull=1#post6078390" target="_blank">here</a> that I wrote a few hours ago (focusing on the general, default paladin/knightly themes and how this is actualized by the mechanics of the 4e class) might be relevant.  "Fighter as a dogged, unflabbable" martial archetype is easily enough shown to be true by the mechanical bearing of the default features and a default martial exploit assemblage.  My guess would be that if @<a href="http://www.enworld.org/forum/member.php?42582-pemerton" target="_blank">pemerton</a> re-created my post in the vein of his home game's Dwarven Fighter PC, it would be very evident how the "quintessentially dwarven devotee of Moradin" manifests mechanically alongside/together with the "fighter as a dogged, unflabbable" portion.  There are a number of Dwarven feats, racial powers, themes, and Paragon Paths that promote just such a thing; - Stone Stubborn, Mountainborn Tenacity, Dwarf Battle Priest, Delzoun Trueborn, Immovable Mountain Fighter Utility & Shield Bash Fighter Exploit feats and powers- Earthforger Theme - Dwarven Defender/Firstborn of Moradin/Earthheart Defender/Master of the Forge & Soulforger Paragon Paths (specifically the Weapon of the Dwarf-Father Path Feature)   That is just a few among many and they all synergize with Fighter.  I suspect the pemerton's player's character has one of more of those amidst his build.  And, of course I'm not a mind-reader, clairvoyant, or seer.  Its just extremely intuitive.</blockquote>

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