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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lakoda" data-source="post: 4491921" data-attributes="member: 76039">So of course I got bumped out while trying to post my original response so this will be much shorter.I understand why you don't like Power Attack as written but I actually do like it.  As a feat it works for me, but to each their own.  Feat Powers are a bad idea.  WotC has not granted a power from a feat yet (the closest thing is the Channel Divinity feats that grant you an additional option, but not an additional use) and I certainly hope they never do.  Feats are not a powerful as they were in 3rd, that's why you get more of them.Stances are almost always daily powers.  There are only 3 encounter stance powers, 1 is a Fighter power and the other 2 are paragon path utilities.  One of those is Throw Caution to the Wind (PHB 115) which just so happens to be very similar to your Power Attack.  TCttW grants +2 to attack in exchange for -2 to all defenses.  However, it doesn't scale, penalizes all defenses, and it is an encounter utility.If there is a particular class you want to have this power, make the power an option for that class as say a 10th level utility (or a 12th level paragon path).  Otherwise the feat should be paragon (as you suggested) and allow you to swap an existing utility power for this utility power.  The power itself should be an encounter power and I'd change the scaling a bit; +2(3) and +4(6) at 21st level, and then change the penalty to -2 to all defenses.  I know that's pretty much copying TCttW but it works and this way we know Power Attack is balanced.Finally, it seems likely to me that this is a power that you can expect to see with the barbarian class once it's released.</blockquote>

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