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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Exen Trik" data-source="post: 4635665" data-attributes="member: 34942">I think a fighters marking can be simplified a little and still have the same basic effect. The idea is to be about as sticky as normal, but limit the mark to one target at a time and keep it more consistent. COMBAT CHALLENGEIn combat, it’s dangerous to ignore a fighter. Once each round an enemy that you attack, whether the attack hits or misses, can be marked by the fighter. When marked the target suffers a -2 to any attack that does not include you as a target. A creature can be subject to only one mark at a time. A new mark supersedes a mark that was already in place.In addition, whenever the enemy marked by you makes an attack that does not include you, you can make a melee basic attack against the enemy as an immediate interrupt.This mark can be maintained as long as the enemy is engaged. To engage the target, you must either attack it or end your turn adjacent to it. If none of these events occur by the end of your turn or if you mark another enemy, the marked condition ends.COMBAT SUPERIORITYWhenever an enemy that is adjacent to you shifts away from you, you can make an opportunity attack against that enemy.If an enemies move action provokes an opportunity attack from you, you gain a bonus to that attack equal to your Wisdom modifier. An enemy struck by this opportunity attack stops moving. If it still has actions remaining, it can use them to resume moving.The change to Combat Challenge makes it very similar to the paladins mark. It only effects only one enemy at a time, and it can be maintained by either attacking or staying up in its face. However it requires no action to activate, and has no penalty to letting the challenge end. The immediate interrupt now only applies to the one mark, only when it attacks and not when it shifts. To compensate, the fighters Combat Superiority lets them get an OA (not interrupt) against any adjacent shifting enemy, just as a normal character gets OAs against a move action. Against regular movement provoked OAs, they still get the Wis bonus to attack and movement interruption.I'm not sure if this complicates anything else like mark based exploits, but it seems to work on its own.</blockquote>

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