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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Fardiz" data-source="post: 6702449" data-attributes="member: 6761896">Going to dump my guide here.After the arguments on the Warlord Handbook thread, I thought it was worth doing to extra detail about basic attacks. As with Zelink, I have university and exams are coming up, so this will happen slowly but I promise it will be completed and maintained. So without further ado, I give you:[h=1]Back to Basics - A Guide to Basic Attacks[/h][h=2]"Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler."[/h][h=4]This handbook will use the following system for ratings:[/h]Red: Garbage, or completely overshadowed by another option.Purple: Situationally useful, but overall pretty meh.Black: OK. You could do worse than pick this.Blue: Good stuff. You probably want this.Sky Blue: You want this. Period.Gold: Why haven't you taken this yet? A defining choice for a build, or even the whole class. Please note these terms are relative to other things in the same genre (there are very few unusually basic attacks - some are just better than others).[sblock=Sources] AP - Arcane PowerAV - Adventurer's VaultAV 2 - Adventurer's Vault 2D XXX - Dragon Magazine, issue XXXDMA 2009 - Dragon Magazine Annual 2009DP - Divine PowerDSCS - Dark Sun Campaign SettingFRPG - Forgotten Realms Player's GuideHoS - Heroes of ShadowHotEC - Heroes of the Elemental ChaosHotF - Heroes of the FeywildHotFK - Heroes of the Forgotten KingdomsHotFL - Heroes of the Fallen LandsMM - Monster ManualMM 2 - Monster Manual 2MOTP - Manual of the PlanesMP - Martial PowerMP 2 - Martial Power 2PHB - Player's HandbookPHB 2 - Player's Handbook 2PHB 3 - Player's Handbook 3PHH 1 - Player's Handbook Heroes: Series 1PHH 2 - Player's Handbook Heroes: Series 2PHR: DB - Player's Handbook Races: DragonbornPHR: TF - Player's Handbook Races: TieflingsPrP - Primal Power [/sblock][sblock=Glossary] AP - Action point.BBEG - Big bad evil guy.Bravelord - Refers to a Warlord with the Bravura Presence class feature.Burst/Nova/Spike Damage - Generally understood to mean the highest amount of damage a character can inflict in the space of a single round. Usually, calculations for this allow 1 round of setup before the actual damage.CA - Combat advantage.DPR - Damage per round, which is generally meant to mean the character's expected damage value using At-Will powers against a standard enemy of the same level (eloquently described by Adslahnit as the Official CharOp Inanimate Block of TofuTM).ED - Epic destiny.HP - Hit points.Lazylord - Refers to a build of Warlord that avoids attacking directly, instead taking powers that enable his allies to attack.LX - Level X.MAD - Multiple attribute dependency, which is defined as needing 3 or more ability scores for a given build.MBA - Melee basic attack.MC - Multiclass or multiclassing.NAD - Non-AC defense.OA - Opportunity attack.PP - Paragon path.RBA - Ranged basic attack.Reslord - Refers to a Warlord with the Resourceful Presence class feature.SAD - Single attribute dependency, which is defined as a build that really only needs 1 ability score.Taclord - Refers to a Warlord with the Tactical Presence class feature.THP - Temporary hit points. [/sblock]Thanks to:Lordduskblade - the basic handbook layoutZelink - his Warlord thread started this whole thing.Those who created and maintain the other handbooks - I crossreference my ratings for powers with their's.</blockquote>

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