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<blockquote data-quote="Cadfan" data-source="post: 4483483" data-attributes="member: 40961">Re: people's questions about my statement that power source is destiny.Power source is found in three things- the keywords on powers, their descriptions, and the effects those powers create.Every single attack available to the paladin is divine, has an effect described as involving divine power, and in some way performs a magical-ish type ability (though some could be rethemed if necessary).There are no cleaves, no reaping strikes, no tides of iron available to the paladin.&nbsp; Every single attack action he has invokes the divine, except for opportunity attacks, charges, and attacks granted by a warlord.The same is true of the swordmage and arcane power.&nbsp; A swordmage is going to be invoking magical energy with every single attack he makes other than opportunity attacks, charges, and attacks granted by a warlord.This very easily didn't have to be the case.&nbsp; It would be easy to write a class, say, a Hexblade, that had all martial at wills, and all arcane encounter and daily powers.I guess its just a little higher-magic than I'm used to.&nbsp; It hasn't meaningfully impacted my enjoyment of the game either way, but for classes that mix martial skill with magic, it seems like it could have been done differently.&nbsp; It surprised me a bit.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Cadfan, post: 4483483, member: 40961"] Re: people's questions about my statement that power source is destiny. Power source is found in three things- the keywords on powers, their descriptions, and the effects those powers create. Every single attack available to the paladin is divine, has an effect described as involving divine power, and in some way performs a magical-ish type ability (though some could be rethemed if necessary). There are no cleaves, no reaping strikes, no tides of iron available to the paladin. Every single attack action he has invokes the divine, except for opportunity attacks, charges, and attacks granted by a warlord. The same is true of the swordmage and arcane power. A swordmage is going to be invoking magical energy with every single attack he makes other than opportunity attacks, charges, and attacks granted by a warlord. This very easily didn't have to be the case. It would be easy to write a class, say, a Hexblade, that had all martial at wills, and all arcane encounter and daily powers. I guess its just a little higher-magic than I'm used to. It hasn't meaningfully impacted my enjoyment of the game either way, but for classes that mix martial skill with magic, it seems like it could have been done differently. It surprised me a bit. [/QUOTE]

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