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<blockquote data-quote="Dausuul" data-source="post: 5424698" data-attributes="member: 58197">What if someone goes with the &quot;lazy warlord&quot; build? Where you put an 8 in Strength, use a whip as your weapon (without bothering to become proficient), and rely on powers that enable your allies to attack? This is not a hypothetical, either. As I mentioned above, I made a hybrid wizard/warlord once that did exactly this--the idea was that she was a tactically savvy wizard, who alternated between casting spells and inspiring and directing her allies--and she was very effective. If I had gotten her to 15th level, Band of Fellows would have been stupidly powerful in her hands, even if she attacked at full bonus every time.Band of Fellows is just badly written IMO. Any power that gives PCs an incentive to penalize their own attack rolls needs a serious infusion of basic game design.I wouldn't advise thinking of using this power in RP terms, because it doesn't make a damn bit of sense no matter how you slice it. It's not quite as bad as Come and Get It, but it's not far off. &quot;Come forth my wondrous band and slay this creature! I will inspire you to feats of valor with my dramatic attacks! Until I actually hit, and then you won't be inspired any more.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dausuul, post: 5424698, member: 58197"] What if someone goes with the "lazy warlord" build? Where you put an 8 in Strength, use a whip as your weapon (without bothering to become proficient), and rely on powers that enable your allies to attack? This is not a hypothetical, either. As I mentioned above, I made a hybrid wizard/warlord once that did exactly this--the idea was that she was a tactically savvy wizard, who alternated between casting spells and inspiring and directing her allies--and she was very effective. If I had gotten her to 15th level, Band of Fellows would have been stupidly powerful in her hands, even if she attacked at full bonus every time. Band of Fellows is just badly written IMO. Any power that gives PCs an incentive to penalize their own attack rolls needs a serious infusion of basic game design. I wouldn't advise thinking of using this power in RP terms, because it doesn't make a damn bit of sense no matter how you slice it. It's not quite as bad as Come and Get It, but it's not far off. "Come forth my wondrous band and slay this creature! I will inspire you to feats of valor with my dramatic attacks! Until I actually hit, and then you won't be inspired any more." [/QUOTE]

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