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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Turtlejay" data-source="post: 4911718" data-attributes="member: 70267">Of course I don't mind responding.  I did respond first to the query, see post #2 in this thread.  I feel like a Paladin's marking mechanic makes this Power less deadly than it might seem at first blush. I have quite a bit of experience playing a Paladin.  I played one from 1st-8th level.  I know that the marking mechanic encourages you to change marks depending on the situation.  My Paladin rarely kept one mob locked down. In our current campaign my friend plays a Paladin.  His playstyle is different, so he tends to keep enemies marked better, but his mark still only lasts two or three rounds, ending when an enemy dies, or when he is unable to maintain the mark. So, taking this power means a dramatic playshift in how you play a Paladin.  You lose some of the utility of marking at a distance.  In most fights, you will keep one mook in isolation until it is dead.  You become Avenger-like in that sense. The *only* time this power seems abuable is in solo fights.  The counter to this is the fact that many solos would have an easy time breaking this mark.   I object to the wording "megaoverpowered" and substitute "powerful".  It is certainly a good power, and if it were simply avalable to take with other powers, it would be the clear choice.  As part of a Paragon Path, though, you need to look at the whole picture.  What are you giving up to take it?  Will the rest of the features of the path be good, too? In my opinion the other features of this path are not great.  Bonuses that apply to a certain class of creatures are frustrating to the player and the DM.  The player feels cheated if he never encounters things that play to his strengths, and the DM feels pressure to include those things to make him happy.  See the thread about the undead nuking cleric that was on the front page here a week or so ago. You also bypass the features of other Paragon Paths that are very attractive.  There are certainly more powerful or more flavorful paragon paths out there.  My Paladin would have been a Scion of Arkhosia. So while I see that the text of this power might make it seem overpowered, I'd contend that house ruling it should be saved until you have encountered a problem in your own game.  Don't gimp something without giving it a chance first. Jay</blockquote>

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