Class Acts: Fighter

[samursus]

Can someone clarify for me? The Weapon Master feat is only for Fighters, yes? It doesn't have it as a pre-requisite, but it is under a Fighter Feats heading.

 

[Mentat55]

I think it is available to anyone that meets the prerequisites. Fighters seem to get the most benefit, simply because they start with a wider range of weapon proficiencies, and many of their powers have special benefits when used with certain weapons.

 

[Kzach]

That's an odd conclusion to draw from Kzach's statement (and not really supported by the actual evidence). A more reasonable conclusion would be that there is now a lot of really cool at-will powers available to each class, but given that you are usually restricted to 2-3 1st level at-will attack powers, there's no way for a single character to regularly access more than a handful over the course of 30 levels.

Yeup, spot-on.

My sure-fire sign of whether something is balanced or not is how hard it is to decide between the options. If one option stands out as being obviously superior, it's broken, but if I have to sit there and go, "Soooo much candy... me want candy..." then it's balanced

I think weapon-specific powers are the key to making your choice of weapon matter. It was what was promised in the 4e preview, and which wasn't delivered in the first core book.

How wasn't it? Different classes specialise in different weapons. The fighter may not have had gazillions of options, but there was definitely a good deal of powers that benefited one type of weapon over another.