Cleric's Divine Fortune, can I use it after the attack roll?

[Stalker0]

The cleric's divine fortune is a free action that grants +1 to an attack roll. As a free action, can I use it after I roll the die? Can I use it after I hear about the attack result?

 

[Tale]

Spells that let you use it after the attack roll is determined generally say so.

 

[Kordeth]

No; it's a bonus to your next attack roll. If you've already made an attack roll before activating the power, that's not your next attack roll.

 

[baberg]

No.

You gain a +1 bonus to your next attack roll or saving throw before the end of your next turn.

Emphasis mine. I don't see how this could possibly be disputed (then again, this is ENWorld...)

EDIT: Ninja'd. Twice.

 

[Shadeus]

I would think that's an Immediate Reaction rather than a Free Action (in addition to the two responses above).

 

[Kazinsky]

No; it's a bonus to your next attack roll. If you've already made an attack roll before activating the power, that's not your next attack roll.

Agreed.

 

[Kordeth]

I would think that's an Immediate Reaction rather than a Free Action (in addition to the two responses above).

You can't take immediate actions on your turn, so no, it isn't.

 

[Ganadai]

It seems strange to me that RPGA reward cards are better than Divine Fortune which is an encounter power.

Despite the wording, I allow my players to use it after the roll, because otherwise it would be an encounter power that had a 5% chance of being useful. That means 1 in 20 encounters it will make the difference on whether you hit or not. That's equivelint to about one extra sucessful attack every five adventures. That seems a bit worthless to me compared to every other encounter power.