Combat Challenge + Warpriest's Challenge

[Orcus Porkus]

I'm building a level 17 dwarf warpriest right now and was wondering about giving him a halberd and Polearm Gamble. The idea is to put the marked target between a rock and a hard place. He is suffering an awful mark, but if he moves adjacent to attack me, he gets smacked with polearm gamble. If he shifts or attacks someone else, he gets the warpriest challenge OA. If there are other allies adjacent to him (kind of likely) and moves, they smack him.
Also: Power of Skill feat so he can use Righteous Brand on those attacks.
Is that a good concept?

 

[kerbarian]

I'm building a level 17 dwarf warpriest right now and was wondering about giving him a halberd and Polearm Gamble. The idea is to put the marked target between a rock and a hard place. He is suffering an awful mark, but if he moves adjacent to attack me, he gets smacked with polearm gamble. If he shifts or attacks someone else, he gets the warpriest challenge OA. If there are other allies adjacent to him (kind of likely) and moves, they smack him.
Also: Power of Skill feat so he can use Righteous Brand on those attacks.
Is that a good concept?

If you're fighting an enemy without reach, you're at reach 2 having marked him (as a warpriest), and an ally is adjacent to him, then there's no way he can attack without provoking an extra attack from someone. You don't even need polearm gamble -- if he attacks your ally, OA via warpriest. If he shifts, OA via warpriest. If he moves, normal OA from your ally. So yeah, sounds like a pretty good setup.

If you don't have one of your allies adjacent to him, though, he can just walk away and attack someone else (though he'd still suffer -2 on it due to the mark).

 

[Orcus Porkus]

The only trouble is at level 17 so many monsters have reach.