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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Old Gumphrey" data-source="post: 4383943" data-attributes="member: 12872">Untrue. "All it does" is allow paladins and clerics to use melee powers at range, in addition to allowing dexterity not to replace, but exist alongside their main physical attack stat.Well, it's necessary (at least as much as the feat Divine Archer) for several concepts I know of.My feat suggestion is no different than yours...and the only reason "divine archer" is even a "concept" is because 3e had a boatload of spells that catered to that build. "Divine archer" isn't a concept...it's a power source and a fighting style. It's like saying "I want to play a dude that's religious, but he uses a sword." It doesn't really mean anything apart from telling people what weapon he uses, and where the power behind it comes from.Side note: this is why swordmage is an awful name for a class. "I'm a mage. With a sword." Big deal. You are welcome. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Haha you "noticed" this? I'm sorry, but I didn't notice this, and apparently neither did the majority of the posters in this thread. I'm pretty sure there's a good reason that ALL cleric and paladin powers that operate on strength are melee range.So, right off the top of my head: clerics and paladins have to "pay extra" to get a good initiative score and reflex defense because they don't need dexterity or intelligence for defense or offense. With your feat, they can dump strength, max out their dex, and use melee powers from the back ranks of combat with a huge initiative bonus and extra reflex defense. Sounds like a whole truckload of benefit for the cost of one measly feat.</blockquote>

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