Aid the Injured, Shake it Off, and Knight's Move are all much better than Crescendo of Violence. Crescendo of Violence is sort of okay if you have a very large group, though. You get few enough total useful powers per encounter at level 2 that choosing a power you won't even be able to use profitably in a large number of encounters (with a party of 4, it seems that most encounters won't have a critical scored within range of the Warlord unless one is a TWF Ranger. Our Archery Ranger got a goodly number of criticals but was rarely within 5 squares of the front line) seems like a poor choice. And indeed, it hardly gives any temp HP at all. Compare, if you like, to the Cleric's At-Will that does 1d6 and gives Cha mod + 1/2 level Temp HP (without needing someone to crit) OR grants a save.Animal said:
Heh, I was thinking the name too, but I didn't post that because it seemed a rather flippant answer.Darkness said:Maybe they like the name.As for it being less useful later on - well, you can always retrain it when it stops being useful.
Personally, I'd probably take Aid the Injured (or one of the others), though.
Having played a Leader from level 1 up to almost level 3 (though a Cleric and not a Warlord, admittedly), actions were much much less precious to me than having a useful power to fill that action (and Crescendo of Violence effectively robs you of such). I think it's a 4e design decision to do just that--it allowed them to give out lots of extra actions in the form of action points without breaking the game.Christian said:
Aid the Injured is better than a Healing Potion because Healing Potions are flat-out terrible (with an emphasis on the flat, as in flat healing rate). Aid the Injured is like an extra floating Second Wind that you can give to anyone (at the cost of the usual Standard Action for Second Wind, of course). If the exact same power was on the Cleric's level 2 Utility list, I would almost certainly have taken it. And remember, you can use it in the same round as Inspiring Word, so you can move over to your ally and then heal them over half their maximum health all in one round.Animal said:
