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Message: <blockquote data-quote="LokiDR" data-source="post: 4374275" data-attributes="member: 6239">That is exactly how I read it and I think it is the only way all the text makes sense. Arrows are cheap, have a longer range and more damage.  Neither reading stops archer paladins. The paladin could do the same by moving adjacent to the monster.  This what I call a sucker bet for the monster.  It is a tactic that helps allies move around the board which is a focus of 4e.  It isn't cheese that much as the damage is small and the monster has a choice.  I'll note from the other topic in this thread, a paladin can Challenge a monster from one side and a fighter can mark the same monster from the other side.  Either choice for the monster is bad: attack the paladin at -2 or attack the fighter and take damage.  I don't see this as cheese, it is the tactics of 4e.</blockquote>