Elven Deadly trickster

[BobTheNob]

Had a situation the other night and just wanted to confirm I got this right. We have an Elf in party (ranger) with the Deadly trickster paragon path, level 24.

At level 24 they get a power that when you use a encounter or daily and the first attack roll is an 18 or better, said power is not expended.

Player also has a feat that when doing the elven re-roll you can roll twice and take the better result (cant remember its name)

Situation was as follows. Player used a power which is a 3 attack power. On the first attack he missed. He elected to use his elven re-roll, so he rolled two dice, the first result being another low roll but the second being a 19.

My take is that
a) Since he elected for the Elven accuracy, the first roll, which was a miss, effectively never happened
b) Of the two re-rolls he took the better (the 19) and so dis-regard the lesser
c) Therefore, on his first attack roll, he got a 19 and therefore the power was not expended

One of the players interjected and said "Hang on, the 19 wasnt the first roll, are you sure the Deadly Trickster feature applies"

Im pretty sure I got this right, but just wanted a confirm

 

[Patryn of Elvenshae]

That's how I'd rule it.

Whenever you reroll, the first roll never actually happened. Thus, anything which depends on the numerical result of the roll depends on the final, accepted value.

In your case, that'd be a 19.