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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Manbearcat" data-source="post: 7624863" data-attributes="member: 6696971">Something similar to that play anecdote that you're mentioning above happened in my 2nd 4e game that went 1-30.  While that was a Bladesinger rather than a Fighter, it was all martial, so its applicable.It was mid-Paragon Tier.  While the Druid and Rogue dealt with an endless tide of mooks, the Bladesinger was locked in a duel with the Captain of the Guard (CotG).  The player wanted it to play out similar to Inigo and The Man in Black's duel in The Princess Bride.  They wanted to best the CotG so thoroughly with martial prowess that he ultimately would thrown in the with the PCs and become a Companion Character.  He had pronounced ties to the PCs' primary antagonist, so it was treated as a significantly upleveled Skill Challenge; level +4, Complexity 1. So it was all Medium DCs but DC 24 instead of 22.It was Move Action for every Primary Check save for Attacks.  Ultimately, it was won by:1)  A use of Mighty Sprint at the outset where the Bladesinger aggressively engaged the CotG in a blinding flash and forced him on the defensive.2)  A Bladesong augmented flurry vs Reflex due to Rapier and Basic Attack (that did damage as well).3)  Somersaulting over the CotG via improvised Acrobatics as an Immediate Interrupt vs Hard DC when the CotG attacked. 4)  A Steely Persuasion (below) buffed Disarm attack that buffed Intimidiate by +3 +4 = +7The dogs were called off when the CotG was bested.  He became a Companion Character for a period.  These sorts of things (taking over vehicles/alien tech, besting martial NPCs and turning them into Companion Characters, becoming the alpha of pack animals and turning them the pack into a group of Minion Companion Characters) are pretty straight-forward, genre coherent ways for martial PCs in 4e to actualize their archetype, end encounters in ways that only classic D&D spellcasters could do, and turn foe into friend mid-combat (as only classic D&D spellcasters could do).</blockquote>

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