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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Cheiromancer" data-source="post: 2516954" data-attributes="member: 141">I thought about that, but decided against it.  I have Power Attack because follow through is like Cleave, which has Power Attack as a prerequisite, and slay interloper is a modification of Power Attack.  If powers have a feat as a base, that feat should be a prerequisite.  But Combat Reflexes, though it synergizes wonderfully with sudden attack, is not the basis of it.  Alertness, however, is a sacrifice to take.  I'd imagine that some GotGs are sorcerers or wizards who function as a Guardian only when their familiar is within arm's length.Another source of prerequisites is to find things that a character would not normally take, but which are related to the theme of the class.  It is a way of balancing the benefits the class gives.  But although Combat Reflexes is thematically related, taking it does not represent a sacrifice; it is a feat most GotG characters would be eager to have.  Alertness is a prime example of this kind of requirement.Finally, I wanted to encourage a certain variety in GotG.  It would have been easy to choose prerequisites so you pretty much had to be a ranger or a martial druid to take the class.  I didn't want to do that.  While a druid or spellcasting ranger can certainly qualifying, there are lots of ways other characters can meet the spellcasting requirement. Adding combat reflexes, though, would have tilted the class to a high dex character.  And while there is nothing wrong with a high dex GotG, I thought the class should support the paradigm of the high strength, power attacking tank as well.  If such a character did not have a dex bonus, should he not be a Guardian?  I couldn't see any reason why not.  Sure he wouldn't benefit as much from sudden attack, but the slay interloper and true blows abilities would be better.</blockquote>

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