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<blockquote data-quote="eamon" data-source="post: 4483391" data-attributes="member: 51942">You are only granted a secondary attack if the first attack hits and if you meet hefty requirements.&nbsp; The straightforward reading allows you to make two attacks (against the same creature) regardless of the prerequisites.&nbsp; For each primary attack that hits, if you have Dex 15 (which isn't nothing, esp for a fighter who would really like high strength, con and wisdom too...), and are wielding a light blade (unattractive), flail or spear (both not particularly attractive), you'd get an extra attack. This is pretty strong.&nbsp; On the other hand, Sweeping blow is a close burst, and it has trivially attractive prerequisites, and grants 1/2 of your primary ability score as a (otherwise hard to get) attack bonus.On the whole (also considering that a fighter likes multi-marking, which rain of blows makes difficult), I can't say I feel rain of blows is really all that problematic.&nbsp; Sure, it's a lot of concentrated damage - but you'll be missing out on a power that hits more reliable and supports you core competency (marking) better.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="eamon, post: 4483391, member: 51942"] You are only granted a secondary attack if the first attack hits and if you meet hefty requirements. The straightforward reading allows you to make two attacks (against the same creature) regardless of the prerequisites. For each primary attack that hits, if you have Dex 15 (which isn't nothing, esp for a fighter who would really like high strength, con and wisdom too...), and are wielding a light blade (unattractive), flail or spear (both not particularly attractive), you'd get an extra attack. This is pretty strong. On the other hand, Sweeping blow is a close burst, and it has trivially attractive prerequisites, and grants 1/2 of your primary ability score as a (otherwise hard to get) attack bonus. On the whole (also considering that a fighter likes multi-marking, which rain of blows makes difficult), I can't say I feel rain of blows is really all that problematic. Sure, it's a lot of concentrated damage - but you'll be missing out on a power that hits more reliable and supports you core competency (marking) better. [/QUOTE]

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