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Message: <blockquote data-quote="keterys" data-source="post: 4359288" data-attributes="member: 43019">Can you clarify context? I mean, I think we are rating them with context for how they're used.It's definitely good damage and I was tempted to rate it higher, but raw 'combat advantage to one guy' does seem worse than many of the status effects... like knocks prone is more powerful, even. Anyone else have a feeling on this one?I did give it a B, for those reasons, so sounds like we're in agreement.I think Crushing Blow would be a great level 1 encounter ability, it just got bumped down because it's level 3 effectively... I agree on the Precise Strike comparison. I'll up to a C.I'll get back to this one later, don't have time to crunch some math. I had been thinking that it affects all defenses, not just 1, and helps against area effects, etc, I can at least say that much.Two things: DWS is level 1, Sweeping Blow is level 3. I should probably put a disclaimer up, but higher level powers should be better than lower level ones. Next, a TWF Ranger likely deals 1d10+1 with his bastard sword while getting his +1 AC/Reflex shield bonus... which is either more damage than the fighter, or more shield bonus than the fighter. I was totally undervaluing this for melee rangers, I suspect it's going to climb up even more but I don't want to make too many snap decisions without giving people time to give input.For a non-infernal, it's only 5 temp hp, and it's low range (5) and necrotic damage (pretty much the worst one).Glad to see some support of close spells, I was beginning to think I was the only one <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />It doesn't deal a ton of damage, targets Fortitude, is necrotic, and only weakens one round, which likely only prevents maybe 10 damage at the levels you have it.</blockquote>

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