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<blockquote data-quote="Malhost Zormaeril" data-source="post: 4463249" data-attributes="member: 49669">If this means what I think this means, the party will indeed most likely be weaponless, too. Now, this means that the Fighter, the Rogue and the Paladin won't be able to use any powers with the weapon keyword. This is something like 80% of the Paladin's powers, and 90-100% of the Rogue's and the Fighter's, unless they grab some cutlery or a chair leg or whatnot (1d4 improvised weaponry). At this point, being armourless is just a detail... I have to agree: they are dog meat.&nbsp;This isn't really a fault of 4e, either: a 1e fighter without armour or weapons is as useless as in 4e. The only advantage of the 1e fighter is that in 1e, your character must sweat blood before being able to afford plate mail, so your AC is not assumed to be very much of anything anyway. In 4e, where you can buy any heroic armour with starting cash, they are indeed up the proverbial creek without a paddle.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Malhost Zormaeril, post: 4463249, member: 49669"] If this means what I think this means, the party will indeed most likely be weaponless, too. Now, this means that the Fighter, the Rogue and the Paladin won't be able to use [B]any[/B] powers with the [I]weapon[/I] keyword. This is something like 80% of the Paladin's powers, and 90-100% of the Rogue's and the Fighter's, unless they grab some cutlery or a chair leg or whatnot (1d4 improvised weaponry). At this point, being armourless is just a detail... I have to agree: they are dog meat. This isn't really a fault of 4e, either: a 1e fighter without armour or weapons is as useless as in 4e. The only advantage of the 1e fighter is that in 1e, your character must sweat blood before being able to afford plate mail, so your AC is not assumed to be very much of anything anyway. In 4e, where you can buy any heroic armour with starting cash, they are indeed up the proverbial creek without a paddle. [/QUOTE]

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