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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Kzach" data-source="post: 5262654" data-attributes="member: 56189">Glad to hear it worked out and you all had fun.Please, however, work on creating paragraphs and using commas <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=":)" />The rogue, as a striker, gets a special damage bonus under certain situations. Every striker is different. The rogue's striker damage comes from Sneak Attack, which at 1st-level is an extra 2d6 damage on top of the weapon damage.The other advantage rogues have is high accuracy. Although they may only be hitting for 1d4+3 (although +3 is a bit low, really should be +4 or +5 from an 18 or 20 Dexterity), the dagger is a highly accurate weapon at +3 to hit, and rogues get an extra +1 to that, and are always trying to attack with combat advantage to get sneak attack (another +2 to hit).So rogues will hit far more often than other characters.Second Wind can only be used once per encounter. It is refreshed like an encounter power, so the characters must have uninterrupted rest (doing nothing strenuous) for at least 5 minutes to get it and their other encounter powers, back.Second Wind is also a standard action which often has the downside of simply delaying a character's death by a turn since the character was unable to do anything else.Cleric healing is a minor action so it can accompany other actions like an attack or encounter or daily power (which may also have healing properties). In addition, Clerics give a bonus to the amount healed from Healer's Lore and their Healing Word. A pretty generic cleric will not only allow you to spend a healing surge to regain your healing surge value back in hit points, but will do roughly 1d6+3 or 4 extra healing on top of that.A character cannot spend a healing surge in combat without an ability or power to trigger it. So using Second Wind is great, and all, but it's only 1/4 of the character's total health that is renewed and only once during the combat. After that, the character must use a potion or power to renew anymore hit points.There are clerical healing powers that allow you to heal without spending a healing surge, however they're pretty rare and only at higher levels. The cleric's standard heal requires the target to spend a healing surge to get any healing benefit. If they have no surges left, then they're screwed.</blockquote>

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