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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jaldaen" data-source="post: 4315959" data-attributes="member: 214">The thing is that bursts target squares, not individual targets.I think both have their ups and downs. The question is which one has more of an up side.Volley as a keyword upside: 1) Can be used to modify an attack type with minimal of hassel (cover from attacker, etc.).Volley as a keyword downside: *1) If used in conjunction with the 4e reference "burst," then all powers with it will need to be "Area burst [#] within [#] squares."This is because "burst" is defined as such in the new SRD and cannot be defined, redefined, or altered in any way.Volley as attack type upside: 1) Can create a Ranged (weapon-based) area attack.2) Both Ranged and Area attacks have the same interaction with OAs.Volley as attack type downside: 1) The need to define a new attack type in such a way as it is easy to understand and works within current system.*For me this is the biggest downside... 4e references being defined so concretely, I would be worried about creating a Ranged "burst" as opposed to an Area burst. Of course like I said I could just change all the "Ranged volley" descriptors in the Harrier to say "Area burst" and then use the Volley keyword to "alter the rules" for bursts, but that seems like adding an extra step to the whole process when I could just define a Ranged "volley" attack and have done with it. The nice thing about Ranged and Area attacks is they share the OA system... as for power system, could you be more specific?Indeed, but according to the 4e SRD you also cannot change their presentation of bursts, so they would all need to read "Area burst [#] within [#] squares."Now I admit I'm fine with this, but it does have the drawback of taking away the "feel" of using a ranged weapon. The question is whether a "volley" keyword would be able to address this issue.Perhaps normally, but the 4e SRD does complicate the matter with the 4e references <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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