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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DracoSuave" data-source="post: 4724897" data-attributes="member: 71571">All four defenders have completely different ways of dealing the marked condition, and it pays to pay attention to these differences.  It's just like how Avengers, Barbarians, and Sorcerers do their damage different ways.  Different classes do things differently.  This should be intuitive and obvious.First:  How they mark:Fighters apply the marked condition as a rider to anything they attack, hit or miss.  That's all.  Nothing more.Wardens apply a mark to all adjacent enemies as a minor action.  That's it.  Nothing more.  It is not even a power.  They just do it.Paladins have a power that gives the marked condition + an additional effect.  They also have other powers that give the marked condition, but do not apply that additional effect.Swordmages also have a choice between two powers that gives the marked condition + an additional effect.Second:  How they punish the mark's violation:Fighters respond to the marked condition itself.  Anything marked by them gets punished by them for doing certain acts, including attacking a buddy, but -also- including shifting.Wardens respond to the marked condition itself, with two powers that trigger, one is an attack, the other is a pull.  However, they do not respond to movement the way a fighter does.Paladins and swordmages, however, do not have any powers or features that punish an enemy for violating their marks.  However, their primary marking power includes a punishment for violation of the mark.  This is where the '+ additional effect' comes into play.However, Paladins and Swordmage's punishments WILL happen.  The Paladin WILL do damage.  The swordmage WILL put the shield up, or WILL teleport in flanking position.  The attacks from a Fighter or Warden requires an attack roll, and those can be mitigated.  (Note:  A Warden's pull does not.  Sometimes a free attack is not as desirable as slowing them and preventing shifting)</blockquote>

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