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Message: <blockquote data-quote="mudlock" data-source="post: 5730878" data-attributes="member: 95211">I think the best guidelines WotC has given for this (outside of "look at existing monsters and steal liberally") is from the Terrain Powers article: <a href="http://www.wizards.com/DnD/Article.aspx?x=dnd/4tut/terrainpowers" target="_blank">Dungeons & Dragons Roleplaying Game Official Home Page - Article (Tutorial: Terrain Powers)</a>The kind of "notches" OnlineDM was talking about correspond well to "terrain conditions" list by tier and action type.Epic Standard: Dominate, stun, or petrify Paragon Standard or Epic Move: Blind, daze, immobilize, restrain, or weaken Heroic Standard, Paragon Move, or Epic Minor: Grant combat advantage, allow a mark, or penalize a defense by up to –2 Heroic Move, or Paragon and Epic Minor:  Avoid intervening obstacles during a move; grant concealment and/or  cover; knock prone; push, pull, or slide enemy up to 4 squares; deafen;  or deal level-appropriate ongoing damage Heroic, Paragon, and Epic Minor: Add a damage type to an attack or allow a 1-square shift Something that would be a minor action at the monster's tier is worth less than a notch, while a move is worth about a notch, increasing up from there. So a stun at heroic tier would cost four notches, which is 100%; i.e., it shouldn't do any damage, unless it's got some other restrictions on it. Meanwhile, an epic monster's attacks should could be throwing you around the battlefield and still be doing level-appropriate damage. (Although ignore "allow a mark" unless you're giving it to a non-soldier.)It's not a flawless method, but this is the only place I've ever seen WotC rank the effects in any sort of order of power.</blockquote>

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