Bungo_Underhill
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What does the Hammer Feat do?
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Paladins - I'm hanging out to find out what's happening with them. The Knight looks a good alternative however.
Does the battle guardian attack kill minions?
It is not stated as: "on a miss the attack deals damage", but "on a miss it still takes damage"... I wonder if that was intentional...
And here you have the reason, why you don´t dump strength (completely) and take melee training... the defender stance seems to help being sticky here.
The only thing i am worried about: the knight is not sticky, because just taking the normal move action to escape seems strictly better than shifting or attacking.
The alternate human racial feature seems quite nice... about as powerful as the elven one, maybe better but without the effect of turning any roll into a possible hit...
I like the bludgeon expertise feat. I guess it will increase with level, but the rider will make it more useful than versatile expertise for only weapon users, and of course, it is not as boring as the other feat.
Thanks for the spoilers
The Paladin is in the second Essentials player book which comes out next month. Look for previews to start after this book comes out.
The "Game Train" sounds like it started when one of the bean counters said "We need to come up with a way to cut travel costs."
Hawkeye
Battle Guardian plus Defend the Line is not quite as good as the fighter's combat superiority but seems like a decent substitute for the standard fighter's mark plus Combat Superiority.
We still haven't seen the rules for Shield Finesse.
Um, Combat Superiority is the fighter's OA mechanic. You are thinking of Combat Challenge.Remember one key thing... Combat Superiority's attack is usable once per round (immediate interrupt), while Battle Guardian's attack is usable once per turn (opportunity action). The knight could get a ton of attacks from it (all beefed up by their stances and whatever MBA stuff they have), while the regular fighter will always just get one.
Wow, how cynical can you get? The game train was our idea, and it was FREAKING AWESOME. We did nothing but play D&D and Castle Ravenloft for two straight days, watched beautiful American scenery the entire time, and got to relax and not have to worry about anything. It was great, and I'm doing it again next year for sure.