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[Morrus]

as I do in seeing the Doctor's TARDIS appear on CSI,

Hmmm... part of me thinks that would actually be quite cool!

 

[Tuft]

Context: Regarding Justiciar's "Attack Me Instead".

Hold on. Does this power mean that if an ally 5 squares away is targeted with a melee attack, you can get hit by the attack instead? How am I supposed to explain that in-game?

Man, I'm starting to feel like the Derren of divine powers.

Well, consider this instead - Assume:

1. A large melee of mixed allies and enemies
2. A large, indiscriminate area attack (dragon breath?)

Then you can use this power to suck up the damage from all allies, while letting the intermixed enemies perish.

Give yourself some resistances and immunities of the right kind, and it might make for a very... interesting tactic.

 

[mach1.9pants]

Man, I'm starting to feel like the Derren of divine powers.

ROFLMAO.
Invoice to: Fifth Element
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[The_Fan]

You forgot about the part of making rocks orbit your head. That`s a big part of Ioun`s philosophy.

Favorite use for a dull grey ioun stone: Paint it yellow, with a smiley face. Ignore its existence. Ask anyone who comments if they need to lie down.

 

[Fifth Element]

ROFLMAO.
Invoice to: Fifth Element
Price: $95.95NZ
For: New Logitech G15 keyboard (old kb covered in a coffee spray)

I don't really have $76.29 CAD available right now. Do you take gold pieces?

(Fictional ones, of course. I'll give you a favourable exchange rate...)

 

[Mouseferatu]

Favorite use for a dull grey ioun stone: Paint it yellow, with a smiley face. Ignore its existence. Ask anyone who comments if they need to lie down.

That, or paint a big green question mark on it, and assign people to run all sorts of errands for you as "quests."

 

[tomtill]

Hold on. Does this power mean that if an ally 5 squares away is targeted with a melee attack, you can get hit by the attack instead? How am I supposed to explain that in-game?

Man, I'm starting to feel like the Derren of divine powers.

I have to admit, 4e is definitely challenging my imagination, and the flavor text they provide does not help.

In this case, I'd go with a cinematic radiant beam coming out from my hand and forming a shield of white light in front of my ally. My face contorts with pain as I absorb the attack, but my ally is unharmed.

 

[pukunui]

Man, I'm starting to feel like the Derren of divine powers.

You're not the only one. The piggy-backing of seemingly unrelated effects that appears to be the norm for divine powers is one of the only aspects of 4e revealed so far that I don't like and no amount of trying to get me to see it another way is going to change that. It just strikes me as ridiculously silly. I think I may houserule it so that attacking isn't necessary in order to bestow the beneficial effects of the powers on your allies.

 

[Kobold Avenger]

I could clearly visualized a power that does Necrotic damage at range, and heals an ally.

Where a part of someone's soul is violently ripped from their body, and it siphoned onto another.

Don't know if any class will ever get a power like that.

 

[Fifth Element]

You're not the only one. The piggy-backing of seemingly unrelated effects that appears to be the norm for divine powers is one of the only aspects of 4e revealed so far that I don't like and no amount of trying to get me to see it another way is going to change that. It just strikes me as ridiculously silly. I think I may houserule it so that attacking isn't necessary in order to bestow the beneficial effects of the powers on your allies.

Pretty much my thoughts on the matter. I quite like the martial and arcane powers we've seen, but it seems like every time I see a new divine power it's "ugh...really?"