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Message: <blockquote data-quote="AbdulAlhazred" data-source="post: 5472710" data-attributes="member: 82106">The 'is it a power' question has gotten more and more tangled over time. Pact Boons were never powers in PHB1, nor were other class feature effects of a similar nature. WotC soon saw the error of their ways in that regard and you notice that even PHB2 is much more likely to express things in the form of a power block. When the DDI Compendium was put together MOST effects were given a power block type format, but not all. Each new iteration of the rules has trended more in this direction. The RC for instance describes a number of things as powers which were simply basic effects before, like Opportunity Action. The problem of course is that this does lead to inconsistent interpretation of the rules. Then the further question is what actually ARE the official rules? The RC would take precedence over PHB1presumably, as would errata. The DDI Compendium OTOH is what? CB is what? LFR (at least at one time, dunno how this has been amended) lists them both as rules sources, but nowhere is there any indication made by WotC as to precedence between conflicting sources. So, nobody can really say if X, Y, or Z are or are not powers when they have been presented both ways. Since RC doesn't have class or race features/powers in it there's no help there. Basically you'll have to decide at your table which source is governing, or just pick whichever interpretation you like out of the 'official' choices and go with it on a case-by-case basis.</blockquote>

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