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Message: <blockquote data-quote="david_annable" data-source="post: 4268880" data-attributes="member: 67487">During our KotS session last night, a question was raised about the mechanics behind the Paladin's "Divine Challenge" power.The effect description indicates that the paladin marks the target and that the target remains marked until he uses the power against another target, or if he fails to engage the target.  To engage the target he challenged, he must either attack the target or end his turn adjacent to it.  If he fails to do so, the marked condition ends and he can't use divine challenge on his next turn.The debate arose as to whether the paladin had to continue to engage the target once the mark had been placed?  Ie, after the round that he casts divine challenge, is he obligated to continuously engage the target on all subsequent rounds that he wishes that target to remain marked?Standpoint A says that since "marked" is a condition is stated in the power description to last until one of two conditions remove it (the paladin uses the power on someone else or he fails to engage), the paladin has to keep engaging the target to keep it marked.Standpoint B says that once the target is marked by the power (aka, the target was successfully engaged and therefore marked) that they remain marked and only become unmarked when the Paladin uses the power on a new target.Opinions?</blockquote>