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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DanChops" data-source="post: 4400415" data-attributes="member: 48840">Looking through your original 3.5 version of the class, a few things stood out: Knock Them Senseless has a nice daze effect and Crescent Strike has a nice push effect.  With that in mind, let me take another look at your features and powers:  I don’t see any need to change this at all. Necessary for the flavor of the Path.  I like this. A bit more potent that some of the other action point class features, but you don’t actually get an extra action. Seems like a good trade-off.  This seems to work well, and like Stalker I love the image of a dude taking cover behind his honking-huge sword.   I’m still not sure about this one. Compared to the Level 11 Encounter exploits in the other fighter Paragon Paths, it just seems a bit too much. Mostly that’s due to the range of “close burst”; all the other powers we have to compare it to have range “melee weapon” with “one creature” targets. Let’s consider our typical fighter from before, Mr. Colossal Blade, with an oversized Maul (9 average damage per [W]), 23 Strength (+6), and a +4 enhancement on his weapon. If my math is right, he would do an average of 28 damage on a hit, and 14 damage on a miss on up to 9 enemies (although realistically he’d probably only ever be attacking 3 or 4 enemies at a time with this exploit) and he would mark all of them, whether he hit or missed. That part about marking is pretty significant in my book. In comparison, let’s consider Mr. Kensei with a Maul (8 average damage) and the same strength and enhancement bonus on his weapon. Now, since he’s a Kensei he gets a +1 to attack with his Masterstroke exploit, and the exploit itself grants an addition +2 to attack, so that’s something to keep in mind. Mr. Kensei however, will only be doing an average of 26 damage to one enemy, with nothing on a miss. How about Mr. Iron Vanguard? He will also be averaging 26 damage to one enemy, and he doesn’t have any bonus to attack. However, he gets a nifty pushing and shifting effect that lets him move into the space occupied by his opponent and take his friends along for the ride. Then there’s Mr. Pit Fighter. He’ll average 26 damage to one enemy, with the possibility of hitting him a second time (with a +2 attack) for an average of 9.5 damage and making the target dazed. Finally, Mr. Swordmaster. He’ll be hitting more frequently than any of the others, since he’s targeting Ref rather than AC, and he’ll be doing 3[W] damage. Of course, he can’t use a Maul, so let’s have him carrying a Bastard Sword (1d10, average 5.5), and using it two-handed (+1 damage). That means he’ll be doing an average of 27.5 damage to one target. (If he uses a Great Sword, then it becomes 29.5 damage). So, the only way to do more damage than Scything Assault would produce on average with a Level 11 Fighter Paragon Path encounter exploit is to be a Swordmaster with a Great Sword, and that’s only against one target. Granted, both the Swordmaster and the Kensei will be hitting more frequently, and the Pit Fighter and Iron Vanguard are both doing interesting effects in addition to their damage, but they’re all only attacking one enemy. So, here’s my proposed alternative: Scything AssaultColossus Blade Attack 11You swing your enormous weapon in a wide arc letting it's great weight carve throughadjacent enemies. Encounter ♦ Martial, WeaponStandard ActionClose Burst 1Target: Each enemy in a burst you can seeAttack: Strength vs. ACHit: 1[W] + Strength modifier damage.Miss: Half Damage.Effect: Target is dazed until the end of your next turn This provides an average of 19 damage on a hit, against typically 3 or 4 enemies. If you hit, they will be dazed. And, regardless of if you hit they will all be marked.   Looks great to me, although I don’t think that a Push 1 effect would be out of place here. All in all, I think it looks great. If I had a group to play with, I'd definitly want to try this one out.</blockquote>

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