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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Aegeri" data-source="post: 5396423" data-attributes="member: 78116">Ardent Strike for one, which lets the Blackguard have a bit of a secondary defender role without compromising its ability to deal damage either. It could be an interesting dichotomy and one I feel works very appropriately for it. Additionally they may be able to turn features like divine sanction into a necrotic damage dealing power. This is assuming they get at-will attacks of course, they might be stance based like a slayer/knight and therefore not get selections of paladin at-wills (unless you're human). Radiant damage is also not "thematically" a good damage type. If you think this you are simply flat out wrong: Angels of evil gods like Vecna also employ radiant damage. The angel is perfectly evil and serves Vecna, just because it uses radiant damage doesn't make it good in any manner.The Blackguard is still a divine class, so sourcing part of your power from the astral sea and hence gods does allow the perfectly logical use of radiant damage. I suggest you re-read your 4E fluff before making such complaints, because they really aren't actually valid anymore.</blockquote>