Question about Charging...

[RigaMortus2]

From the Online Compendium:

A creature uses the charge action when it wants to dash forward and launch an attack with a single action. Such an attack is sometimes referred to as a charge attack.

CHARGE A TARGET

Action: Standard action. When a creature takes this action, it chooses a target. Determine the distance between the creature and the target, even counting through squares of blocking terrain, and then follow these steps.

1. Move: The creature moves up to its speed toward the target. Each square of movement must bring the creature closer to the target, and the creature must end the move at least 2 squares away from its start-ing position.

2. Attack: The creature either makes a melee basic attack against the target or uses bull rush against it. The creature gains a +1 bonus to the attack roll.

3. No Further Actions: The creature can’t take any further actions during this turn, except free actions.

A creature’s turn usually ends after it charges. However, it can extend its turn by taking certain free actions, such as spending an action point (which grants the creature an extra action).

Now, in 3e, when you charged, you had to "end your movement in the nearest unoccupied square from which you can make an attack" (paraphrasing here). This means, with Reach weapons, you had to stop 1 square before the target, since you could attack it from 1 square away.

I don't see this restriction in 4e (unless my eyes deceive me!)

In which case, what is the point of this feat (from Martial Power 2)?

Barreling Charge
Heroic Tier
Prerequisite: Any martial class
Benefit: When you charge with a reach weapon, you can end your charge in the nearest square adjacent to the target of the charge.

Can't you do this anyway? I mean, isn't this the default as is?

 

[Lord Ernie]

About what you'd guess from reading the update and the feat: nothing. The feat was published before the update to the Charge rules, and since the update, it's basically a completely dead feat.

To clarify, the old Charge rules required you to move adjacent. This requirement has been removed in the update, besides a bunch of other clarifications they added.

 

[DracoSuave]

Yup.

The update rendered the feat obsolete. Enjoy that thing you never need to buy.