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<blockquote data-quote="kerleth" data-source="post: 6372220" data-attributes="member: 84383">Wow, quick replies. That's what made sense to the player that pointed it out as well. He was looking through the phb trying to decide what class to play for our upcoming game and it was one of those &quot;Wait a minute, does that mean?!&quot; moments. I like to play devil's advocate with myself however, so I looked at the feature and wondered how it would work if I allowed the &quot;proactive&quot; damage feature.At maximum &quot;brokenness&quot; it would mean that 5 times a day he could negate a large or smaller opponent's attack by knocking it backwards. (The lightning damage ability is limited to wisdom modifer uses per day). If the opponent had remaining movement he could then use it to get back into position to finish the rest of his attack routine if he had a multiattack. The cleric's reaction for this round was already used, so he couldn't zap the enemy again.So, for the sake of devil's advocate, does that sound too powerful?Also, which sounds cooler?Get hit and retributive bolts of lightning crackle along the weapon and throw your foe backwards.ORYou whisper a swift prayer (Zues defend me!) and your enemy gets shocked and thrown backward, preventing their attack.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="kerleth, post: 6372220, member: 84383"] Wow, quick replies. That's what made sense to the player that pointed it out as well. He was looking through the phb trying to decide what class to play for our upcoming game and it was one of those "Wait a minute, does that mean?!" moments. I like to play devil's advocate with myself however, so I looked at the feature and wondered how it would work if I allowed the "proactive" damage feature. At maximum "brokenness" it would mean that 5 times a day he could negate a large or smaller opponent's attack by knocking it backwards. (The lightning damage ability is limited to wisdom modifer uses per day). If the opponent had remaining movement he could then use it to get back into position to finish the rest of his attack routine if he had a multiattack. The cleric's reaction for this round was already used, so he couldn't zap the enemy again. So, for the sake of devil's advocate, does that sound too powerful? Also, which sounds cooler? Get hit and retributive bolts of lightning crackle along the weapon and throw your foe backwards. OR You whisper a swift prayer (Zues defend me!) and your enemy gets shocked and thrown backward, preventing their attack. [/QUOTE]

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