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<blockquote data-quote="N0Man" data-source="post: 4380678" data-attributes="member: 64066">I have a group of friends who have practically no exposure to 4E D&amp;D, but have played previous editions.&nbsp; One of my players wanted a character to be a middle-aged former soldier, who is competent on the battlefield, as well as has a knack for combat tactics.&nbsp; However, one thing he specifically mentioned was that he wanted to be able to use his light shield as a weapon, and would like to be able to do a combat maneuver&nbsp; where he can slash one opponent with his weapon, and then bash a 2nd target with his shield.Now, there doesn't seem to be a power that directly would go along with this, but I'm thinking of suggesting that he take the Warlord class, with the Fighter multiclass feat, and houserule that he can give up his Combat Challenge feature of the fighter, in exchange for taking the Fighter's &quot;Cleave&quot; at-will as an encounter power, and re-flavor the Cleave so that instead of him doing 2 melee weapon attacks, that he is actually doing one weapon strike and then striking with his shield, but leaving the effect unchanged.Does this sound like a good way of handling it to you guys?I suppose if I want to stick *closer* to the rules, I could require that he be a half-elf instead of a Human, and take the Cleave as the Half-Elf's bonus at-will as an encounter power, but I think he really has a human in mind for this.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="N0Man, post: 4380678, member: 64066"] I have a group of friends who have practically no exposure to 4E D&D, but have played previous editions. One of my players wanted a character to be a middle-aged former soldier, who is competent on the battlefield, as well as has a knack for combat tactics. However, one thing he specifically mentioned was that he wanted to be able to use his light shield as a weapon, and would like to be able to do a combat maneuver where he can slash one opponent with his weapon, and then bash a 2nd target with his shield. Now, there doesn't seem to be a power that directly would go along with this, but I'm thinking of suggesting that he take the Warlord class, with the Fighter multiclass feat, and houserule that he can give up his Combat Challenge feature of the fighter, in exchange for taking the Fighter's "Cleave" at-will as an encounter power, and re-flavor the Cleave so that instead of him doing 2 melee weapon attacks, that he is actually doing one weapon strike and then striking with his shield, but leaving the effect unchanged. Does this sound like a good way of handling it to you guys? I suppose if I want to stick *closer* to the rules, I could require that he be a half-elf instead of a Human, and take the Cleave as the Half-Elf's bonus at-will as an encounter power, but I think he really has a human in mind for this. [/QUOTE]

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