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Message: <blockquote data-quote="fuindordm" data-source="post: 4387963" data-attributes="member: 5435">Yeah, the second ruling makes more sense to me too.Why should a creature know which power you're using?  Let's take a hypothetical situation:"Bonnie" has two powers.One is Str. vs AC for [W]+Str damage, and lets her shift two squares after the attack (which she chooses not to do).One is Str. vs AC for [W]+Str damage, and lets her make a riposte attack if the creature just struck attacks her before the end of her next turn.How can the target tell the difference between these two powers? Presumably both are "distracting" in some sense, she just uses the opening for different things in the two cases. The case of the paladin is more clear-cut, because the Divine Challenge description specifically points out that the creature is aware of the consequences. Specific beats general, and all that.The fighter's mark is similar to Bonnie's powers. A creature may learn that it has been marked, but it doesn't know immediately whether the PC is a soldier or a FIGHTER. I think all it would know is that it has a -2 to hit other targets, until the first time the fighter whacks someone just for shifting. At that point the enemies realize that they are dealing with someone much more skilled than usual, and react accordingly.</blockquote>