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<blockquote data-quote="MyISPHatesENWorld" data-source="post: 4231205" data-attributes="member: 65684">I hope you're right, but after looking through the blogs agina, the only mention I found in a staff blog was this one by Scott Rouse (which which also mentions the issue of having powers to use with other weapons):<a href="http://forums.gleemax.com/showpost.php?p=15222191&amp;postcount=5" target="_blank">http://forums.gleemax.com/showpost.php?p=15222191&amp;postcount=5</a>&quot;Earlier in the presentation and then again to Xath, I told a story of a round of playtest combat where my Eladrin Rogue used a move action, per encounter power &quot;Fey Step&quot; to flank a goblin boss, I then spent my action point, to get a standard action to use a daily power attack that does 3d8+6 damage (plus the 2d6 for Sneak Attack). My attack roll confirms a hit and I rolled a total of 36 points of damage.Me, Xath, and Andy Collins, then went on to talk about things like multi-classing and class weapons options. The rogue came up again with a discussion about light blades. Andy said something to the effect, rogues use light blades and I said well mine uses a longsword just fine because Eladrins have weapons proficiency with the longsword as a racial ability. Andy then proceeds to tell me &quot;well then none of your rogue powers will work as they all key off the light blade&quot;. What? I then furiously open a PDF of my PHB and there it was, the obvious truth: &quot;Requirement: You must be wielding a light blade&quot;. I was cheating. How can this be? My DM never told me! I don't rember that in the rules document. I even accepted that +1 longsword from a NPC that gives me a healing surge every time I drop an undead foe to 0 HP and now I can't use it. Well, our paladin has a really nice sword now.&quot;</blockquote>

[QUOTE="MyISPHatesENWorld, post: 4231205, member: 65684"] I hope you're right, but after looking through the blogs agina, the only mention I found in a staff blog was this one by Scott Rouse (which which also mentions the issue of having powers to use with other weapons): [url]http://forums.gleemax.com/showpost.php?p=15222191&postcount=5[/url] "Earlier in the presentation and then again to Xath, I told a story of a round of playtest combat where my Eladrin Rogue used a move action, per encounter power "Fey Step" to flank a goblin boss, I then spent my action point, to get a standard action to use a daily power attack that does 3d8+6 damage (plus the 2d6 for Sneak Attack). My attack roll confirms a hit and I rolled a total of 36 points of damage. Me, Xath, and Andy Collins, then went on to talk about things like multi-classing and class weapons options. The rogue came up again with a discussion about light blades. Andy said something to the effect, rogues use light blades and I said well mine uses a longsword just fine because Eladrins have weapons proficiency with the longsword as a racial ability. Andy then proceeds to tell me "well then none of your rogue powers will work as they all key off the light blade". What? I then furiously open a PDF of my PHB and there it was, the obvious truth: "Requirement: You must be wielding a light blade". I was cheating. How can this be? My DM never told me! I don't rember that in the rules document. I even accepted that +1 longsword from a NPC that gives me a healing surge every time I drop an undead foe to 0 HP and now I can't use it. Well, our paladin has a really nice sword now." [/QUOTE]

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