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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 5150196" data-attributes="member: 19675">1) Even though Hellish Rebuke is clearly more PC appropriate, Eldritch Blast is, to me, the iconic basic Warlock power, so I'm somewhat conflicted.  However, if I do go with Hellish Rebuke, I'll probably take Hybrid Talent to get the full advantage of the pact...followed by that feat that improves the Infernal Pact's benefits (which would also improve durability).Complicating the issue is that I have no idea what a "basic ranged attack" is, and EB is one, while HR is not.  2) I'm not to worried about psionics- after years of my asking for D&D to fully integrate psionics into the core of the game, I sort of got my wish...even if it is in 4Ed...and in the 3rd PHB.The fact of the matter is that the Battlemind's class abilities & powers seemed to be the best fit for the PC as compared to most of the other warrior classes.And I've been looking down the road a bit and examined the way the 2 classes mesh together in a Hybrid PC- it really looks like their powers will do a good job of maintaining that feel.  Switching back & forth between the 2 (to maintain the balance between the classes as required by the Hybrid rules) is going to require almost no thought at all.  The powers practically select themselves.3) Speaking of selecting themselves, I chose Arcana (lets him know about his origins as an infernal construct and preps him for Ritual Casting down the road), Athletics (he's beefy) and Intimidate (he's scary) as his Skills.  I was considering Religion, but Arcana seemed more accurate, and Endurance- seemingly a no brainer- is reduced to near-uselessness due to his being a Living Construct.After being a Dragon reader since 1979 and a subscriber since 1982, I gave up my subscription when it went digital...and nobody else in the group ever bought an issue.Even if this were not the case, most of the guys in the group generally distrust Dragon material, so except for one 1Ed campaign (which, BTW, has been converted to each edition up to 3.5 and is still active), I was the only one who ever let stuff from the magazine in.Such is life.</blockquote>

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