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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 5337158" data-attributes="member: 19675">I'm trying to choose between 3 Warlock Utility powers for my newly 2nd level Dwarven Starlock (MC Ranger):Now, the campaign is nominally PHB1 only, but he's letting us chip away at that piecemeal, so most of our PCs' initial underpinnings are right out of that book.  I'm trying to open things up a bit while staying true to my PCs concept.<ul> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">The power under consideration from PHB1 grants a 3 space t-port w/+2 power bonus to all defenses until end of next turn built in. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Arcane Senses (PHB3) is an Encounter Utility power (minor action) that lets him make an Arcana check to learn the separate #s of elemental, fey and shadow creatures within a number of squares = check result; no locations revealed. </li> <li data-xf-list-type="ul">Otherworldly Lore (PHB3) is an Encounter Utility power that let's me make a Dungeoneering check to determine the resistances vulnerabilities of an Aberration I can see (burst5, minor action); a successful roll lets me or an ally who can hear me get a +4 to the next attack roll against it until end of next turn.</li> </ul>I see the first one as the most utilitarian power, and its usefulness is clear.  Arcane Senses has a lot of mechanical and RP potential, and Otherworldly Lore is obviously the most limited, but also the most closely linked to the PC concept.</blockquote>