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Message: <blockquote data-quote="DracoSuave" data-source="post: 5590426" data-attributes="member: 71571">So I did a bit of homework and tried to sort out which power he used to mark all those foes:Sword of Sigils -- Swordmage Attack 1Encounter -- Arcane, Force, WeaponStandard Action -- Close burst 1Target: Each enemy in burstAttack: Intelligence vs. ACHit: 1[W] + Intelligence modifier damage, and the target is marked until the end of your next turn. Until the mark ends, if the target makes an attack that does not include you as a target, it takes force damage equal to your Intelligence modifier after the attack is resolved.Aegis of Shielding: If a target marked by this power hits a creature within 10 squares of you with an attack that does not include you as a target, you can use an immediate interrupt to reduce the damage dealt by that attack to any single creature by an amount equal to your Constitution modifier.Now what is going on here is not at all what you think is going on.  Imagine you're surrounded by enemies:[code]. E EE.Y .E . .[/code]Now, you use Sword of Sigils, and they are all marked.  If any of those enemies attack without including you, then they'll take a spot of damage.  This is not an immediate interrupt, it will just happen on any enemy who does this.THEN, one of those enemies can have its damaged reduced by you by your Constitution modifier."But wait, DracoSuave, who is times five, my Aegis of Shielding says it's 5+my Constitution modifier!" is a good question to ask.The answer is, 'If you wanted your Aegis of Shielding power to activate, you need to actually use your Aegis of Shielding power.  Its effects do not trigger on enemies you mark, only on targets of Aegis of Shielding.  The damage reduction you can apply is less than that because the power allows a portion of damage reduction.  If the power did not have that additional rider, you'd be allowed no damage reduction at all.So the correct answer to 'How many times can I use the trigger on my Aegis of Shielding' is actually zero unless you used it on one of the targets at some point.  As well, Sword of Sigils marking the target will supercede old marks, so it will erase the mark set by a previous Aegis.  That, in turn, will end that power so it cannot apply.  The only way to have both is to use the Sword of Sigils power, then use the Aegis of Shielding power afterwards.</blockquote>

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