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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Scion9" data-source="post: 4770390" data-attributes="member: 83262">I was thinking of a similar class based off of the Confessor, but probably on the adversary end rather than for the player's (but who knows, for future campaigns that could change).  Even more so I'm interested in replicating a Mord-Sith or some kind of 'mage slayer' that makes heavy use of reactions and interrupts against magic users, but that is another topic.I think Confession should be a daily power, which means you could balance it around being Melee 1 vs Reflex instead of AC.  The ability could alternatively be a grab attack that requires you to maintain it until your next turn to Confess someone.  Kahlan gets her powers back in a few hours, not five minutes (more than a short rest, less than an extended one) and she is supposed to be the most powerful of the Confessors.  Both the book (when relfecting about her 'sister', Denee) and the show cite examples about other Confessors being weaker and taking a day to regain the use of their power, so those characters might be better benchmarks when designing.There is of course the power element as well.  In the source material Confession is basically permanent and irrevocable, which doesn't work well with either an Encounter power, or even 4e's somewhat implicit concept that almost all effects end at the end of an encounter, but I don't really see a way around that.There the Con Dar, "Blood Rage", that allowed Confessors to lash out with magical attacks as well as 'Confessing' with a look and no recovery time necessary.  It was also only allowed to be used in defense of a friend, so perhaps an Immediate Reaction ability to an ally being reduced to 0 hit points?<a href="http://sot.wikia.com/wiki/Confessor" target="_blank">Here is</a> the Sword of Truth wiki article related to Confessors which might be of help.  Contains spoilers obviously, so read at your own risk.Despite any of the work already done here on the class, I think a Leader designed along similar lines of the Bard would be a better fit for Confessor Lore for a full fledged class.  Kahlan specifically was a wandering judge, diplomat, spiritual leader, et cetera.  The Bardic niche of being versatile and knowledgeable across a broad spectrum of abilities would work well for the Confessor that stuck closely with the source material as well.You could probably also work Confessor into a feat 'path' and Paragon Path, similar to the Student of the Plague from Forgotten Realms, or the smaller ones that have been appearing in Dragon Magazine for fighting styles (Chain Fighter, Bravo, et cetera).  Kahlan specifically could be a Ranger or Rogue (the latter already having a solid reason to wield daggers) with Confessor feats.  Considering the identity of 'Confessor' is built upon a single ability more or less this might be a better option than going through all of the work in creating an entire class.</blockquote>

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