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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Mentat55" data-source="post: 5462835" data-attributes="member: 14840">Let me post a couple examples of auras I am trying to craft.  One seems to function a lot like standard warlord at-will attack powers or the at-will stances we see for the knight and slayer, the other does not.Stirring WordsAt-Will * Aura, MartialMinor Action          PersonalEffect: You activate an aura 1 that lasts until you end it as a minor action, you activate another marshal's aura, or until you fall unconscious.  When you hit with a melee basic attack, one ally in the aura that can see and hear you can immediately attempt a saving throw against one effect that a save can end.Bloody VengeanceAt-Will * Aura, MartialMinor Action          PersonalEffect: You activate an aura 1 that lasts until you end it as a minor action, you activate another marshal's aura, or until you fall unconscious.  Bloodied allies that can see and hear you in the aura gain a +3 power bonus to damage rolls.     Level 11: +4 power bonus.     Level 21: +5 power bonus.My concern with stirring words is that it doesn't need to be an aura -- in fact, it seems somewhat artificial to force it into that particular design space.  My concern with bloody vengeance is more generally a concern with any aura that offers a continuous bonus (i.e., not conditional on an action performed by the warlord) -- how to balance such a bonus.  The bloodied condition seemed like an obvious one, but it may be too situation-specific.I'd love to get some feedback on these ideas.  In general, I think the auras should augment attack rolls and damage rolls, grant saving throws, grant shifts, provide defense bonuses, give temporary hit points, or provide some resistance against a particular type of attack (e.g., ignore 1 square of forced movement).  In that vein, I just remembered another aura idea:Stand FastAt-Will * Aura, MartialMinor Action          PersonalEffect: You activate an aura 1 that lasts until you end it as a minor action, you activate another marshal's aura, or until you fall unconscious.  Allies in the aura that can see or hear you can ignore up to 1 square of forced movement.</blockquote>

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