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<blockquote data-quote="Samir" data-source="post: 5066837" data-attributes="member: 84965"><p>I'm not sure there's any supercession at all. This isn't general vs. specific, this is two general rules that aren't even in contradiction.</p><p></p><p>The PHB states that (pg. 270):</p><p></p><p></p><p>Thus, Twin Strike is two separate attacks, each with its own attack roll and damage roll.</p><p></p><p>The PHB also tells us how to make these attacks (pg. 269):</p><p></p><p>So for each attack in Twin Strike, you choose a target, make an attack roll, and deal damage. You choose your target at the start of each attack, not at the immediate moment you use the power.</p><p></p><p>If you chose your target at the immediate moment you use the power, then attack powers that involve movement prior to the attack would not work if you weren't in range to start with, even if the power could move you in range before you made the attack.</p><p></p><p></p><p>I'm not sure this affects anything, RAW. You choose the targets for each of the two Twin Strike attacks when you are making each attack--of course, under normal circumstances, each attack only hits one target. The plural just seems to allow for the circumstance if each of the two attacks hits multiple targets.</p><p></p><p>CS responses in the past have favored the "choose targets one by one" interpretation, FWIW (which isn't much). I think this will be a good Twitter question for this Thursday.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Samir, post: 5066837, member: 84965"] I'm not sure there's any supercession at all. This isn't general vs. specific, this is two general rules that aren't even in contradiction. The PHB states that (pg. 270): Thus, Twin Strike is two separate attacks, each with its own attack roll and damage roll. The PHB also tells us how to make these attacks (pg. 269): So for each attack in Twin Strike, you choose a target, make an attack roll, and deal damage. You choose your target at the start of each attack, not at the immediate moment you use the power. If you chose your target at the immediate moment you use the power, then attack powers that involve movement prior to the attack would not work if you weren't in range to start with, even if the power could move you in range before you made the attack. I'm not sure this affects anything, RAW. You choose the targets for each of the two Twin Strike attacks when you are making each attack--of course, under normal circumstances, each attack only hits one target. The plural just seems to allow for the circumstance if each of the two attacks hits multiple targets. CS responses in the past have favored the "choose targets one by one" interpretation, FWIW (which isn't much). I think this will be a good Twitter question for this Thursday. [/QUOTE]
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