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<blockquote data-quote="Eldorian" data-source="post: 4297097" data-attributes="member: 10504">Hate to admit it, but I have no idea how this power works.&nbsp; I mean, I THINK I know how it's SUPPOSED to work, but then I read it...For example.&nbsp; It says it's a Melee Weapon power.&nbsp; This means it gets bonuses to hit and damage from my weapon.&nbsp; But it also specifies that the ally gets a basic attack against the target.&nbsp; So it gets hit and damage bonuses from his weapon too?&nbsp; The higher of the two due to stacking rules, so if I use a sword and he's using an axe, he gets a +3 total proficiency bonus?&nbsp; If my weapon is more magical than his, he gets that bonus too?&nbsp; Common sense says, &quot;No, use his stuff, no matter what, not mine&quot; but that's not what the power says.&nbsp; And this &quot;common sense&quot; may not be what the designers had in mind, otherwise this power wouldn't be a Weapon keyword power.Here's what I know to be true.&nbsp; When you use this power, the enemy must be in range of your melee weapon, and follows all normal targeting rules.&nbsp; If the target is in melee range of your weapon, then an ally of your choice (no range or targeting required here, so any ally of your choice) makes a basic melee attack against the target (so your ally has to have the target in his melee range as well, with all normal targeting rules).&nbsp; The attack adds your Int as bonus damage.&nbsp; The power takes a standard action.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Eldorian, post: 4297097, member: 10504"] Hate to admit it, but I have no idea how this power works. I mean, I THINK I know how it's SUPPOSED to work, but then I read it... For example. It says it's a Melee Weapon power. This means it gets bonuses to hit and damage from my weapon. But it also specifies that the ally gets a basic attack against the target. So it gets hit and damage bonuses from his weapon too? The higher of the two due to stacking rules, so if I use a sword and he's using an axe, he gets a +3 total proficiency bonus? If my weapon is more magical than his, he gets that bonus too? Common sense says, "No, use his stuff, no matter what, not mine" but that's not what the power says. And this "common sense" may not be what the designers had in mind, otherwise this power wouldn't be a Weapon keyword power. Here's what I know to be true. When you use this power, the enemy must be in range of your melee weapon, and follows all normal targeting rules. If the target is in melee range of your weapon, then an ally of your choice (no range or targeting required here, so any ally of your choice) makes a basic melee attack against the target (so your ally has to have the target in his melee range as well, with all normal targeting rules). The attack adds your Int as bonus damage. The power takes a standard action. [/QUOTE]

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