Weapon Expertise: a question

[The Digger]

I've seen that Weapon Expertise is usually used as a generic +1 (etc) to hit. However I've just read the text again and it seems only to apply to weapon POWERS!

To me that means that you do not get the + to hit when using basic attacks as they are not Power attacks. Is that right?

 

[Flipguarder]

Im pretty sure that everyone is in consensus that basic attacks are pretty much just at-will powers.

Anyway I'd never play with a DM who took the rules that literally.

 

[abyssaldeath]

It's not only consenus that basic attacks are powers it is RAW.

A basic attack is an at-will attack power that everyone
possesses, regardless of class

That is the first sentence describing basic attacks.

 

[Flipguarder]

Yeah pretty sure it was there somewhere but I don't have the phb with me... And I probably would've been to lazy to find that text if I had it.

thanks

 

[The Digger]

Phew!

 

[boolean]

Somewhere in the PHB it's even got one of those fancy stat blocks with a green header.