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Message: <blockquote data-quote="TwinBahamut" data-source="post: 3915353" data-attributes="member: 32536">Thanks to the Paladin Smites article on the WotC website, and the reference to Charisma-based weapon attacks, it seems that 4E is going to seriously move away from Strength being the dominant stat for melee combat. This got me thinking that Weapon Finesse, which did the same thing, is not going to be such a distinct advantage anymore. That combined with a possible extention of the idea behind the removal of the Ambidexterity feat in 3.5E, makes me wonder...Will feats that exist only to make combat styles available, like Two-Weapon Fighting or Weapon Finesse, be rolled into the basic abilities of characters?It may be that any character can now use Dex as the attack stat for a light weapon, even without taking a feat. I would prefer things this way, because it means certain styles will not be assumed, and other styles punished with extra feat costs just because they are different.</blockquote>