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Message: <blockquote data-quote="jaer" data-source="post: 3995988" data-attributes="member: 57861">They might have changed the 2d20 to 1d20+4 because rangers were the only ones who got a 2d20 roll...Biggie does imply he was the only one doing it.  And they might have found rangers were unfavorably recieving bonus crit due to it.Perhaps it did interfer with the elven ability and other abilities similar to it.  If you reroll the attack, do you reroll one of the d20s, or both?Or, perhaps they decided that a power that rolled 2d20 for one attack ended up being too similar (and not as worth it) as the later one which allowed 2d20 for two attacks (a Rapid Fire ability).  After all, Careful Strike would never be used once Rapid Fire was taken.  However, if Careful Strike gives a +4 and Rapid Fire gives two attacks, then the ranger has two different attacks to pick between, depending on the situation.Also, if Rapid Fire is a per encounter and the old 2d20 Careful Strike at will, you get the whole "which attack did you use there?"  It adds a level of confusion and potential 'cheating.' The player would be rolling 2d20 each round, and on that round he happens to drop double 20s "that was my rapid fire round: I crit twice!"I say keep the 2d20 for when you are making 2 attacks.</blockquote>