New Posts For Thread: Shifting into Polearm Gamblehttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/25811817/Shifting_into_Polearm_GambleThe Polearm Gamble feat states "When a nonadjacent enemy enters a square adjacent to you, you can make an opportunity attack with a polearm against that enemy, but you grant combat advantage to that enemy until the end of the enemy’s turn."1) IfVipers Strike and Weapon Master Strike are Specific vs General by saying specifically that Shifting will provoke an OA.http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/25811817/Shifting_into_Polearm_Gamble?post_id=478316121#478316121Vipers Strike and Weapon Master Strike are Specific vs General by saying specifically that Shifting will provoke an OA.Thu, 16 Dec 2010 19:14:06 -0600It can't really be defined. And specific vs general is usually pretty easy: which one refers directly or indirectly to the other rule and changes it? The rule that is refered to is general, the rule that does the refering and changing is specific.Phttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/25811817/Shifting_into_Polearm_Gamble?post_id=478309857#478309857It can't really be defined. And specific vs general is usually pretty easy: which one refers directly or indirectly to the other rule and changes it? The rule that is refered to is general, the rule that does the refering and changing is specific.PThu, 16 Dec 2010 18:07:55 -0600But the problem is that nowhere is "specific vs general" defined - what makes a rule specific vs general, and how exactly do you decide. That's the fundamental issue that causes people to come down on one side or the other - which rule wins.You canhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/25811817/Shifting_into_Polearm_Gamble?post_id=478299981#478299981But the problem is that nowhere is "specific vs general" defined - what makes a rule specific vs general, and how exactly do you decide. That's the fundamental issue that causes people to come down on one side or the other - which rule wins.You canThu, 16 Dec 2010 16:43:31 -0600Yes you did, and it's quite thorough. It seems to boil down to : If the statement (A) is correct, then Opportunity Attacks and all other Opportunity Actions also get to be used against shifts, because they are specific to the general rule that prevehttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/25811817/Shifting_into_Polearm_Gamble?post_id=478298609#478298609Yes you did, and it's quite thorough. It seems to boil down to : If the statement (A) is correct, then Opportunity Attacks and all other Opportunity Actions also get to be used against shifts, because they are specific to the general rule that preveThu, 16 Dec 2010 16:33:25 -0600Since the stated position isn't actually a part of fundemental 4e design, it's a flawed premise to begin with.The same flawed premise is what leads people to incorrectly assume that something that says 'Make a Stealth check' allows you to ignore thehttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/25811817/Shifting_into_Polearm_Gamble?post_id=478297449#478297449Since the stated position isn't actually a part of fundemental 4e design, it's a flawed premise to begin with.The same flawed premise is what leads people to incorrectly assume that something that says 'Make a Stealth check' allows you to ignore theThu, 16 Dec 2010 16:24:10 -0600