New Posts For Thread: The boring fighter... or is he?http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29150791/The_boring_fighter..._or_is_heIn a desperate manoeuver, I grab my bastard sword with both hand and charge my foe slicing a deep cut in his knee. He lose 6 hp... Well, this kind of things bore me to tears. However it doesn't have to be this way. We want to feel like we are an actiI can't tell if you're being serious. If you are, then let me ask you:What is Whirlwind Attack, a big basic attack that strikes multiple foes. Yet fighters don't get that in the core rules because it's too much like a spell. What is Ricochet Shot, ahttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29150791/The_boring_fighter..._or_is_he?post_id=520674585#520674585I can't tell if you're being serious. If you are, then let me ask you:What is Whirlwind Attack, a big basic attack that strikes multiple foes. Yet fighters don't get that in the core rules because it's too much like a spell. What is Ricochet Shot, aSun, 10 Jun 2012 13:42:56 -0500A maneuver IS a power. With a different name. That's literally what almost every 4E "power" for a fighter was. A simple maneuver that you'd likely see in combat. Same with their stances, which pushed you into a "I am specializing in this maneuver" mohttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29150791/The_boring_fighter..._or_is_he?post_id=520674387#520674387A maneuver IS a power. With a different name. That's literally what almost every 4E "power" for a fighter was. A simple maneuver that you'd likely see in combat. Same with their stances, which pushed you into a "I am specializing in this maneuver" moSun, 10 Jun 2012 13:35:54 -0500Statements like this give me a headache. After so many years of hearing people say "I didn’t like 4e's power system," it has made me start to wonder if they felt that way because they are actually literalists. They saw a vocabulary word—phttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29150791/The_boring_fighter..._or_is_he?post_id=520674361#520674361Statements like this give me a headache. After so many years of hearing people say "I didn’t like 4e's power system," it has made me start to wonder if they felt that way because they are actually literalists. They saw a vocabulary word—pSun, 10 Jun 2012 13:35:22 -0500Maneuvers and powers are the same thing. It's just changing a word. You could call it fluffy bunny feet, and it is the same concept. Getting technical, though. Martial classes have Exploits in 4e.http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29150791/The_boring_fighter..._or_is_he?post_id=520672691#520672691Maneuvers and powers are the same thing. It's just changing a word. You could call it fluffy bunny feet, and it is the same concept. Getting technical, though. Martial classes have Exploits in 4e.Sun, 10 Jun 2012 12:47:27 -0500Obviously, there's a sweet spot, but that doesn't change the fact that having defined rules for common "called shots"/maneuvers is important, and in general, it's a good idea for players to have info in front of them so they don't have to leaf throughttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29150791/The_boring_fighter..._or_is_he?post_id=520672239#520672239Obviously, there's a sweet spot, but that doesn't change the fact that having defined rules for common "called shots"/maneuvers is important, and in general, it's a good idea for players to have info in front of them so they don't have to leaf througSun, 10 Jun 2012 12:38:11 -0500