New Posts For Thread: Suggestions for a hybrid fake Skald/Warlock?http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29424031/Suggestions_for_a_hybrid_fake_SkaldWarlockBuilding a hybrid bard/warlock with Skald Aura and Skald at-wills to take advantage of Eldritch Strike. Also open to suggestions for a different combination with hybrid Fake Skald. Currently running a human (open to race change as well). with Words oIt will also help you out if combat in your play group tends to drag out over a lot of rounds. If most fights are over in five rounds this build is trouble, but if they are over ten rounds long you will have a couple sparse turns at the beginning.http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29424031/Suggestions_for_a_hybrid_fake_SkaldWarlock?post_id=524986407#524986407It will also help you out if combat in your play group tends to drag out over a lot of rounds. If most fights are over in five rounds this build is trouble, but if they are over ten rounds long you will have a couple sparse turns at the beginning.Thu, 11 Oct 2012 12:37:16 -0500For what it's worth: as far as I can tell, the reason the aura is an encounter power instead of at-will (which could then be assumed to just be always up) is the heals. I think they made it encounter instead of at-will just so that you couldn't reusehttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29424031/Suggestions_for_a_hybrid_fake_SkaldWarlock?post_id=524985457#524985457For what it's worth: as far as I can tell, the reason the aura is an encounter power instead of at-will (which could then be assumed to just be always up) is the heals. I think they made it encounter instead of at-will just so that you couldn't reuseThu, 11 Oct 2012 12:03:07 -0500While that's mostly true, the first few rounds of most encounters I've played in are by far the most important, especially for a character with a leader focus. By far.That said, some GMs will let you activate and energize your aura out of combat if yhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29424031/Suggestions_for_a_hybrid_fake_SkaldWarlock?post_id=524983799#524983799While that's mostly true, the first few rounds of most encounters I've played in are by far the most important, especially for a character with a leader focus. By far.That said, some GMs will let you activate and energize your aura out of combat if yThu, 11 Oct 2012 11:09:19 -0500I'll agree for the first couple of turns, but remember, the Skald Aura and the Bard At-Wills only take 1 minor action to activate, then they're on for the rest of the encounter. It should only pose a problem in the first couple of rounds of combat whhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29424031/Suggestions_for_a_hybrid_fake_SkaldWarlock?post_id=524967103#524967103I'll agree for the first couple of turns, but remember, the Skald Aura and the Bard At-Wills only take 1 minor action to activate, then they're on for the rest of the encounter. It should only pose a problem in the first couple of rounds of combat whWed, 10 Oct 2012 19:46:43 -0500Don't forget your aura takes another minor to activate in the first place, and many later skald powers are also minors.The problem here is that spell-slinging and eldritch striking are going to pull you in two different directions. You're going to nhttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29424031/Suggestions_for_a_hybrid_fake_SkaldWarlock?post_id=524965123#524965123Don't forget your aura takes another minor to activate in the first place, and many later skald powers are also minors.The problem here is that spell-slinging and eldritch striking are going to pull you in two different directions. You're going to nWed, 10 Oct 2012 18:09:18 -0500