New Posts For Thread: attack rolls vs. attack powershttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29608637/attack_rolls_vs._attack_powersI'm having a little trouble understanding what constitutes a separate attack. I searched the online compendium and couldn't find any clarification.My Battlemind has Mind Spike, which reads, "Trigger: An adjacent enemy marked by you deals damage to yoA dragon breathing on two people and a fighter does not violate the mark.A dragon biting someone who isn't the fighter does violate the mark, even if with the same action he may have clawed the fighter.http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29608637/attack_rolls_vs._attack_powers?post_id=527681621#527681621A dragon breathing on two people and a fighter does not violate the mark.A dragon biting someone who isn't the fighter does violate the mark, even if with the same action he may have clawed the fighter.Wed, 02 Jan 2013 09:36:30 -0600I think you said it pretty well. If a monster can make an attack roll against me, through use of a power, and chooses to roll against someone else, it gets punished. In the case of an area attack, it can't roll against me more than once.Thanks, all!http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29608637/attack_rolls_vs._attack_powers?post_id=527672793#527672793I think you said it pretty well. If a monster can make an attack roll against me, through use of a power, and chooses to roll against someone else, it gets punished. In the case of an area attack, it can't roll against me more than once.Thanks, all!Tue, 01 Jan 2013 21:54:58 -0600I don't know, but when I tried to use Mind Spike, my GM told me that since it was all one power, I couldn't spike it.[/quote]This is a VERY common house rule. As long as it's applied fairly (i.e. a player can avoid a mob's mark punishment by hittinghttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29608637/attack_rolls_vs._attack_powers?post_id=527647799#527647799I don't know, but when I tried to use Mind Spike, my GM told me that since it was all one power, I couldn't spike it.[/quote]This is a VERY common house rule. As long as it's applied fairly (i.e. a player can avoid a mob's mark punishment by hittingTue, 01 Jan 2013 04:18:02 -0600Plaguescarred's RAW rule of thumb is the best one, but if you want a common-sense RAI reason to help you remember:Powers like Mind Spike are intended to punish foes who get marked and then ignore the mark-er.Mind Spike doesn't fire when the marked mohttp://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29608637/attack_rolls_vs._attack_powers?post_id=527643557#527643557Plaguescarred's RAW rule of thumb is the best one, but if you want a common-sense RAI reason to help you remember:Powers like Mind Spike are intended to punish foes who get marked and then ignore the mark-er.Mind Spike doesn't fire when the marked moMon, 31 Dec 2012 19:30:09 -0600I don't know, but when I tried to use Mind Spike, my GM told me that since it was all one power, I couldn't spike it.[/quote]I've seen DMs do different rulings on this. It is because of how mark is worded:Mark from Compendium: The creature takes a -http://community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/75882/29608637/attack_rolls_vs._attack_powers?post_id=527643165#527643165I don't know, but when I tried to use Mind Spike, my GM told me that since it was all one power, I couldn't spike it.[/quote]I've seen DMs do different rulings on this. It is because of how mark is worded:Mark from Compendium: The creature takes a -Mon, 31 Dec 2012 19:04:05 -0600