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Jul 29, 2010 -- 9:18PM, marigoldran wrote:

3.  Everyone has artificer weapon-buffing powers like Magic Weapon or Fleeting Dweeomer (Battle Engineer Paragon Path) that gives like a +2 to attack and a +4 to damage.  The Magic Weapon bonuses don't stack, but Fleeting Dweeomer does(?).  This works well with swordburst. 

I thought that bonuses from the same game element don't stack.

Oh, please don't take it as a slam.
It's just that core can mean more than just the core 3, in 4e.
So already having to clairify this core vs. that core, makes another core, a little too tricky.

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"two or three really dedicated players, who show up every week and fully engage in the game, and several others who filter in or out with less interest in the proceedings."

See, I like the second half, as a problem.
Companion Characters can do stuff that PCs can't, and they're easier to get going.
That's just me.

1 - Recharge guy
2 - Companion char for the easy come easy go people
3+ builds as prefered

Jul 30, 2010 -- 4:19PM, The_Crimson_Dawn wrote:

For the all "martial" party perhaps use a seeker.  A seeker that does not pick supernatural dailies may seem more martial and less primal than a beastmaster ranger.  In fact the class fits the essentials martial class mold as it uses basic attacks for most everything.  It ay be primal but when ou make a basic attack every turn that is not too supernatural and could be otherwise explained as skill or a device I think the seeker is the closest ou can get to an official martial controller.

EDIT:  Also the seeker has a strong striker feel to it which also matches the feel of the martial classes which have a tendency to secondary striker or boost striking.

Only use a Seeker if you want to be dead weight.

Srsly, play a Sniper Rogue who loads up on his class' AoEs instead if you need a "martial controller."

I think the best matchups would be taking advantage of warlord powers pretty much every time. The build by Daega community.wizards.com/go/thread/view/758... of a Warden/Warlord/Arkhosian Blademaster in which he uses hail of steel just about every turn would be utter destruction to the enemies almost immediately. Put 3 of these in (more if you can of course), all with Time Out as the lvl 10 utility, and you have a group full of VERY high hp and defenses wardens who use second wind every other round or so and all deal insane damage. Would be best if they all had Dwarven Throwing enchanted weapons as well. They would probably only get hit on a 20, as they can realistically spend every turn using second wind at lvl 21 (giving +10 or so to all defenses).