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Jan 22, 2013 -- 2:23PM, Ambisinister wrote:

Eyes of the Vestige gives me a ranged psychic at will that also allows me to curse a target. Also, with the d9 vestige of Ilmeth up, Eye will additionally inflict a -2 penalty to hit until EoNT. (In addition the Ilmeth Pact boon allows me to swap places with an ally within 5 squares).

As for other vestiges, King Elidyr, while mediocre, isn't total crap for a defender. I haven't scrutinized the other vestiges available to me over lvl13 to closely at this point, so I don't have much to offer there. 

We've had a bit of a party shift, leaving me as the sole defender (and basically the frontline, though the warlord isn't THAT squishy). Leaders are a bard, and a lazylord and possibly something else (our former paladin is making a new character that might be a shaman or might be a druid). The rest of the party consists of a brutal scoundrel and a rotating cast of two wizards (a pyromancer and a necromancer) and a chaos sorcerer. 


My gut says I can probably abuse Sigil Carver more, but Umbral cabalist has some nice features and powers.  

OK, time to give a brief explanation of 'how to beat fights like a pro in D&D'. Use this thought process whenever you have to gauge if something is better than something else.

A) Does this help me have a very impactful first round? (i. e., is it so good that I will reliably use it over my best encounter power? Will it enhance my best encounter power significantly, if it doesn't compete with it?)

B) If not, does it help me do something offturn or make me consistently more dangerous? (i. e., does it not compete with my best encounter power?)

C) If neither of the above apply, is it a reliable backup choice for Round 2 or provides a situational but very potent benefit? (In english, 'is this better than my second best encounter power?'/does this shut someone down if it happens?)

D) If it isn't good enough to apply for C, does it at least act as a better version of my basic role-fulfilling ability, or enhances it? (Translation: is this gonna be worth more than Hellish Rebuke, Eldritch Strike, or a Hand of Blight boosted by Draji Aspirant or the vulnerability feat?)

E) If it doesn't fit any of the criteria above, chuck it.

So yeah. I think this should allow you to make a very easy judgement call between PPs here.

Jan 22, 2013 -- 5:03PM, Zathris wrote:

And thus the issue I have with the Artificer Guide currently, A and D are the same, and there's all of 2 powers that meet those requirements, so the optimal everything is either B or C, which is like 75% of their total list, varrying by party/campaign nuances, bleh.

SM|Lock is easy though, Sigil Carver is definitely the right choice, you've got 2 leaders and a striker that are typically favored targets by DMs everywhere, added punishment is spiffy.

How are A and D the same, out of curiosity? Is it about Magic Weapon + Immediates?