Excerpts Archive | 2/1/2010

Martial Power 2 Excerpts: Feats

In today's Martial Power 2 preview, we look at the new feats for your martial hero, at both the heroic and paragon tiers!

Feats provide you with hundreds of options for customizing your character, allowing you to build almost any martial hero you can imagine.

You must meet a feat’s prerequisites, if any, to select the feat. If you ever lose a prerequisite for a feat (for example, you use the retraining rules to replace training in a required skill with training in a different skill), you can’t use that feat until you meet the prerequisites again. A feat that has a class as a prerequisite is available either to characters of that class or to characters who have chosen a multiclass feat associated with that class.

Heroic Tier Feats

Any Class	Other Prerequisites	Benefit
Ambush Tactics	—	1d6 extra damage against enemy that has not yet acted
Armored Endurance Training	—	No armor penalty to Strength and Constitution skills
Armored Swiftness Training	—	No armor penalty to Dexterity skills
Barreling Charge	—	Charge to adjacent square with reach weapon
Crushing Mace	—	+2 damage with basic attacks using mace
Dragonborn Channeling	Dragonborn	Expend dragon breath for extra damage on a hit
Draw First Blood	—	Undamaged enemy takes extra damage
Formation Fighting	—	Bonus to opportunity attacks when allies near an enemy
Gnome Weapon Training	Gnome	Proficiency and damage bonus with hammers and picks
Infernal Might	Tiefling	Extra damage with infernal wrath
Martial Adaptation	—	Swap daily power after extended rest
Martial Dilettante	Half-elf	Use Dilettante power twice per encounter
Martial Flexibility	—	Swap martial utility power after extended rest
Martial Ploy	—	Ally rolls twice on attack if you use aid another
Martial Readiness	—	Swap martial at-will attack power after extended rest
Martial Versatility	—	Swap martial encounter attack power after extended rest
Nimble Dodge	Halfling	Second chance gives –5 penalty and enemy can’t crit
Overrun Critical	—	Critical hit on charge pushes enemy and knocks it prone
Practiced Prodigy	Practiced Study	Learn two martial practices, add more as you gain levels
Practiced Study	—	Learn and use martial practices
Precision Throw	—	Use Dexterity for ranged basic attacks with thrown weapons
Redoubled Efforts	—	Gain +2 attack instead of bonus to defenses after second wind
Resilience of Stone	Dwarf	Use second wind as immediate interrupt when damaged
Rumbling Earthshock	Genasi, earthshock	Deal extra damage with earthshock

Paragon Tier Feats

Any Class	Other Prerequisites	Benefit
Avalanche Reaver	Goliath	Push target of charge 1 square, shift into vacated square
Deceptive Staff	—	Gain combat advantage after you miss with a staff
Deft Blade	—	Basic attack with light blade targets AC or Reflex
Dwarven Recovery	Dwarf	+5 to saving throws after second wind
Hammer Shock	Trained in Intimidate	Melee basic attack with hammer gains rattling keyword
Impaling Spear	—	Melee basic attack with spear targets Reflex
Lashing Flail	—	Melee basic attack with flail slides creature
Martial Accuracy	Elf	Roll twice when using elven accuracy on exploit
Piercing Pick	—	Melee basic attack with pick targets AC or Fortitude
Punishing Axe	—	Treat rolls of 1 or 2 on critical hit and high crit dice as 3s
Rapid Practice	Practiced Study	Perform martial practices in half the time
Wicked Blade	—	Basic attack with heavy blade gains high crit property

Fighter Paragon Tier Feats

Fighter Feat	Other Prerequisites	Benefit
Clobbering Brawler	Brawler Style	Daze when unarmed attack crits
Crushing Pin	Brawler Style	Deal damage when enemy fails to escape your grab
Reliable Persistence	—	+4 to attack same target after reliable exploit misses
Striking Resurgence	—	Trade second wind bonuses to make a melee basic attack
Tactical Superiority	Combat Superiority	Slow marked enemy hit by opportunity attack

Ranger Paragon Tier Feats

Ranger Feat	Other Prerequisites	Benefit
Bestial Death Strike	Beast Mastery (boar or lizard)	Beast companion gains +1 attack while bloodied, attacks when reduced to 0 hit points
Elusive Movement	—	+1 AC and Reflex if you moved at least 3 squares
Fearsome Assault	Half-orc	Use furious assault on two targets at once
Gliding Beast	Beast Mastery (cat or raptor)	Beast companion can shift after it hits
Poisonous Beast	Beast Mastery (serpent or spider)	Beast companion deals ongoing 5 poison damage on a hit
Rampaging Beast	Beast Mastery (bear or wolf)	Beast companion pushes creature on a hit
Retreat Technique	—	No opportunity attack when moving away from enemy you hit

Rogue Paragon Tier Feats

Rogue Feat	Other Prerequisites	Benefit
Brutal Bludgeon	—	Clubs and maces gain brutal 1 property
Combat Opportunist	—	Ally’s opportunity attack grants combat advantage to you
Disheartening Ambush	Sneak Attack	Forgo one Sneak Attack die to give your attack the rattling keyword
Dragon Breath Scoundrel	Dragonborn, Sneak Attack	Sneak Attack creatures hit with dragon breath
Elusive Movement	—	+1 AC and Reflex if you moved at least 3 squares
Expert Sneak	—	Gain combat advantage against enemies with some conditions
Sneaky Gnome	Gnome, Sneak Attack	Sneak Attack while invisible does not end invisibility
Sneaky Opportunity	—	Deal extra damage with light blade on opportunity attack
Unerring Ambush	First Strike	In first round, roll two attack rolls against enemy that has not yet acted

Warlord Paragon Tier Feats

Warlord Feat	Other Prerequisites	Benefit
Agile Command	Int 15, Skirmishing Presence	Adjacent allies gain +2 AC against opportunity attacks
Commander’s Memory	Deva	Use memory of a thousand lifetimes on ally’s roll
Cragborn Courage	Con 13, goliath, inspiring word	Inspiring word heals extra hit points equal to Constitution modifier
Dragon Breath Tactician	Int 13, dragonborn	Slide ally out of burst of your dragon breath
Fading Forces	Gnome	Use fade away on self and ally when ally takes damage
Feyborn Stratagem	Gnome	Allies have combat advantage against some enemies
Feywild Flanker	Eladrin	One enemy you teleport next to grants combat advantage
Fight On	Inspiring word encounter power	Gain one additional use of inspiring word as encounter power
Improved Battlefront Shift	Battlefront Leader	Target one additional character with battlefront shift
Insightful Preparation	—	Allies gain +1 attack against enemies that have not yet acted

Excerpt Schedule

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January 18 Fighters	January 22 Rangers
January 25 Rogues	January 4 Warlords
February 2 Feats	February 5 Epic Destinies
February 8 Combat Styles	February 12 Martial Practices

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