Comments on: PHB2 Class Review: Warden is the Ultimate Shapeshifter Tank

By: khovaros

khovaros — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 14:27:43 +0000

Alright, Ninja Tank!!! I’m putting that on my next character sheet.

By: Ed Grabianowski

Ed Grabianowski — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 03:12:24 +0000

Blaise ain’t a PURE tank. Pure tanks don’t run around the room leaping off tables and chopping the heads off of five enemies in one turn. He’s like a ninja tank or something.

By: khovaros

khovaros — Fri, 27 Mar 2009 01:07:41 +0000

Wadda ya mean tanks are boring? Blaise glowers at you . . .

By: mordicai

mordicai — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 16:17:54 +0000

Gotcha; is it SIMILAR to how the Fighter’s mark works, or Identical? I played a Paladin in a one-shot, & a Warlock a couple of times, but I haven’t had as much of a chance to play 4e as I would like (the perils of being the DM…never playing! & I DM WoD…or storytell, whatever).

By: Ed Grabianowski

Ed Grabianowski — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 05:23:53 +0000

Hadn’t made it that far into the book yet. Well, that sucks.

House rule time.

By: Zeroth

Zeroth — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 05:21:31 +0000

The Warden’s Dailies don’t stack. When you use a second one, the effects of the second one replace the effects of the second one. Take a look at the polymorph keyword in the back.

By: ggodo

ggodo — Thu, 26 Mar 2009 00:58:31 +0000

That marking is a good thing for tanks. There really hasn’t been a good way to tank in D&D before because the DM would just outmanuver the party. That’s why going for as much damage as possible is the preferred strategy. not much point in trying to hold aggro because aggro in the mmo sense doesn’t exist in D&D.

By: Ed Grabianowski

Ed Grabianowski — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:36:09 +0000

When you mark someone, they take a -2 to any attack rolls against someone other than you. And the warden’s other powers interact with marked foes as well, for example giving you an opportunity attack against them if they attack someone else. I guess I should have explained things better.

By: mordicai

mordicai — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 20:11:52 +0000

Gotcha (& I thought as much…)– but how does marking adjacent foes hold aggro? Wouldn’t that incline your foes NOT to go into melee with you?

By: ggodo

ggodo — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 19:37:34 +0000

This could be quite entertaining, I love the combining of forms. That would be worth it entirely.

By: Ed Grabianowski

Ed Grabianowski — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:42:27 +0000

Basically, make sure the bad guys are focused on attacking you and not your buddies, who may be less capable of dealing with the damage.

By: mordicai

mordicai — Wed, 25 Mar 2009 17:23:05 +0000

“Hold aggro?” I am not familiar with the term?