worth to the party by aiding allies.
The Tyrant merely
Tyrant ] gives the word, and makes sure people follow it…
“You will do what I say, how I say, when I say, and
you will enjoy it. Do I make myself clear?”
Class Traits
Role: Controller. You are a dominating presence on
the battlefield, and force others to do your bidding
through intimidation or brute force. Depending on
your choice of powers, you may also lean toward
Leader or Defender as your Secondary role.
Power Source: Martial. You rely on your cunning,
force of will, and undeniable presence to enforce
your desires on your enemies and your allies.
Key Abilities: Charisma, Strength, Intelligence
Armor Proficiencies: Cloth, Leather, Light Shield
Weapon Proficiencies: Simple melee, simple
ranged, military ranged
Implements: Favored Weapon
Bonus to Defense: +2 Fortitude or +2 Will
Hit Points at 1st Level: 10 + Constitution score
Hit Points per level gained: 5
Healing Surges/day: 7 + Constitution modifier.
Trained Skills: Intimidate. From the list below,
choose three more trained skills at 1st level/
Class Skills: Athletics (Str), Bluff (Cha), Intimidate
(Cha), Insight (Wis), History (Int), Thievery (Dex),
Religion (Int), Streetwise (Cha).
Build Options: Enticing Tyrant, Intimidating Tyrant,
Manipulative Tyrant, Ruthless Tyrant
Class Features: Oppressive Leader, Dominating
Presence, Subjugating Word
Tyrants are uncompromising leaders who rule their
subordinates with an iron fist. Tyrants direct their
allies in battle through threats and sheer intimidation,
and force their enemies into submission through their
willpower and the controlling power of their presence
on the field.
You may be a ruthless monarch on a campaign to
expand the territories of your domain as far as they
can go, or you could be a low-level thug in a street
gang who bullies your party into doing your bidding,
crawling your way to the top through intimidation
and sheer force of will.
Not all Tyrants are of the megalomaniacal overlord
mold, nor are they necessarily evil (though most
Tyrants are Lawful). A guild enforcer or a captain in
an army can be a Tyrant to those who serve under
him or her. The important thing is not the social
status of the individual, but their method of gaining
the cooperation of fellow adventurers; The Paladin or
Fighter may gain their allies’ respect through their
loyalty in battle, a Wizard or Cleric might prove their
one way or another.
Most non-evil Tyrants believe (if nothing else) that
their ruthless tactics are for the good of the whole,
either for the party or whatever else they’re fighting
for. They may not be liked by those who they lord
over, but they may (at least) be tolerated for the
assistance they can provide.
Creating a Tyrant
You may use these build options to advise your
decisions when creating a Tyrant character.
Enticing Tyrant
Enticing Tyrants have a unique style of control;
presenting the enemy an option between two effects,
both of which aid you and harm the other side. The
Enticing Tyrant runs almost exclusively on Charisma,
but you might consider boosting Intelligence and
going for Hide Armor if you want a high AC.
Otherwise, you could boost Strength to qualify for
Scale Proficiency, and carry a shield to offset your
lower Reflex defense. You may also want to keep
your Strength score high; in case you want to take
Tyrant powers which rely on Strength.
Suggested Feat: Enticing Leader
Suggested At-Wills: Eye of Dire Warning,
Intimidating Strike
Suggested Encounter Power: Get Back Here!
Suggested Daily Power: Diatribe of Fleeting Hope
Intimidating Tyrant
Intimidating Tyrants control the battlefield by their
fearful poise and subtle aura of terror. You should
make Charisma your first priority, and having a high
Strength score benefits some of your powers.
Intelligence is only needed for high AC and Reflex,
but you could opt for Chain Armor and a Shield to
cover that weakness instead. However, if you go that
route, beware of the speed penalties for heavy armor,
as mobility is important to keep you safe.
Suggested Feat: Defensive Mobility
Suggested At-Wills: Intimidating Strike, Tyrannical
Strike.
Suggested Encounter Power: Terrorizing
Formation
Suggested Daily Power: Aura of Dreadful Malice
Manipulative Tyrant
Manipulative tyrants have the ability to defend
allies, although in a much different way than real
defender classes. A Manipulative Tyrant doesn’t
much like getting attacked, but he can provide the
enemy penalties for attacking allies other than the
ones he wants them to. Make Charisma your best
score, because your Powers rely on it. Intelligence is
vital for a Manipulative Tyrant, so make sure you
have a decent Intelligence, and make Strength your
third best score, to improve your Fortitude defense,
and allow you to dabble in Ruthless Tyrant powers.
Suggested Feat: Master Manipulator
Suggested At-Wills: Tyrannical Strike, Eye of Dire
Warnings
Suggested Encounter Power: Humiliating Assault
Suggested Daily Power: Conspirator’s Confession
Ruthless Tyrant
Ruthless Tyrants are direct and forceful, focusing
on hard control effects which push, slide, daze, and
immobilize enemies so they can’t threaten their
allies. You rely on Strength to get your point across,
so make that your highest score. You’re also going to
want Charisma, which some of your powers gain
benefits from. Intelligence is less important because
you’re likely to wear heavy armor, but it can’t hurt to
have a little extra Reflex defense.
Suggested Feat: Armor Proficiency (Plate)
Suggested At-Wills: Motivational Shove, Impudent
Fool
Suggested Encounter Power: Driving Smite
Suggested Daily Power: Dominate the Attack.
Tyrant Class Features
All Tyrants have the following Class Features.
Oppressive Leader
When your enemies roll initiative at the beginning of
an encounter, each enemy who can see or hear you
takes a -2 penalty to initiative.
Dominating Presence
Tyrants control the flow of battle using the force of
their presence on the battlefield. Each Tyrant,
however, has a unique style of command. Choose one
of the following benefits.
Enticing Presence: When an enemy spends an
action point to take an extra action, choose one
creature within 5 squares of you who can see and
hear you. The target can choose to gain temporary hit
points equal to 5 + your Charisma modifier. If an
enemy gains temporary hit points in this way, the
target grants combat advantage (save ends). It may
not make a save against this effect while it has
temporary hit points remaining from this feature.
Intimidating Presence: When an enemy spends an
action point to take an extra action, you may chose to
weaken any enemy within 5 squares of you who can
see and hear you until the end of its next turn.
Manipulative Presence: When an enemy spends
an action point to make an attack, you may choose
yourself or an ally within range of the attack. If the
enemy targets only that creature, it gains a bonus to
the attack and damage rolls of that attack, otherwise
it takes a penalty to the attack and damage rolls. The
bonus or penalty equals your Intelligence modifier.
Ruthless Presence: When an enemy spends an
action point to take an extra action, you may
designate one bloodied creature within 5 squares.
Until the end of that creature’s next turn, all attackers
gain a bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls against
the target equal to your Strength modifier.
Subjugating Word
Using the Subjugating Word power, Tyrants can
browbeat their enemies into being non-hostile for a
short period of time. While they are in this state, the
Tyrant and his or her allies can make use of the
subjugated enemy in a number of ways.
Implements
As a driven ruler with a tendency of making
enemies, you wisely chose to become proficient in
defending yourself from assassinations. You chose a
weapon which suited your style, and practiced with it
until it became so close to you that its steel was
almost a part of your very soul.
Choose one weapon with which you are Proficient.
You may add the enhancement bonus of any weapon
of the same kind as your Favored Weapon (for
instance, any enchanted Dagger) to the attack and
damage rolls of Tyrant powers and Paragon Path
powers with the Implement Keyword. Do not add
your proficiency bonus to your attack roll when using
a weapon as an implement. You may still use powers
with the Implement Keyword without an Implement.
You may change your Favored Weapon to a
different weapon by using an Extended Rest to
become accustomed to the new weapon (this is not
strenuous activity, so you still get all the normal
benefits of the extended rest).
Tyrant Powers
You call your powers martial Exploits, though in
truth your deeds are mostly driving your allies and
corrupted enemies through scare tactics and honeyed
words. Depending on your build, some powers may
be better suited for you than others, but you may
choose any powers you wish.
Class Feature
The Tyrant’s Subjugating Word class feature works
like a power, and is presented below.
Subjugating Word ]]
You threaten an enemy so severely that it loses the
will to oppose you, and agrees to help.
Encounter ◊ Martial, Charm
Special: You may use this power twice per encounter
but only once per round. At 16th level you can use
this power three times per encounter.
Minor Action Close Burst 5
(10 at 16th level)
Target: One bloodied enemy who can see and hear
you.
Attack: Charisma vs. Will
Hit: Until the end of your next turn, the target is an
enemy convert. Enemy converts count as allies for
the purposes of flanking and for powers and class
features which target allies. Enemy converts cannot
attack you or your allies, but will also not necessarily
attack your enemies. If you or your allies attack an
enemy convert, the effect ends after that attack is
resolved. If an enemy convert would be targeted by a
power that has different effects on allies and enemies,
you may choose to treat the enemy convert as either.
Note: When a power with a range of Melee or Ranged
Weapon lists two different defenses in the attack block, the
first defense listed is used if the attack you made was a
melee attack and the second defense is used if your attack
was a ranged attack.
Level 1 At-Will Exploits
Motivational Shove ]]
Your ally’s cowardice disgusts you, so you kick him
toward the enemy and use him as bait.
At-Will◊ Martial, Charm, Weapon
Standard Action Melee Touch
Target: One Ally
Attack: Strength vs. Reflex
Special: If the target is willing, you may choose to
forgo making the attack roll.
Hit: You push your ally 1 square and he or she grants
combat advantage to your enemies until the end of
his or her next turn. If an enemy attacks the target
during this time, that enemy grants combat advantage
until the end of its next turn.
Eye of Dire Warnings ]]
You give your ally a fierce glare as you strike to
remind them that you will not suffer incompetence!
At-Will◊ Martial, Implement, Rattling
Immediate Reaction Melee or Ranged Weapon
Trigger: An ally misses with an attack
Target: The target of the triggering attack
Attack: Charisma vs. Reflex
Hit: 1[W] + Charisma modifier damage and the ally
who made the triggering attack gains a +2 power
bonus to his or her next attack roll.
Tyrannical Strike ]]
You bait an enemy into making a hastily planned
attack. If they miss, your ally strikes them down.
At-Will◊ Martial, Psychic, Charm, Implement
Standard Action Ranged Sight
Target: One enemy who can see and hear you.
Attack: Charisma vs. Will
Hit: The target makes a basic attack against an ally
of your choice within range of its attack. The target
takes a penalty to the attack roll equal to ½ your
Intelligence modifier. If the attack misses your ally,
the target takes the damage that attack would have
dealt to your ally instead.
Miss: The target grants combat advantage to an ally
of your choice until the end of your next turn.
Impudent Fool ]]
You thrust out your hand and choke the life out of a
filthy peasant who dares to oppose you!
At-Will◊ Martial, Implement
Standard Action Melee Touch
Target: One creature of your size or smaller
Level 21: One creature of your size, smaller than
your size, or up to one size larger than you.
Attack: Strength vs. Fortitude
Hit: 1d6 + Strength modifier damage, or 2d6 +
Strength modifier damage at 21st Level. The target is
grabbed (until escape).
Intimidating Strike ]]
Your fierce visage fills your enemy with dread,
making them reluctant to come near you.
At-Will◊ Martial, Implement, Fear, Zone
Standard Action Melee or Ranged Weapon
Target: One creature
Attack: Charisma vs. Will
Hit: 1[W] + Charisma modifier damage, or 2[W] +
Charisma modifier damage at 21st level. Until the end
of your next turn, you generate a zone of difficult
terrain in a close burst 1. The zone is centered on
you, and moves with you when you move.
Level 1 Encounter Exploits
Terrorizing Formation ]]
The fury with which you attack briefly results in the
enemy losing their nerve to attack you or your allies.
Encounter◊Martial, Implement, Psychic, Fear
Standard Action Ranged Weapon
Target: One creature
Attack: Charisma vs. Will
Hit: 1[W] + Charisma modifier damage. Each enemy
adjacent to you takes a -2 penalty to damage rolls
until the end of your next turn.
Intimidating Presence: The penalty to damage rolls
is instead equal to your Strength modifier.
Humiliating Assault ]]
You taunt your enemy with cruel words, wounding
his pride to provoke him into a reckless stance.
Encounter ◊ Martial, Implement, Rattling
Standard Action Ranged 10
Target: One creature
Attack: Charisma vs. Will
Hit: 1d10 + Charisma modifier psychic damage and
the target takes a -2 penalty to a defense of your
choice until the end of your next turn.
Manipulative Presence: Choose one ally within 3
squares of the target. If the target’s next attack before
the end of its next turn doesn’t include that ally as a
target, the penalty to the chosen defense becomes
equal to your Intelligence modifier, instead of -2.
 Driving Smite ]]
You attack an enemy viciously, forcing them back
into a pack of its allies and knocking them down.
Encounter ◊ Martial, Weapon
Standard Action Melee Weapon
Target: One creature
Attack: Strength vs. Fortitude
Hit: 1[W] + Strength modifier damage and you push
the target 2 squares. The target may enter other
enemies’ spaces during the push, and if so, you may
either slide that enemy 1 square, or knock it prone.
Ruthless Presence: The number of squares you push
the target is 1 + your Charisma modifier.
Get Back Here! ]]
You catch a feckless coward trying to escape, and
coax him back into line with promises or threats.
Encounter ◊ Martial, Weapon
Standard Action Ranged or Melee Weapon
Target: One creature
Attack: Charisma vs. Reflex
Hit: 1[W] + Charisma modifier damage. Choose an
ally within 5 squares of the target and slide them to
any square adjacent to the target.
Enticing Presence: Your ally gains temporary hit
points equal to 5 + your Charisma modifier if he or
she begins his or her next turn adjacent to the target.
Level 1 Daily Exploits
Legions of Doom ]]
You call out your loyal soldiers to fight for you.
Daily ◊ Martial, Implement, Summoning
Minor Action Ranged 20
Effect: You summon a number of Stalwart Soldiers
equal to your Charisma modifier, and deploy them to
unoccupied squares within range. Each Soldier is a
minion with a speed of 6. They are medium natural
humanoids with 1 hit point each, and never take
damage on a miss. When you summon the Stalwart
Soldiers, you may spend an additional healing surge
to provide your minions with temporary hit points
equal to your healing surge value. You can spend the
appropriate action on your turn to command the
soldiers. As a free action, you may designate an ally
within a soldier’s line of sight to be the target of the
soldier’s “guard” Instinctive action (see below).
Instinctive Action (Guard): The soldiers will
arrange themselves in a defensive formation around
you, or the creature you have designated for them.
Minor Action: Move each soldier its speed.
Standard Action: Greatspear attack; Reach 2;
Strength vs. AC; 1d10 + Strength modifier damage.
Opportunity Attack: Soldiers make opportunity
attacks against any target in their melee reach (2);
Strength vs. AC; 1d10 + Strength modifier damage.
Martial Summoning: Unlike other power sources’
summons, Martial summoning powers represent
calling a real, physical creature onto the battlefield,
rather than a spirit, angel, or magical construct.
How exactly you flavor this is up to you and your
DM, but in general it’s best to assume that any
creatures you can summon are traveling with you,
waiting to be called to serve. Of course, animals and
soldiers tire easily after a prolonged battle, so you
can’t call on them as much as you want (after all, real
creatures need to eat, rest, and relieve themselves).
Like Arcane summons, the Tyrant’s summoning
powers are all minor actions, and the creatures being
summoned can make opportunity attacks. However,
they don’t get a free attack as part of the summoning,
unlike Druid summons. Being real creatures, though,
they do get an instinctive action like a Druid
summon, which summoned creatures will use
automatically at the end of your turn if you don’t give
them orders.
Diatribe of Fleeting Hope ]]
You boast about the prowess of your team and
ridicule the enemy, filling your target with despair
and hopelessness.
Daily ◊ Martial, Implement, Psychic, Fear
Standard Action Ranged 10
Target: One creature
Attack: Charisma vs. Will
Hit: 3d8 + Charisma modifier psychic damage.
Effect: The target takes a -1 penalty to damage rolls
until the end of the encounter. Each time you or an
ally hits the target, or the target misses you or one of
your allies with an attack, this penalty increases by 1,
to a maximum of a -10 penalty to damage rolls.
Dominate the Attack ]]
Under your firm leadership, your allies press
forward and your enemies are driven before you.
Daily ◊ Martial, Implement
Standard Action Area Burst 2 within 10
Target: Each enemy in burst
Attack: Strength vs. Fortitude
Hit: 2[W] + Strength modifier damage and slide the
target 3 squares. Each ally in the burst has combat
advantage against the target, and may shift 1 square.
Effect: Until the end of the encounter, when you or
your allies shift, you may also slide one enemy
adjacent to them 1 square as a free action.
Conspirator’s Confession ]]
You convince an enemy that one of their own is
working for you, and watch the hilarity ensue.
Daily ◊ Martial, Psychic, Implement, Charm
Standard Action Ranged Sight
Target: One creature who can see and hear you
Attack: Charisma vs. Will
Hit: The target makes a melee basic attack against an
adjacent enemy of your choice, with a bonus to the
attack roll equal to your Intelligence modifier. If the
attack hits, it does additional damage equal to your
Intelligence modifier + your Charisma modifier.
Effect: An enemy of your choice adjacent to the
target can provoke opportunity attacks from the target
(save ends), and the target must make any attacks of
opportunity the chosen enemy provokes from it.
Aura of Dreadful Malice ]]
As you close in for the kill, your dreadful poise
spooks the enemy so much that they can’t move.
Daily ◊ Martial, Implement, Psychic, Zone, Fear
Standard Action Close Blast 3
Target: Each creature in blast
Attack: Charisma vs. Will
Hit: 2d10 + Charisma modifier psychic damage and
the target is immobilized (save ends).
Effect: Until the end of the encounter, you generate a
zone of fear in a close burst 1 centered on you. This
zone does not affect your allies, but does affect
enemy converts. An affected creature which begins
its turn in the zone must either shift 1 square away
from you, or take 5 psychic damage.
Level 2 Utility Exploits
A Rock and a Hard Place ]]
You present the enemy with two options. Both of them
are quite delightful… for you, anyway.
Encounter ◊ Martial, Weapon
Minor Action Close Burst 10
Target: One enemy in burst
Effect: Until the end of your next turn, the enemy
receives its choice of a penalty to attack rolls, or to
saving throws, equal to your Intelligence modifier.
Belligerent Tirade ]]
An enemy offends you and you launch into a
blistering diatribe of insults to distract them.
Encounter ◊ Martial, Charm
Immediate Reaction Close Burst 5
Trigger: You grant an enemy combat advantage.
Target: The triggering enemy.
Effect: As long as you grant combat advantage to the
target, or until the end of your next turn, the target
grants combat advantage to all attackers.
Motivated Escape ]]
Knights are obliged to die for their lord rather than
flee, but their lords have no such obligation.
Daily ◊ Martial,
Move Action Personal
Requirement: You must be bloodied
Effect: You may shift twice your speed and gain a +4
power bonus to all defenses until the end of the
encounter, or until you make an attack.
Rub Their Faces in It ]]
You pretend to offer a wounded foe your assistance,
just so you can drive their faces into the dirt.
Encounter ◊ Martial,
Minor Action Melee Touch
Target: One bloodied enemy
Effect: The target may regain hit points equal to your
strength modifier. If it does, it is restrained until the
end of your next turn.
Level 3 Encounter Exploits
Sunder the Line ]]
With a signaling shot, you send your troops outward
to throw the enemy’s formation into disarray.
Encounter ◊ Martial, Weapon
Standard Action Area Burst 1 within 10
Target: Each enemy in burst
Attack: Strength vs. Fortitude
Hit: 1[W] + Strength modifier damage.
Effect: Until the end of your next turn, you or any
ally who hits the target with a melee attack slides the
target 1 square.
Steel-Tipped Tempest ]]
A fusillade forces the enemy to dive for cover.
Encounter ◊ Martial, Weapon
Standard Action Close Blast 3
Requirement: You must use a ranged weapon.
Target: Each creature in blast
Attack: Strength vs. Reflex
Hit: 1[W] + Strength modifier damage and either
slide the target 1 square or knock it prone.
Threatening War Cry ]]
As you strike, you shout a fierce war cry that
motivates a nearby enemy to turn and run.
Encounter ◊ Martial, Implement, Psychic, Fear
Standard Action Melee or Ranged Weapon
Target: One bloodied creature
Attack: Strength vs. Will
Hit: 1d10 + Strength modifier psychic damage.
Effect: Choose one enemy who can hear you and
who is within 5 squares. That enemy must end its
next turn a number of squares away from you equal
to 1 + your Charisma modifier.
Bait the Trap ]]
You shove an ally out into the middle of the fray and
ready your weapon for a foe to take the bait.
Encounter ◊ Martial, Weapon, Rattling
Standard Action Ranged Weapon
Effect: You push an ally within 5 squares of you a
number of squares equal to your Intelligence
modifier, and all enemies within 2 squares of your
ally at the end of the push are marked by that ally.
Until the end of your next turn, when any enemy
makes an attack against that ally, you may make the
following attack as an Opportunity Action provoked
by that attack.
Trigger: An enemy attacks your ally
Target: The triggering enemy
Attack: Charisma vs. Reflex
Hit: 1[W] + Charisma modifier damage.
Level 5 Daily Exploits
Aura of Deadly Vigilance ]]
With a grimace of determination, you ready your
weapon to counter any move the enemy makes.
Daily ◊ Martial, Stance, Zone
Minor Action Personal
Effect: Until the end of the encounter, you create a
zone of danger centered on you, which moves when
you do. The area of the zone is a burst with a size
equal to your melee reach. You may make a melee
basic attack as a free action against any enemy which
begins its turn in the zone. The zone only functions
while you are wielding a melee weapon, and its effect
is suppressed while you are no longer doing so.
Blot Out the Sun] ] and Reflex. Each Charioteer (and the chariot) has hit
With a cry of wrath, you and your allies send hails of
screaming projectiles raining down on your foes.
Daily ◊ Martial, Weapon
Standard Action Area Burst 2 within 10
Target: One creature in burst
Attack: Strength vs. Reflex
Hit: 2[W] + Strength modifier damage, and each
other enemy in the burst takes 2 damage for each ally
within 2 squares of you who is able to make ranged
basic attacks (up to a maximum of 10 damage).
Miss: Half damage, and each other enemy in the
burst takes damage equal to the number of allies
within 2 squares of you who are able to make ranged
basic attacks (up to a maximum of 5 damage).
Citizen’s Nightmare ]]
No matter where it turns, your enemies see you
closing in and blocking off all escape routes.
Daily ◊ Martial, Weapon
Standard Action Melee Weapon
Target: One creature
Attack: Strength vs. Reflex
Hit: 2[W] + Strength modifier damage
Effect: Until the end of the encounter, when the
target takes a move action while adjacent to you, you
may make the following secondary implement attack
against the target as an Immediate Interrupt. The
secondary attack has the psychic and fear keywords.
Secondary Target: The triggering enemy
Secondary Attack: Charisma vs. Will
Hit: Charisma modifier psychic damage and the
target’s move action is wasted.
Whirling Dervish ]]
Laughing insanely, your body and weapon turns into
a spinning instrument of absolute carnage.
Daily ◊ Martial, Weapon, Stance
Standard Action Close Burst Weapon
Requirement: You must wield a melee weapon
Target: Each enemy in burst
Attack: Strength vs. Fortitude
Hit: 1[W] + Strength modifier damage and you
knock the target prone. If it stands up before the end
of your next turn, it takes damage equal to your
Charisma modifier and you slide it 1 square.
Effect: If your melee reach is greater than 1, you gain
threatening reach until the stance ends.
Racing Charioteers ]]
You call in a cavalry unit to aid you in battle.
Daily ◊ Martial, Implement, Summoning
Minor Action Ranged 20
Effect: You summon a large chariot and Charioteers
and deploy them in unoccupied squares within range.
The chariot has a speed of 10, and a +4 bonus to AC
and Reflex. The Charioteers are medium natural
humanoids with a speed of 6, and a +2 bonus to AC
points equal to your Healing Surge value. The chariot
can carry up to 2 medium creatures, plus the driver,
or 300lbs of cargo. Any creature may attempt to
climb onto the chariot as a minor action, if there is
space available.
Instinctive Action (Ride): The chariot moves its
speed in a random direction, avoiding opportunity
attacks and hazards if possible.
Minor Action: Move the chariot or the Charioteers
their speed. Charioteers may climb onto or off of the
chariot as part of the move. While on the ground, you
may move all Charioteers with a single minor action.
The driver may not exit the chariot.
Standard Action: One Charioteer makes an attack;
Strength vs. AC; 1d8 + strength modifier damage and
the target is marked until the Charioteer’s next turn.
Standard Action: One Charioteer makes an attack;
Ranged 6/12; Strength vs. AC; 1d8 + Strength
modifier damage and the target is marked until the
Charioteer’s next turn.
Opportunity Attack: Targets triggering enemy;
Strength vs. AC; 1d8 + Strength modifier damage,
and target is marked until the Charioteer’s next turn.
Level 6 Utility Exploits
Where Angels Fear to Tread] ]
Your deadly glare and stern visage is enough to
make enemies think twice about approaching your
allies.
Encounter ◊ Martial, Fear
Immediate Interrupt Close Burst 5
Trigger: An enemy moves adjacent to an ally.
Target: The triggering enemy
Effect: The target’s move action ends in the last
square it occupied which was not adjacent to your
ally. If all squares the target occupied during its move
are adjacent to the ally, you cannot use this power.
Ingratiating Stance ]]
With a charming smile, you coerce your foe into
accepting a temporary bargain with you.
Daily ◊ Martial, Stance, Psychic, Charm
Minor Action Close Burst 5
Target: One enemy in burst
Effect: Until the Stance ends, whenever the target
does not attack you or your allies on its turn, it gains
temporary hit points equal to your Charisma
modifier, but is weakened until the end of its next
turn. If the target attacks you or your allies on its
turn, it instead grants combat advantage until the start
of its next turn.
I Don’t Think So ]]
You foil your enemy’s well-laid plans.
Daily ◊ Martial
Minor Action Personal
Effect: You and one enemy switch places in the
Initiative order. Your turn ends when you use this
power, and the enemy takes its next turn
immediately, even if has already acted this round.
You may then act when that creature would normally
have acted.
Redesignated Target ]]
Your enemy looks like it’s about to attack you, so you
helpfully suggest a more promising target for it.
Encounter ◊ Martial, Charm
Immediate Reaction Close Burst 5
Trigger: An enemy in the burst marks you
Target: The triggering enemy
Effect: The target instead marks an ally within 5
squares of you. The duration and effects of the mark
are the same as those which would’ve applied to you.
Level 7 Encounter Exploits
Charismatic Armor ]]
The fear of your anger weakens the enemy’s blows.
Encounter◊ Martial, Weapon, Fear
Standard Action Melee or Ranged Weapon
Target: One creature
Attack: Charisma vs. Will
Hit: 2[W] + Charisma modifier damage. If the target
scores a critical hit before the end of your next turn,
that attack is instead considered a regular hit.
Manipulative Presence: If the target is marked by
an ally, the target can score a critical hit normally on
that ally. If it attacks any creature other than the ally
that marked it, that ally may score critical hits on a
roll of 18-20 until the end of his or her next turn.
Predator’s Glare ]]
With a flash of malevolence in your eye, you stare
down the enemy and force a growing panic to take
root inside their very souls.
Encounter◊Martial, Implement, Psychic, Fear
Standard Action Area Burst 2 within 10
Attack: Charisma vs. Will
Target: Each enemy in the blast
Hit: 3d6 + Charisma modifier psychic damage. If
the target ends its next turn closer to you than where
it started, it takes psychic damage equal to your
Strength modifier and you push it one square.
Intimidating Presence: The target takes a -2 penalty
to saving throws until the end of your next turn.
Aura of Inevitability ]]
Your confidence in your plans erodes the enemy’s
hope that they can succeed against your allies.
Encounter◊Martial, Implement, Psychic, Fear
Standard Action Close Burst 2
Target: Each enemy in burst
Attack: Charisma vs. Will
Hit: 2d6 + Charisma modifier psychic damage and
the target takes a -2 penalty to attack rolls against you
until the end of its next turn.
Enticing Presence: You may present the target with
the following option; if it accepts, the penalty to
attack rolls is equal to your Charisma modifier, and
the target gains temporary hit points equal to 5 + your
Charisma modifier. The penalty lasts until it has none
of these temporary hit points remaining.
Brutal Censure ]]
You respond with shocking cruelty toward an enemy
which was foolish enough to attack you.
Encounter◊ Martial, Weapon, Rattling
Immediate Reaction Melee Weapon
Trigger: You take damage from an attack
Target: The creature that made the triggering attack
Attack: Strength vs. Reflex
Hit: 3[W] + Strength modifier damage and you push
the target 3 squares and knock it prone.
Ruthless Presence: Push the target a number of
squares equal to 1+ your Charisma modifier.
Level 9 Daily Exploits
Release the Hounds ]]
You cry “Havoc” and slip loose the Dogs of War.
Daily◊ Martial, Implement, Summoning
Minor Action Close Burst 5
Effect: You summon three Dogs of War and deploy
them in unoccupied squares within range. Each dog is
a small natural beast with a speed of 8, a +4 bonus to
reflex defense, and +2 bonus to attack and damage
rolls against prone enemies. Each dog has a number
of hit points equal to your healing surge value. If a
dog does not receive any commands by the end of
your turn, it takes the Instinctive Action listed below.
Each dog may make one opportunity action per
round.
Instinctive Action (Guard): The dog moves its
speed to a square adjacent to you or an ally,
preferably in a square also adjacent to an enemy. If it
can’t do that, it stays where it is and takes no action
unless an enemy provokes an opportunity attack.
Minor Action: Move each dog up to its speed.
Standard Action: A dog shifts 1 square and attacks
an adjacent enemy; strength vs. reflex; 2d4 + strength
modifier damage and the target is knocked prone.
Opportunity Action: The dog attacks the triggering
enemy; strength vs. reflex, 2d4 + strength modifier
damage and the target is knocked prone.
. White Vulture’s Glare ]]
Your hungry gaze is like that of a vulture circling its
next meal, striking fear into wounded enemies.
Daily◊ Martial, Implement, Psychic, Fear
Standard Action Ranged Weapon
Target: One, two, or three creature
Attack: Charisma vs. Will
Hit: 1d10+ Charisma modifier psychic damage, or
2d6 + charisma modifier psychic damage if the target
is bloodied.
Effect: The target takes 1d10 psychic damage
whenever it ends its turn in a space within 2 squares
of you (save ends).
Intimidating Presence: The target takes damage
whenever it ends its turn within a number of squares
of you equal to 1 + your Strength modifier.
. Terrifying Flurry ]]
A withering volley of black shafts riddles the enemy’s
position and throws them into a panic.
Daily◊ Martial, Weapon, Zone, Fear
Standard Action Area Burst 2 within 10
Target: Each creature in burst
Attack: Charisma vs. Reflex
Hit: 2[W] + Charisma modifier damage.
Miss: Half damage.
Effect: Slide each target 1 square. The power creates
a zone in the burst which persists until the end of
your next turn. Each creature which enters or starts
their turn in the zone takes a -2 penalty to attack and
damage rolls until the end of their turn.
Sustain Minor: The zone persists, and you may slide
each creature in the zone 1 square.
Manipulative Presence: When you sustain the zone,
choose one ally and one enemy in the zone. Until the
end of your next turn, if the enemy does not attack
that ally on its turn, its penalty to attack rolls from the
zone’s effect equals your Intelligence modifier.
. Crippling Advance ]]
You brutally assault your foe, leaving him limping
away from you as you smirk wickedly at his pain.
Daily◊ Martial, Weapon, Rattling
Standard Action Melee Weapon
Target: One creature
Attack: Strength vs. Fortitude
Hit: 2[W] + Strength modifier damage and you push
the target a number of squares equal to your Strength
modifier (minimum 1). The target is then slowed and
takes ongoing 5 damage (save ends both).
Miss: Half damage and the target is slowed until the
end of your next turn.
Ruthless Presence: If you hit the target while it is
slowed, it is instead immobilized (save ends).
Make your Choice ]]
You present an enemy multiple options on how
exactly it wishes to perish in simpering agony.
Daily ◊ Martial, Weapon, Fear
Standard Action Melee or Ranged Weapon
Target: One creature
Attack: Charisma vs. Reflex, Fortitude, or Will;
choose which defense to attack before rolling.
Hit (Reflex): The target is knocked prone.
Hit (Fortitude): Ongoing 10 damage (save ends)
Hit (Will): The target is dazed (save ends).
Hit (Any): 2[W] + Charisma modifier damage.
Miss: Half damage.
Enticing Presence: You may present the target with
the following option; it may choose which defense
the attack targets, and it suffers the hit effect listed
for that defense, whether the attack hits or misses (if
the attack misses, it still takes half damage rather
than full damage). If the attack hits any defense, you
deal extra damage equal to your Charisma modifier.
Level 10 Utility Exploits
. Enhance Suffering ]]
Your frightful glare makes your enemy’s pain worse.
Daily◊ Martial, Psychic
Minor Action Ranged Sight
Target: One creature taking ongoing damage
Effect: Increase the value of the target’s ongoing
damage by 5. If the target is taking ongoing damage
from multiple sources, this power only applies to one
of them (your choice). The extra ongoing damage is
psychic damage, regardless of the type of the original
ongoing damage effect.
Intimidating Presence: If the ongoing damage effect
was inflicted by one of your powers, an enemy also
takes a -2 penalty to saving throws against it.
. Tactician’ Stance ]]
Like a master of war, you survey the battlefield and
direct the flow of combat how you wish.
Daily◊ Martial, Stance
Minor Action Personal
Effect: Until the stance ends, once on each of your
turns you may spend a minor action to slide one
enemy and one ally you can see each 1 square.
Ruthless Presence: If, at the end of the slide, either
your enemy or your ally grants combat advantage to
any creature, attackers gain a +4 bonus to attack rolls
for combat advantage, rather than +2.
. Fight to the Death ]]
You single out an ally who displeases you, and allow
your enemies to fall upon him like beasts.
Encounter◊ Martial
Minor Action Area Burst 2 within 10
Effect: Choose an ally in the burst. That ally marks
all enemies in the burst until the end of your next
turn.
Manipulative Presence: The ally gains resistance to
all damage equal to your Intelligence modifier, but
grants combat advantage to marked enemies. Both
effects last until the end of your next turn.
. Trick Shot ]]
You direct an ally to aim so that their shot bounces
off one enemy and hits another.
Encounter◊ Martial
Immediate Interrupt Close Burst 5
Trigger: An ally in the burst misses all targets with a
ranged or area attack.
Effect: Choose one creature within range of the
triggering attack which was not a target of that attack.
Your ally may reroll the attack against that creature.
If the attack was an area attack, use the creature’s
space as the original square of the attack.
Enticing Presence: If the rerolled attack misses all
targets, you may present one target of that attack the
following option. If it accepts, it takes half damage
from the triggering attack, and your ally takes the
other half. This damage cannot be reduced or avoided
in any way by either the target, or your ally.
Level 13 Encounter Exploits
Skull Crusher ]]
You bring your weapon down right on your enemy’s
head, and laugh as he staggers about.
Encounter◊ Martial, Weapon
Standard Action Melee Weapon
Target: One creature
Attack: Strength vs. Fortitude
Hit: 2[W] + Strength modifier damage and the target
is dazed until the end of your next turn.
Ruthless Presence: As an aftereffect, the target falls
prone at the start of its next turn, and takes a -2
penalty to attack rolls until the end of that turn.
Tactician’s Smite ]]
Your plans are so ingenious that you anticipate your
enemy’s every move and cut them off.
Encounter◊ Martial, Weapon
Standard Action Melee or Ranged Weapon
Target: One creature
Attack: Charisma vs. Reflex
Hit: 2[W] + Charisma modifier damage.
Effect: Until the end of your next turn, you may
make the following secondary attack.
Opportunity Action Ranged Weapon
Trigger: The target takes any action which would
provoke an opportunity attack from you if you were
adjacent to the target.
Secondary Target: The primary target
Secondary Attack: Charisma vs. Reflex
Hit: 2[W] + Charisma modifier damage.
Manipulative Presence: You may also slide the
target a number of squares equal to your Intelligence
modifier, and the target grants combat advantage to
you until the end of your next turn.
No Escape ]]
You slowly draw your foe closer. They’re unaware
that you’re slowly closing off their escape routes.
Encounter◊ Martial, Charm
Standard Action Close Blast 5
Target: Each enemy in blast
Attack: Charisma vs. Fortitude
Hit: Slide each target 3 squares, and then slide one
ally within 5 squares of you 3 squares. Once all
targets and allies have been slid, each ally you slid
can make a basic attack against one target you hit.
Add your Intelligence modifier to the damage rolls.
Enticing Presence: The target may choose not to be
slid by this power. If it does so, it grants combat
advantage until the end of your next turn.
Withering Volley ]]
You and your allies open fire on the enemy and leave
a field of metal sticking out of the ground.
Encounter◊ Martial, Weapon, Zone
Standard Action Area Burst 2 within 10
Target: Each enemy in burst.
Attack: Charisma vs. Reflex
Hit: 1[W] + Charisma modifier damage.
Effect: The burst becomes a zone which lasts until
the end of your next turn. Each time an enemy enters
a square within the zone, they take 5 damage.
Intimidating Presence: Enemies which take damage
from the zone effect also take a penalty to their Will
defense equal to your Strength modifier until the end
of its next turn.
Level 15 Daily Exploits
Elite Royal Sentinels ]]
These soldiers are a cut above the rabble.
Daily◊ Martial, Implement, Summoning
Minor Action Close Burst 10
Effect: You summon 3 Royal Sentinels and deploy
them into unoccupied squares within range. They are
medium natural humanoids with a speed of 5, a +2
bonus to AC and Reflex, and reach 2. Each Sentinel
can make opportunity attacks against enemies within
its melee reach, and has hit points equal to your
healing surge value. You can give the following
special commands to the Sentinels by spending the
appropriate actions on your turn.
Instinctive Action (Attack): The Sentinel will make
its standard action attack against an adjacent enemy.
If it can’t do that, it will charge the closest enemy and
use its standard action attack. If it can’t do that, it will
move as far as possible toward the closest enemy.
Minor Action: Move each Sentinel up to its speed.
Minor Action: One enemy adjacent to each Sentinel
is marked until the end of your next turn.
Standard Action: One Sentinel attacks; Reach 2;
Strength vs. AC; 2d4 + Strength modifier damage
and you slide the target one square.
Opportunity Action: The Sentinel makes its
standard action attack against the triggering enemy.
Sudden Ambush ]]
As your ally lands the first blow, you give the signal
and your army appears from nowhere and pierces
into the enemy ranks with ferocious cries.
Daily◊ Martial, Weapon
Immediate Reaction Close Burst 5
Trigger: An ally attacks during a surprise round.
Target: Each ally in burst except the triggering ally.
Effect: The target may shift 2 squares and make a
basic attack against a target of their choice as a free
action. You then may shift 2 squares and make the
following secondary attack.
Secondary Target: One adjacent creature
Secondary Attack: Strength vs. AC
Hit: 1[W] + Strength modifier damage.
Blood Offering ]]
Your allies know that only the blood of your enemies
can appease you, so they cut deep in hopes that you
will spare them your wrath.
Daily◊ Martial, Weapon
Standard Action Melee or Ranged Weapon
Target: One creature
Attack: Strength vs. AC or Reflex
Hit: 2[W] + Strength modifier damage and ongoing 5
damage (save ends).
Effect: Until the end of the encounter, each time your
allies hit an enemy with a daily attack power, that
attack deals ongoing 5 damage (save ends). If the
power already deals untyped ongoing damage,
increase the value of the ongoing damage by 5.
Sadistic Choice ]]
You graciously decide to offer amnesty to the first
person who kills all of their former allies.
Daily◊ Martial, Implement, Psychic, Charm
Standard Action Ranged 10
Target: One creature
Attack: Charisma vs. Will
Hit: The target is dominated (save ends).
Aftereffect: If the target makes an attack which
doesn’t include one of its allies as a target before the
end of its next turn, it takes 2d8 + Charisma modifier
psychic damage at the end of that turn.
Miss: The target takes 1d8 + Charisma modifier
psychic damage and is weakened (save ends).
Haughty Instruction ]]
As you dance around your enemies blades, you
ridicule the flaws in their fighting styles.
Daily◊ Martial, Implement, Charm
Standard Action Close Burst Weapon
Requirement: You must wield a melee weapon
Target: Each creature in burst
Attack: Charisma vs. Fortitude
Hit: 2[W] + Charisma modifier damage. The target
grants combat advantage to your allies (save ends).
Effect: You shift a number of squares equal to your
Intelligence modifier to any square within the burst.
Level 16 Utility Exploits
. White Vulture Circling ]]
You stand tall among your allies and direct them,
rather than deigning to dirty your own hands.
Encounter◊ Martial
Standard Action Close Burst 10
Target: Each ally in burst
Effect: Each target may move his or her speed,
without provoking opportunity attacks.
Devil in the Details ]]
You like to stack the deck in your favor. Some call it
cheating, but you prefer “Strategic Preparation”.
Encounter◊ Martial
No Action Area Burst 2 within 10
Trigger: Your enemies roll for initiative.
Target: Each enemy in burst
Effect: You swap the initiative check results of each
target with one of the other targets.
. Double-Edge Advantage ]]
You sacrifice your allies for a better shot at your foe.
Encounter◊ Martial, Stance
Minor Action Personal
Effect: Until the stance ends, any ally adjacent to you
grants combat advantage to your enemies, and any
enemy adjacent to an ally granting combat advantage
to it grants combat advantage to you and your allies.
. Objection Overruled! ]]
You yell just as an enemy is about to take evasive
action, throwing off his timing so his move fails.
Encounter◊ Martial
Immediate Interrupt Ranged 20
Trigger: An enemy uses an Immediate Action
Effect: The Immediate Action fails. If it was an
Interrupt, the interrupted action proceeds normally as
if the Immediate Interrupt had not occurred.
Level 17 Encounter Exploits
Face the Executioner ]]
The only penalty for treason… is DEATH.
Encounter◊ Martial, Weapon, Rattling
Standard Action Melee or Ranged Weapon
Target: One bloodied creature
Attack: Strength vs. AC or Reflex
Hit: 3[W] + Strength modifier damaged.
Effect: The target is knocked prone. If it stands up on
its next turn, you or an ally who is adjacent to the
target may make a basic attack against the target as
an Immediate Reaction.
Storm of Black Iron ]]
Your enemies run in panic at the sight of a thousand
black shafts descending on them from your side.
Encounter◊Martial, Implement, Psychic, Fear
Standard Action Area Burst 2 within 10
Target: One creature in burst.
Attack: Strength vs. Reflex
Hit: 2[W] + Strength modifier damage.
Effect: Each enemy in the burst other than the target
takes 5 damage for each ally within 5 squares of you
who can make ranged basic attacks (up to a
maximum of 20 damage).
Deadly Terror ]]
You attack so viciously that your foes fear you.
Encounter◊ Martial, Weapon, Fear
Standard Action Melee Weapon
Target: One creature
Attack: Charisma vs. Will
Hit: 2[W] + Charisma modifier damage and the
target is weakened and dazed until the end of your
next turn. Enemies within 5 squares of you do 1[W]
less damage with at-will attacks until the start of your
next turn, and cannot score critical hits.
Game Over, My Friend ]]
As your men slowly surrounded and destroy them,
your enemies know their fate is sealed.
Encounter◊ Martial, Weapon
Standard Action Melee or Ranged Weapon
Target: One, two, or three creatures
Attack: Charisma vs. AC or Reflex; three attacks
Hit: 1[W] + Charisma modifier damage per attack. If
you hit a target adjacent to you or an ally, each target
is slowed until the end of your next turn. If you hit a
target which is adjacent to two or more of its
enemies, each target granting combat advantage gives
a bonus to attack rolls equal to ½ your Intelligence
modifier, rather than just +2, until the end of your
next turn.
Level 19 Daily Exploits
Lord among Beasts ]]
You release an animal which leaves no doubt in your
enemy’s mind what type of ruler you are.
Daily◊ Martial, Summoning
Minor Action Close Burst 10
Effect: You summon a large male Dire Lion in an
unoccupied square within range. It is a large natural
beast with a speed of 6, a +2 bonus to AC and a +4
bonus to Reflex and Fortitude defense. You may give
the Lion the following special commands by
spending the appropriate actions on your turn.
Instinctive Action (Roar): Close Blast 3; targets all
creatures in blast; +14 vs. Fortitude; on a hit, the
target takes 3d6 thunder damage and is deafened until
the end of your next turn.
Minor Action: Move the Lion up to its speed.
Move Action (Pounce): The Lion shifts 2 squares
and makes a melee basic attack against an adjacent
creature; +14 vs. AC; 1d8 + Strength modifier
damage and the target is knocked prone.
Opportunity Action: The Lion attacks the triggering
creature; +14 vs. Reflex; on a hit the target is
restrained until the end of your next turn.
Standard Action: The Lion may shift one square
and make an attack against an adjacent creature; +14
vs. AC; on a hit, the target takes 3d8 + Strength
modifier damage and is grabbed (until escape).
Trickster’s Gambit ]]
You incite an enemy to attack its ally. Even if its
attack misses, you still get what you want.
Daily◊ Martial, Implement, Psychic, Charm
Standard Action Ranged 20
Target: One enemy
Attack: Charisma vs. Will
Hit: The target makes a basic melee attack against a
creature of your choice within its range. If the basic
melee attack allows for multiple attack rolls, it makes
all attacks against the same target, if possible.
Otherwise you choose each target of the attack.
Miss: The target is dazed and provokes opportunity
attacks from its allies (save ends both). Enemies must
make opportunity attacks if the target provokes one.
Manipulative Presence: If the target’s melee basic
attack hits, the target makes a melee basic attack
against the target as a free action, with a bonus to the
damage roll equal to your Intelligence modifier.
Deadly Fusillade ]]
With a bloodthirsty roar, you signal all your archers
to rain death upon your enemy’s ranks. There are so
many arrows flying, no enemy can possibly escape.
Daily◊ Martial, Weapon
Standard Action Area Burst 2 within 20
Target: Each creature in burst
Effect: The target takes damage equal to your
Strength modifier + your Charisma modifier.
Intimidating Presence: You may choose to forgo
adding your Charisma modifier to the damage the
target takes, and instead deal ongoing damage equal
to your Strength modifier (save ends).
Fearful Charge ]]
Your brutal attack frightens your enemy and prompts
them all to move away from you.
Daily◊ Martial, Implement, Psychic, Fear
Standard Action Melee Weapon
Target: One enemy
Attack: Strength vs. AC
Hit: 3[W] + Strength modifier damage.
Effect: Push the target and each enemy within 5
squares of it 3 squares. Until the end of your next
turn, enemies which enter a square adjacent to you
take 5 + your Charisma modifier psychic damage.
Ruthless Presence: Until the end of your next turn,
enemies take damage if they enter a square within a
number of squares equal to your Charisma modifier.
Special: You may use this power in place of a melee
basic attack when charging.
Deal with the Devil ]]
You offer your enemies a choice between a brutal
death, or servitude under your banner.
Daily◊ Martial, Implement, Reliable, Charm
Standard Action Melee or Ranged Weapon
Target: One enemy
Attack: Charisma vs. Will
Hit: 3[W] + Charisma modifier damage and the
target becomes an enemy convert (save ends).
Enticing Presence: The target may choose to forgo
making a saving throw against this effect on its turn.
If it does so, it gains 5 temporary hit points, but takes
a -1 penalty to damage rolls. Both effects are
cumulative, and the penalty lasts until the target
saves, or until it has no temporary hit points left.
Level 22 Utility Exploits
. Carpe Diem ]]
Your plans make the battle flow like clockwork.
Daily ◊ Martial
Standard Action Close Burst 20
Target: Each creature in burst you can see
Effect: You slide each target a number of squares
equal to your Intelligence modifier.
. I’m Taking you with Me! ]]
You are determined to fell the foe that brought you to
your knees, if it’s the last thing you do!
Daily ◊ Martial
Immediate Interrupt Close Burst 10
Trigger: You are reduced to 0 hit points or fewer by
an attack from a non-minion enemy in the burst.
Target: The enemy who made the attack.
Effect: The target takes damage equal to the amount
of damage the triggering attack dealt to you.
. Aura of Imminent Demise ]]
When your enemies see who they’re up against, they
become reluctant to strike the first blow.
Daily ◊ Martial, Fear
No Action Close Burst 10
Trigger: Your enemies roll for initiative.
Target: Each enemy in burst
Effect: Each target takes a penalty to their initiative
check result equal to your Strength modifier, and
each target is slowed and grants combat advantage
until the end of the first round of the encounter.
. Fog of War ]]
You sow confusion among the enemy and make it so
their hesitation leads to gross ineptitude.
Daily ◊ Martial
Minor Action Close Burst 5
Target: Each enemy in burst
Effect: The target takes a penalty to attack rolls equal
to your Charisma modifier (save ends).
Level 23 Encounter Exploits
Fox Hunt ]]
You spook your enemies so they run from you, and
then your allies track them down for the kill.
Encounter◊ Martial, Weapon, Psychic, Fear
Standard Action Melee or Ranged Weapon
Target: One, two, or three creature
Attack: Charisma vs. Will
Hit: 3[W] + Charisma modifier damage and choose
one ally within 5 squares of the target. The target and
that ally may shift a number of squares equal to your
Intelligence modifier, but the target cannot end its
shift closer to you than where it started.
Haunting Laugh ]]
Your eerie laughter strikes fear into your foes.
Encounter ◊ Martial, Implement, Psychic, Fear
Standard Action Close Burst 3
Target: Each enemy in burst
Attack: Charisma vs. Will
Hit: 3d6 + Charisma modifier psychic damage and
the target takes a penalty equal to your Strength
modifier to saving throws against charm and fear
effects until the end of your next turn.
Bring me His Head ]]
You bellow to your allies that you want the enemy’s
champion brought before you in chains.
Encounter◊ Martial, Weapon
Standard Action Melee or Ranged Weapon
Target: One creature
Attack: Strength vs. AC or Reflex
Hit: 3[W] + Strength modifier damage. Until the end
of your next turn, all allies have combat advantage
against the target, and the target takes a -5 penalty to
skill checks made to escape a grab.
Incapacitating Salvo ]]
You unleash a barrage of projectiles which cripples a
target and makes briefly renders them unable to
fight.
Encounter◊ Martial, Weapon, Fear
Standard Action Area Burst 3 within 20
Target: Each creature in burst
Attack: Strength vs. Reflex
Hit: 2[W] + Strength modifier damage and the target
is dazed until the end of your next turn. If the target is
already dazed by an effect you caused, it is instead
stunned until the end of your next turn.
Level 25 Daily Exploits
 Join Me, and We shall Triumph! ]
You convince an enemy that it has a much better
chance of succeeding if it fights on your side.
Daily◊ Martial, Implement, Psychic, Charm
Standard Action Close Burst 10
Target: One enemy in burst
Attack: Charisma vs. Will
Hit: The target counts as an enemy convert. If you
share a language you may command the target, and it
will perform any reasonable task you assign to the
best of its ability (it will not follow obviously suicidal
orders, but depending on its intelligence you may be
able to trick it). The target may attack its former
allies if animosity exists between them, but if not it
will take a supportive role (using “aid another” if it
has no more useful abilities) and not actively harm
either your allies, or your enemies. If you or your
allies attack it and deal damage, the effect ends
immediately, otherwise it lasts until the end of the
encounter. Once the encounter is over, you may
attempt to recruit the enemy as a permanent follower,
if your DM allows it, otherwise the effect ends.
White Vulture’s Talons ]]
Your blows are like a carrion bird picking at a
corpse, slowly infecting your foes with despair.
Daily◊ Martial, Weapon, Psychic, Fear
Standard Action Melee or Ranged Weapon
Target: One, two, or three creatures
Attack: Strength vs. AC or Reflex
Hit: 3[W] + Strength modifier damage.
Effect: The target is affected by a pervasive malaise
(save ends). As long as it is under this effect it can’t
regain hit points or refresh powers, and takes a
cumulative -1 penalty to saving throws against this
effect each time it misses with an attack.
Lament of Commandeered Luck ]]
Even Lady Avandra submits to your honeyed words,
reversing the tides of luck for your friends and foes.
Daily◊ Martial, Implement
Standard Action Ranged 10
Target: One enemy
Attack: Charisma vs. Will
Hit: 4[W] + Charisma modifier damage.
Effect: Until the end of the encounter, the next time
the target scores a critical hit, it is considered to have
rolled a natural 1. Until the end of the encounter, the
next time you or an ally rolls a natural 1 on an attack
roll, the attack is considered to be a critical hit.
The Price of Failure ]]
You’ve had enough of your allies’ incompetence, so
you remind them of the dire fate which awaits them if
they continue to fall short of your expectations.
Daily◊ Martial, Weapon, Reliable, Fear
Standard Action Melee Weapon
Target: One enemy
Attack: Strength vs. Fortitude
Hit: 4[W] + Strength modifier damage and the target
is knocked prone and restrained (save ends both).
Each time the target makes a saving throw against
this effect and fails, you may make a melee basic
attack against the target as a free action.
Effect: Each ally who has line of sight to you gains a
+2 bonus to attack rolls and saving throws until the
end of your next turn. If you hit the target, the bonus
is instead equal to your Charisma modifier, and lasts
until the target saves against the power’s hit effect.
Unbreakable Vanguard ]]
You summon your hand-picked elite warriors to join
you on the battlefield for one glorious massacre!
Daily◊ Martial, Implement, Summoning
Minor Action Close Burst 10
Effect: You summon a number of Vanguard
Warriors equal to your Charisma modifier and deploy
them in unoccupied squares within range. Each
warrior is a minion with a +3 bonus to all defenses, a
speed of 5, a melee reach of 2, and may make
opportunity attacks against enemies within their
melee reach. Each Vanguard Warrior has 1hp, but
never takes damage on a miss. You may give each
Warrior the following special commands by spending
the appropriate actions on your turn.
Instinctive Action (Attack): The warrior attacks the
closest enemy with its standard action attack, or
charges the nearest enemy if it can do so without
provoking opportunity attacks. If it can do neither, it
moves as close to it can to the nearest enemy.
Minor Action: Move each Warrior up to its speed.
Move Action: Each warrior charges and uses its
standard action attack at the end of the charge.
Standard action: Targets an adjacent enemy; Reach
2; Strength vs. AC; 4d4 + Strength modifier damage
and the target is marked until the end of your next
turn. On a critical hit, the target is knocked prone.
Opportunity Action: The warrior makes its standard
action attack against the triggering enemy.
Level 27 Encounter Exploits
Tarrasque Battlestrike ]]
With a snarl as fierce as a living engine of chaos and
destruction, you send your enemies flying on all
sides.
Encounter ◊ Martial, Weapon
Standard Action Close Burst Weapon
Requirement: You must wield a melee weapon
Target: Each enemy in burst
Attack: Strength vs. Reflex
Hit: 2[W] + Strength modifier damage and the target
takes ongoing 10 damage (save ends).
Ruthless Presence: Each target is instead dazed and
takes ongoing 10 damage (save ends both).
Lament of Doom Deferred ]]
Your vicious words cause the enemy to lose heart,
while at the same time your allies press onward.
Encounter ◊ Martial, Implement, Psychic, Fear
Standard Action Ranged 20
Target: One creature
Attack: Charisma vs. Fortitude
Hit: 3d10 + Charisma modifier psychic damage.
Effect: The next time the target makes a successful
saving throw against an effect you caused, choose
one ally within range who is suffering a condition
that a save can end. The condition ends on your ally,
and the target is considered to have failed its save.
Intimidating Presence: When the target fails a save
against a condition because of this power, the target
also takes a -2 penalty to all defenses against attacks
with the charm or fear keywords equal to your
Strength modifier until the end of your next turn.
Shooting Fish in a Barrel] ] enters; Strength vs. Reflex; 3d6 + Strength modifier
You challenge your enemies to personal combat and,
to your astonishment… the morons accept!
Encounter◊ Martial, Weapon, Charm
Standard Action Melee or Ranged Weapon
Target: One, two, or three creatures
Effect: You may pull each target 3 squares.
Attack: Charisma vs. Reflex; one attack per target
Hit: 2[W] + Charisma modifier damage and the
target is stunned until the end of your next turn.
Enticing Presence: You may present each target the
following option; if the target accepts, it is instead
dazed until the end of your next turn, and takes
damage equal to 5 + your Charisma modifier each
time it attacks you before the end of your next turn.
Aura of Magnificent Bastardry] ] “You’ve disappointed me for the last time.”
The ease with which you fool your enemies makes
those who witness your triumph feel inadequate.
Encounter◊ Martial, Weapon, Zone
Immediate Reaction Close Burst 5
Trigger:
Target: One creature
Attack: Charisma vs. Will
Hit: 3[W] + Charisma modifier damage and until the
end of your next turn, when the target takes a move
action, you may determine the path it takes (the target
still determines the square it ends its move in).
Effect: You generate an aura within the burst which
lasts until the end of your next turn. The aura makes
enemies more cautious around you. Enemies treat the
squares in the burst as difficult terrain.
Manipulative Presence: When an enemy takes a
standard action to attack while within the zone,
choose an ally within range of its attack. The target
takes a penalty to damage rolls equal to 5 + your
Intelligence modifier if it doesn’t attack that ally.
Level 29 Daily Exploits
Wrath of the Living Tank ]]
A deafening trumpet sounds as a massive beast takes
the field, crushing all who stand in its way.
Daily◊ Martial, Summoning
Minor Action Close Burst 20
Effect: You summon a huge War Elephant in an
unoccupied square within range. It has a speed of 5
and a +4 bonus to AC and Fortitude defense. The
Elephant is a huge natural beast. During your turn
you may give the following special commands to the
Elephant by spending actions. Any creature of
medium size or smaller may make a climb check to
scale the Elephant and ride it. It can carry up to four
medium creatures, or 800lbs of cargo. Friendly riders
with the Mounted Combat feat may gain access to the
Elephant’s mount ability, as if it were a mount.
Instinctive Action (Trample): The Elephant moves
its speed, and can enter other creatures’ spaces. Make
the following attack against a creature whose space it
damage and the target is knocked prone.
Move Action: Move the Elephant up to its speed. It
can pass through any creature’s space during this
movement, and such creatures are subject to its
instinctive action attack (listed above).
Opportunity Action: The elephant makes its
standard action attack against the triggering creature.
Standard Action: Attack one adjacent creature;
Strength vs. AC; 3d8 + Strength modifier damage
and the target is restrained (save ends).
Mount Ability: A non-hostile rider with the
Mounted Combat feat gains a +4 power bonus to AC
and Fortitude, and Resist 10 to all damage.
Overlord’s Wrath ]]
Daily ◊ Martial, Weapon
Standard Action Melee Weapon
Target: One creature
Requirement: You must have a hand free
Attack: Strength vs. Reflex
Hit: 5[W] + Strength modifier damage.
Effect: The target is grabbed and restrained (until
escape). Each time you sustain the grab, the target
takes 10 damage. Each time the target attempts to
escape the grab and fails, your grip tightens.
Ruthless Presence: You gain a bonus to all defenses
equal to your Charisma modifier against the target’s
attempts to escape the grab.
First Failed Escape: The target is dazed and
restrained instead of just restrained (until escape)
Second Failed Escape: The target is stunned instead
of being dazed and restrained (until escape).
Third Failed Escape: The target is unconscious until
the target escapes, until you fail to sustain the grab,
or until the target takes damage while unconscious.
The target then automatically escapes the grab.
Countdown to Endgame ]]
In full view of your enemies, you slowly tick down the
minutes and seconds until your inevitable victory.
Daily ◊ Martial, Implement, Fear
Standard Action Close Burst 10
Target: Each enemy in burst
Effect: You begin a countdown at 10, and make the
attack listed as 10. Once on each of your turns after
this one, you may make the attack listed under the
next lower number (9, 8, 7, 6, etc.) as a Standard
Action, until you reach 0. If you choose not to make
the next lower numbered attack on your turn, the
countdown ends, and you can’t resume it.
10. Charisma vs. Will; targets all enemies in the
burst; the target grants combat advantage to all
attackers until the end of the encounter.
9. (No attack roll); each ally in the burst gains
temporary hit points equal to your Strength modifier.
8. Charisma vs. Fortitude; targets all enemies in the
burst; target is knocked prone and must take a
standard action to stand up (save ends).
7. Charisma vs. Will; targets all enemies in burst;
the target treats each square of the burst as difficult
terrain until the end of encounter.
6. (No attack roll); Each ally in the burst gains a +5
bonus to saving throws until the end of the encounter.
5. Charisma vs. Reflex; targets all enemies in burst;
3d10 + Charisma modifier psychic damage, and the
target is weakened and slowed (save ends both).
4. Charisma vs. Will; targets all enemies in burst;
3d8 + Charisma modifier psychic damage and the
target is restrained and weakened (save ends both).
3. (No attack roll); You and each ally in the burst
may spend two healing surges and regain hit points
for both, and may keep any hit points over their
maximum as temporary hit points.
2. Charisma vs. Fortitude; targets all enemies in
burst; 3d6 + Charisma modifier psychic damage and
the target is dazed and weakened (save ends both).
1. (No attack roll); each ally in the burst gains a
bonus +2 bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls until
the end of the encounter.
0. Charisma vs. Will; targets all enemies in burst;
3d4 + Charisma modifier psychic damage and the
target is stunned (save ends).
Intimidating Presence: The target takes a -2 penalty to
all saving throws against this power’s effects.
Chess Master’s Conquest ]]
Your plan is so flawless that each move the enemy
makes only draws it deeper into your clutches.
Daily◊ Martial, Implement, Psychic, Charm
Standard Action Ranged 20
Target: One enemy
Attack: Charisma vs. Will
Manipulative Presence: If you have combat
advantage against the target, it provides a bonus
equal to your Intelligence modifier to all attack rolls
made as part of this power, rather than just +2.
Hit: 3d12 + Charisma modifier psychic damage and
until the end of your next turn you may use a free
action in response to the target making one of the
following actions to make the response associated
with that action. You may make each of the
following responses only once, even if the target
takes multiple actions of the same type (such as two
move actions, or three minor actions).
Trigger: Target takes a minor action
Secondary Attack: Intelligence vs. Fortitude
Hit: The target takes a -2 penalty to attack rolls
until the end of its current turn.
Trigger: Target takes a move action.
Secondary Attack: Intelligence vs. Reflex
Hit: The target is immobilized (save ends),
knocked prone, or slid a number of squares equal to
your Intelligence modifier after it ends its move.
Trigger: Target takes a standard action.
Secondary Attack: Intelligence vs. Will
Hit: If the triggering action was an attack which
deals damage, it deals half damage and has no other
effects. If the triggering action was not an attack, or
doesn’t deal damage, it has no effect on the target(s).
Trigger: Target takes an Immediate Action
Effect: If the triggering action is an attack, you
may slide the attack’s target 1 square before the
attack. Otherwise, make the following attack:
Secondary Attack: Intelligence vs. Reflex
Hit: The triggering action fails.
Trigger: Target takes an Opportunity Action
Secondary Attack: Intelligence vs. Fortitude;
make this attack before the triggering attack.
Hit: The target is dazed (save ends).
Lament of the Devil’s Due ]]
You cash in your chips and take your enemy for all
she’s worth. You own her, and she knows it.
Daily◊ Martial, Implement, Psychic, Charm
Standard Action Melee or Ranged Weapon
Target: One enemy
Attack: Charisma vs. Will
Hit: 5d10 + Charisma modifier damage, and the
target is dominated (save ends). The target takes a -2
penalty to saving throws against this condition.
Enticing Presence: As an aftereffect to being
dominated, the target can’t restore hit points or spend
action points, can’t recharge encounter powers, and
grants combat advantage (save ends all). The target
can choose to automatically save against this effect as
a minor action, but if it does so, it can’t attack you
until the end of the encounter, or until you attack it.
Paragon Paths
Black Lord
“You have failed me for the last time…”
Prerequisite: Ruthless Presence
You are a leader who rules with an iron fist, and
brooks no disobedience, whether from your dark
legions or from random bands of rabble that rise from
the streets of your city to oppose you. You may be a
formerly good monarch who never recovered from a
brush with the dark side, or you could have been
thirsting for this power since the very end, and finally
found a way to make your dreams of power come
true at last! Either way, you are set in your goals, and
will let no fools stand in the way of your quest for
ultimate power.
Black Lord Path Features
Punishing Action (Level 11): When you spend an
action point to take an extra action, chose a creature
which is currently suffering an effect that a save can
end. It takes a penalty to its next save against that
effect equal to your Strength modifier.
Legions of Darkness (Level 11): Whenever you
summon one or more humanoid creatures with a
Tyrant power or paragon path power, those creatures
are immune to gaze attacks and the blinded condition,
and gain a bonus to all defenses against fear and
charm effects equal to your Strength modifier.
Tyrannical Ruler (Level 16): Your Subjugating
Word power instead makes the target an enemy
convert (save ends). You may not use Subjugating
Word again until the first target saves against it. If
you could target multiple creatures with your
Subjugating Word power, this path feature only
applies to one of them (your choice).
Black Lord Exploits
Foolish Worm! ]]
You backhand your enemy across the face and signal
your troops to dispose of this rabble.
Encounter◊ Martial, Weapon
Standard Action Close Burst 3
Target: One creature in burst
Attack: Strength vs. AC or Reflex
Hit: 1[W] + Strength modifier damage and one
follower or enemy convert in the burst may make a
basic attack against the target as a free action.
This Cannot Be! ]]
No! You can’t be defeated! You will not be defeated!
YOU ARE INVINCIBLE!
Daily◊ Martial, Healing
Immediate Reaction Personal
Trigger: You’re reduced to 0 hit points or fewer.
Effect: You may spend a healing surge to regain hit
points, and you and each ally or enemy convert
within 5 squares of you gains temporary hit points
equal to the amount of hit points you regained.
Ruthless Presence: Add your Charisma modifier to
the amount of temporary hit points awarded.
Kill Them! Kill Them All! ]]
You stand laughing maniacally as your Legions of
Doom sweep in and wreak havoc on your foes.
Daily◊ Martial, Weapon
Standard Action Close Burst 5
Target: Each ally and summoned creature in burst
Effect: Each target may move its speed as a free
action and then makes the following attack against
one target of your choice as another free action.
Attack: Strength, Dexterity, or Constitution vs. AC
Hit: 1[W] + Strength modifier, Dexterity modifier, or
Constitution modifier damage and the target is
knocked prone and restrained (save ends).
Son of Heaven
“I rule by the will of my god…”
Prerequisite: Trained in Religion and Bluff.
Other kings have acquired their power through
conquest or by birth into a noble house, but you trace
your right to rule directly to the mandates of the gods
who hold the court of heaven. Some may call you
stiff or overbearing, but to your subjects you are
merciful and benevolent… so long as they follow
your god’s laws, and praise your god in both word
and deed. Only those who are vile blasphemers have
the gall to call you “Tyrant”, for you are resolute in
the worship of your god, and will suffer no heathens
or heretics in your glorious city.
Son of Heaven Path Features
Pontifical Action (Level 11): When you spend and
action point to take an extra action, choose one ally
within 5 squares of you and make a Bluff check. If
your check result beats the target’s passive Insight, he
or she regains hit points equal to your check result.
Heavenly Mandate (Level 11): When you use your
Dominating Presence on an enemy, you may
designate one ally within 5 squares who is suffering
from a fear or charm effect that a save can end.
Transfer that condition (and its duration) to one
enemy within 5 squares who can see and hear you.
Lord’s Mercy (Level 16): As a minor action, you
may make a bluff check instead of a heal check to
stabilize a dying creature adjacent to you, as long as
you speak a language the target knows. If your bluff
check exceeds the target’s Will defense, the target
regains hit points equal to your Charisma modifier.
Son of Heaven Exploits
Heavenly Radiance ]]
Some call it divine powder from the Astral Sea,
others call it diamond dust. Either way, it works.
Encounter◊ Martial, Implement, Zone
Standard Action Close Blast 3
Target: Each creature in blast
Attack: Charisma vs. Fortitude
Hit: 2d6 + Charisma modifier radiant damage and
the target is blinded until the end of your next turn.
Effect: The blast creates a zone which lasts until the
end of your next turn. The squares of the zone are
lightly obscured, and block line of sight to and from
creatures outside the zone.
Blessings of the Gods ]]
You preach to your allies about the might of your
diety, and claim heaven will reward their success.
Encounter◊ Martial, Charm
Minor Action Close Burst 5
Target: You and each ally in burst
Effect: The target gains a +2 power bonus to all
defenses and Resistance to all damage equal to your
Charisma modifier until the end of your next turn.
Enticing Presence: You may choose to offer any
enemies in the burst the benefit of this power as well.
Any who accept are weakened and take a -2 penalty
to saving throws until the end of your next turn.
Divine Right of Kings ]]
Your foes question your holy authority, so you launch
into a fiery diatribe denouncing the unbelievers.
Daily◊ Martial, Implement, Psychic, Fear
Immediate Reaction Melee or Ranged Weapon
Target: One, two, or three creatures
Attack: Charisma vs. Will; three attacks
Hit: 2d6 + Charisma modifier psychic damage. If
two attacks hit, all targets are slowed (save ends), if
all attacks hit, all targets are also dazed (save ends).
Effect: All allies who can hear you gain a +2 power
bonus to attack rolls, and a bonus to damage rolls
equal to your Charisma modifier. This bonus lasts
until you first become bloodied.
The Beast King
“Why kill you myself when I have all my beloved
pets to do it for me?”
Prerequisite: Level 11
Some rulers lord over men, others beasts, but you
pride yourself in doing both. In addition to your
legions of loyal humanoid soldiers, you also send
wave after wave of trained animals into battle. You
revel in the fear in your enemy’s eyes when they see
a swarm of ravening beasts rushing at them from
across the field, and savor their screams as your feral
followers rip them limb from limb. Some may call
you mad; others may say you are as much of a beast
as the creatures you command. But one thing is for
certain; there is no one who calls you weak…
The Beast King Path Features
Natural Predator (level 11): Chose one creature
type (aberrant, fey, natural, shadow, elemental, or
immortal). Each creature you summon does
additional damage equal to your Strength modifier
when making attacks against creatures of that type.
Military Training (Level 11): Each creature you
summon gains a +2 power bonus to attack rolls and
to saving throws against Fear or Charm effects.
Heart of the Beast (Level 16): Once per encounter,
when a creature you summoned drops to 0 hit points
or fewer, you may spend a healing surge as an
immediate interrupt. If you do so, you regain no hit
points, but the summoned creature regains hit points
equal to your healing surge value. If the creature is a
minion, it gains temporary hit points equal to your
healing surge value instead of regaining hit points.
The Beast King Exploits
The Beast King’s Claws ]]
You set the enemy up so your minions can surround
them and attack from all sides.
Encounter◊ Martial
Standard Action Melee Weapon
Target: One creature
Attack: Charisma vs. AC
Hit: 1[W] + Charisma modifier damage and each
summoned creature within 5 squares may shift 3
squares to a square adjacent to the target and make a
basic attack against it as a free action.
Intimidating Presence: Each summoned creature
gains a power bonus to their attack roll and damage
roll equal to your Strength modifier.
The Beast King’s Eyes ]]
You send a bird of prey to scout the enemy.
Encounter◊ Martial, Summoning
Minor Action Personal
Effect: You summon a tiny Falcon in your space
which lasts until the end of the encounter or until it
takes damage from an attack. The falcon is a tiny
natural beast with a fly speed of 8, and a +4 bonus to
Reflex defense. It is a minion, has 1 hit point, and
never takes damage on a miss. The Falcon can pick
up and manipulate objects weighing 1 pound or less.
You may give the following special commands to
your Falcon by spending the appropriate action on
your turn. While the Falcon is flying above a square,
all allies in or adjacent to that square get a +5 bonus
to perception checks, and enemies in those spaces
cannot benefit from concealment.
Instinctive Action (Soar): The Falcon flies 2 squares
in a random direction. If can’t do that, it falls. The
Falcon does not take damage from falling.
Minor Action: The falcon flies its speed.
The Beast King’s Legion ]]
You have just the right pets for the job.
Daily◊ Martial, Implement, Summoning
Minor Action Close Burst 10
Effect: You summon a number of dire beasts equal to
your Strength modifier and deploy them in
unoccupied squares. Each is a large natural beast, and
a minion, with 1 hit point, and never takes damage on
a miss. Each beast has temporary hit points equal to
twice your Strength modifier. Each beast has
different bonuses, but you give the same commands
to each. When you use this power, choose from
among these beasts; Tiger, Bear, Wolf, Boar, or
Shark. Each dire beast you summon is one of these
types, but you may choose more than one type.
Tiger: +4 bonus to Reflex, Speed 7, +5 bonus to
stealth checks. If it hits with its standard action attack
the target is slowed until the end of its your next turn.
Bear: +4 bonus to Fortitude, Speed 6, +5 bonus to
endurance checks. If it hits with its standard action
attack, the target is grabbed (until escape).
Wolf: +2 bonus to AC and Reflex, Speed 6, +2 bonus
to damage rolls against prone targets. If it hits with its
standard action attack, the target is knocked prone.
Boar: +2 bonus to Fortitude and Will, Speed 6, +2
bonus to attack rolls and damage rolls while
charging. Its standard action attack pushes the target
1 square.
Shark: +2 bonus to Reflex and Fortitude, Swim
Speed of 10, +2 bonus to attack and damage rolls
against targets without a swim speed. It’s standard
action attack deals Ongoing 10 damage (save ends).
Instinctive Action (Attack): The dire beast attacks
the nearest enemy. If it can’t do that, it charges the
nearest enemy and uses its standard action attack. If it
can’t do that, it moves its speed toward an enemy.
Minor Action: Move the dire beast its speed
Standard Action: Targets one creature; Strength vs.
Reflex; 2d8 + Strength modifier damage; can be used
as a melee basic attack while charging.
Opportunity Action: The dire beast makes its
standard action attack against the triggering creature.
Chess Master
“They never do realize when they’re in Check.”
Prerequisite: Training in Bluff and Diplomacy
Some people are good at manipulation, and others
dabble in the trade of treachery, but you make it an
art form. Your allies never know whose side you’re
on, but they do know that it’s a good idea to be on
yours. You’re an expert at getting your enemies (and
perhaps even your allies) to do what you want, and
making them think it was their idea to begin with.
Some day you know you may be caught in the act
and unmasked as the magnificent bastard you are, but
until that day comes you see no harm in basking in all
the pleasures deceit can bring you.
Chess Master Path Features
Clever Conversationalist (Level 11): You may add
½ your Intelligence modifier (min 1) to your check
result when making Charisma based skill checks.
Antagonizing Action (Level 11): When you spend
an action point to make an extra action, you may
choose one ally and one enemy within 10 squares.
That enemy takes psychic damage equal to your
Intelligence modifier if it doesn’t make an attack
against that ally before the end of your next turn.
Master of Deception (Level 16): When you miss a
target with your Subjugating Word power, you do not
expend a use of that power. In addition, enemies hit
by your Subjugating Word power now count as
enemy converts (save ends).
Chess Master Exploits
Clash of Wills ]]
You and your enemy match wits.
Encounter ◊ Martial, Implement, Psychic, Charm
Standard Action Ranged 10
Target: One creature
Attack: Charisma vs. Will
Hit: Intelligence modifier psychic damage and the
target is dominated until the end of your next turn.
Aftereffect: Charisma modifier psychic damage.
You’re in Check, Mate ]]
Regardless of what your opponent does, you have the
perfect counter strategy all set up and ready to go.
Daily ◊ Martial
Standard Action Ranged 10
Target: One creature
Effect: When you use this power, you are considered
to be readying an action. Your turn ends immediately
and the target takes their turn, even if they have
already acted during this round. Until the start of
your next turn when the target uses a move action, a
minor action, or a standard action, you may take one
of the actions below, as a free action, in response.
Move: You may move your speed.
Slide: You may slide an enemy within 5 squares of
you who can see and hear you 1 square.
Use Power: You may use any power that requires a
Move, Minor, or Standard Action to use.
Rescue: You may shift 3 squares and slide an ally
adjacent to you at the end of the shift 1 square.
Chess Master’s Roulette ]]
You roll the dice and see what happens; but no
matter what comes up, your enemy loses.
Daily◊ Martial, Implement, Psychic
Standard Action Area Burst 4 within 10
Target: Each enemy in burst
Manipulative Presence: Before the attack, compare
the Will, Fortitude, and Reflex defenses of all targets,
and swap each of those defenses with the lowest
value for that defense among all of the targets.
Attack: Charisma vs. Will, Fortitude and Reflex
Special: Make one attack roll for each target and
compare the result to each of its defenses. A target
takes the effect listed below for each defense which
your attack roll hits.
Hit (Will): 1[W] + Charisma modifier psychic
damage and the target is dazed (save ends)
Hit (Fortitude): 1[W] + Charisma modifier damage
and you slide the target 3 squares.
Hit (Reflex): 1[W] + Charisma modifier damage and
the target is knocked prone.
Hit (All): If all three of the above attacks hit, the
target is stunned until the end of your next turn, and
doesn’t get a saving throw against the dazed
condition until it is no longer stunned.
Miss: Half damage.
Heroic Feats
The following feats are available for all Tyrants to
take, as long as you meet all the prerequisites.
Dominating Attack
Prerequisite: Dominating Presence class feature.
Benefit: When your Dominating Presence class
feature takes effect, you also gain a +1 feat bonus to
attack rolls until the end of your next turn. This bonus
increases to +2 at 11th level, and +3 at 21st level.
Intimidating Tactics
Prerequisite: Intimidating Presence
Benefit: When a target is weakened by your
Intimidating Presence, it also takes a -2 penalty to
attack rolls against an ally of your choice within 5
squares until the end of your next turn.
Enticing Leader
Prerequisite: Enticing Presence
Benefit: Allies who benefit from your Enticing
Presence may forgo gaining temporary hit points to
instead gain a bonus to AC equal to ½ your Charisma
modifier until the end of your next turn.
Master Manipulator
Prerequisite: Manipulative Presence
Benefit: When an enemy is affected by your
Manipulative Presence, your designated ally may also
mark the enemy until the end of his or her next turn.
Ruthless Master
Prerequisite: Ruthless Presence
Benefit: Allies benefiting from your Ruthless
Presence also gain a +1 feat bonus to attack rolls
against enemies adjacent to you. This bonus increases
to +2 at 11th level and +3 at 21st level.
Favored Weapon Proficiency
Prerequisite: Favored Weapon class feature
Benefit: Choose one Military Melee or Military
Ranged Weapon. You are considered proficient with
that weapon, and may use it with your Favored
Weapon class feature. When you gain a level you
may retrain this feat to choose a different weapon to
use with this benefit.
Devil’s Bargain
Prerequisite: Tiefling
Benefit: When you use your Infernal Wrath racial
power, you may present the next enemy you attack
the following option. If it accepts, you take the extra
fire damage your attack would have dealt instead, and
the target takes a -2 penalty to Will defense against
your Subjugating Word power for this encounter.
Intimidating Dragon Breath
Prerequisite: Tyrant, Dragonborn
Benefit: You add the Fear keyword to your Dragon
Breath Racial power. On a hit, the target is weakened
until the end of your next turn.
Moonblood Tyrant
Prerequisite: Shifter
Benefit: While you are under the effects of your
Longtooth Shifting Racial Power, when you attack
with a Tyrant power or Paragon Path power with the
Fear keyword, the target takes a -2 penalty to saving
throws against conditions imposed by that power.
Divine Mandate
Prerequisite: Deva
Benefit: Your Subjugating Word power gains the
radiant keyword, and as an aftereffect of the power,
the next time the target attacks you or an ally before
the end of its next turn, it takes Radiant damage equal
to your Intelligence modifier.
Lord of Darkness
Prerequisite: Drow
Benefit: When a power specifies that you must see
the target for it to take effect, ignore darkness or dim
light when tracing line of sight to a potential target.
Intimidating Charge
Prerequisite: Minotaur
Benefit: Your racial power gains the Rattling
keyword, and you gain a +2 feat bonus to damage
rolls made as part of your racial power.
Stone-born Pride
Prerequisite: Goliath.
Benefit: When you hit with a power with the psychic
keyword, you gain a +1 feat bonus to all defenses
until the end of your next turn.
Unsettling Fury
Prerequisite: Half-Orc
Benefit: When you use your Furious Assault racial
power with a Tyrant power or Paragon path power,
the target of the triggering attack also grants combat
advantage to you until the end of your next turn.
Shifter’s Charm
Prerequisite: Changeling
Benefit: When you hit a target with your Changeling
Trick racial power, the target takes a -2 penalty to
Will Defense until the end of your next turn.
Paragon Feats
Zealous Convert
Prerequisite: Subjugating Word class feature
Benefit: When you hit with Subjugating Word, you
may make a Bluff Check as a free action. If
successful, the enemy convert you just produced will
attack its former allies on its next turn.
Favored Weapon Mastery
Prerequisite: Favored Weapon class feature
Benefit: Choose one Superior Melee or Superior
Ranged Weapon. You gain proficiency with that
weapon, and a +2 feat bonus to damage rolls with
that weapon when using it as an implement for
Tyrant powers or Paragon path powers.
Charismatic Leader
Prerequisite: Tyrant, Human or Half-Elf
Benefit: For every ally within 10 squares of you, you
may add a +1 feat bonus to your attack roll with
Tyrant Powers and Paragon Path powers with the
Fear or Charm keyword.
Master of Trickery
Prerequisite: Tyrant, Gnome
Benefit: An enemy hit by a Tyrant Power or Paragon
Path power with the Illusion keyword takes a penalty
equal to your Charisma modifier to saving throws
against any conditions imposed by such powers.
Revenge of the Little Folk
Prerequisite: Tyrant, Small size
Benefit: Choose one weapon with which you are
proficient. You may treat that weapon as if it had the
“Small” property. When you gain a level, you may
retrain this feat in order to choose a different weapon
to apply the benefit to.
Double Subjugation
Prerequisite: Subjugating Word class feature
Benefit: You may target one or two creatures when
you use Subjugating Word, so long as the creatures
are adjacent to each other or to you.
Distracting Oppression
Prerequisite: Oppressive Leader class feature
Benefit: Any enemy which begins a combat
encounter within your line of sight grants combat
advantage during the first round of the encounter.
Epic Feats
Complete Subjugation
Prerequisite: Subjugating Word class feature
Benefit: When you use Subjugating Word, you may
target a number of creatures which can see and hear
you equal to your Charisma modifier.
Overwhelming Oppression
Prerequisite: Oppressive Leader
Benefit: Any enemy which begins a combat
encounter within your line of sight takes a -2 penalty
to attack rolls during the first round of the encounter.
Multi-Class Feats
Political Prodigy [Multi-Class Tyrant]
Prerequisite: Cha 13, Str 13
Benefit: You gain Training in one skill from the
Tyrant skill list. You gain the Tyrant’s Subjugating
Word power, and may use it once per encounter.
Military Adjunct [Multi-Class Tyrant]
Prerequisite: Cha 13, Str 13
Benefit: You may use any one weapon with which
you are proficient as an Implement for your Tyrant
powers and Paragon Path powers. You also gain
training in either Bluff or Intimidate.
Flourishing Monarch [Multi-Class Tyrant]
Prerequisite: Any multi-class feat, paragon multi-
classing as a Tyrant.
Benefit: Choose a dominating Presence. You may
gain the benefit of the chosen presence once per day.
Hybrid Tyrant
Armor Proficiencies: Same as Tyrant.
Weapon Proficiencies: Same as Tyrant.
Bonus to Defense: +1 Fortitude or +1 Will
Hit Points at 1st Level: 6
Hit Points per level gained: 2.5
Healing Surges/day: 3.5
Trained Skills: Same as Tyrant.
Class Features: Subjugating Word (Hybrid)
Subjugating Word (Hybrid): You gain the
Tyrant’s Subjugating Word power. It functions as
normal, except you can only use it once per
encounter.
Hybrid Talent Options
Tyrant Armor Proficiency: You gain the Tyrant’s
armor proficiencies.
Dominating Presence: This feature functions like
the Tyrant’s Dominating Presence, except that it only
applies to Tyrant powers or Paragon Path powers
with the psychic keyword.
Favored Weapon: This feature functions exactly
like the Tyrant’s Favored Weapon.
Oppressive Leader: This feature functions exactly
like the Tyrant’s Oppressive Leader.