"Save your pleas for the devils, scum. We both know what you are… and what you deserve."
Prerequisite: Duskblade, Brutal Avenger
Many decent folks have been wronged and hunger for justice, but few of them are strong enough to get it themselves. They trust the law to bring them justice, but in the worst places the light shed by the authorities is as black as the savage wilderness between them. Criminals wait to be punished; passed over by the law due to incompetence, cowardice, or corruption, the scum of the world sits on thrones built from the unpaid vengeance of those they have hurt.
You are their debter. You will not sit by and allow evil to go unpunished, nor will you let the weak suffer because of the strong. You have been given a curse… a dark power which haunts you in the night. But to those you help, it is a gift. You will fight for those who can't fight for themselves, you will punish those which blind justice has overlookeed. You are a lone punisher, walking always in darkness, watching and waiting for the guilty. They will be judged…
Path Features
Brutality's Reward (Level 11): When you spend your Second Wind, you regain the use of Brutal Vengeance, if it is already expended.
Punishing Action (Level 11): When you spend an action point to take an extra action, you can score a critical hit on an 18-20 against a creature which has dealt damage to one of your allies since the end of your last turn.
Just Penance (Level 16): When an enemy marked by you deals damage to an ally adjacent to you, it takes necrotic damage equal to your Constitution modifier.
Path Powers
| Avenging Darkness | Lone Punisher Attack 11 |
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Imbuing your blade with shadow, you lash out with a savage assault.
Encounter • Necrotic, Shadow, Weapon
Standard Action Melee Weapon
Target: One creature
Attack: Charisma vs. AC
Hit: 3[W] + Charisma modifier. If the target has dealt damage to an ally adjacent to you since the end of your last turn, the target takes extra damage equal to your Constitution modifier.
| Judge and Jury | Lone Punisher Utility 12 |
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You judge your enemy's nature and you gamble with your own life that you are correct.
Encounter • Necrotic, Shadow
Minor Action Close Burst 5
Target: One enemy in burst
Effect: If the target makes an attack that includes one of your allies before the end of your next turn, the target gains vulnerability to all damage equal to your Constitution modifier and a -2 penalty to all defenses. Both effects lasts until the end of your next turn. If the target does not make an attack that includes your allies as a target before the end of your next turn, you grant combat advantage to the target until the end of the target's next turn.
| Curse of Blazing Vengeance | Lone Punisher Attack 20 |
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Your Mark of Foe flares with your righteous rage, burning your foe each time he tries to escape your fury.
Daily • Fire, Shadow, Weapon
Standard Action Melee Weapon
Target: One creature
Attack: Charisma vs. AC
Hit: 3[W] + Charisma modifier and if the target shifts or moves to a square which is not adjacent to you, it takes fire damage equal to 5 + your Constitution modifier (save ends). The target can only take this damage once per round.
Effect: Until the encounter or until you end the effect as a free action, when an enemy marked by your Mark of Woe shifts away from you or makes an attack that doesn't include you as a target, it takes fire damage equal to 6 + your Constitution modifier.
Page Discussion
Brutality's Reward: This ability no longer applies to the new Brutal Vengeance's effect. A new effect is needed.
Avenging Darkness: This power does way too much damage. Remove the additional Con modifier damage from the conditional damage to bring it in line.
Judge and Jury: Utility powers very rarely deal damage. It would be more appropriate for the power to cause the target to gain vulnerability along with a reduction in defenses (or just combat advantage). I would suggest having the vulnerability equal to Constitution modifier and the reduction to defenses equal to -2 (or just have the target grant combat advantage).
Curse of Blazing Vengeance: This power lasts until the end of your next extended rest rather than the end of the encounter. The duration needs to be fixed. The save ends effect should be limited to once per round.
The above feature does not work as written as it states: "since the end of your next turn.". I am assuming that this is a typo and it should read "since the end of your last turn".
Oops. Thanks for spotting that one. Must've been force of habit.
The above is a terrible utility power. Not only do you have to give up your standard action to do something that other defenders can do every round but you are also punished if the gamble goes wrong. I would seriously consider revising this utility.
That was a typo, it was supposed to be a minor. I must've forgot to change it when I C+V'd the div block.