Over at the WotC page, we have a sneak peak at one of the builds coming in the martial power book: The Tempest Fighter.
New Build: Tempest Fighter
Rather than a shield or a big weapon, you have specialized in fighting using a weapon in each hand.
You see it as the best of both worlds—given the right training, you can deliver good damage and make up for the lack of a shield with deft parrying. Strength remains any soldier’s bread and butter, and good battlefield awareness—Wisdom—is a must. You also rely on speed, maneuverability, and agility—Dexterity—to get your dirty work done. Constitution is a tertiary ability for you, granting useful staying power against foes not so easily fooled by your fancy footwork and feints. The Tempest Technique class feature is designed to complement this build.
Suggested Feat: Two-Weapon Fighting (Human feat: Two-Weapon Threat*)
Suggested Skills: Athletics, Intimidate, Streetwise
Suggested At-Will Powers:dual strike,* footwork lure*
Suggested Encounter Power:funneling flurry*
Suggested Daily Power:tempest dance*
*New option presented in Martial PowerTempest Technique
When you wield two melee weapons, you gain a +1 bonus to attack rolls with weapons that have the offhand property.You gain Two-Weapon Defense as a bonus feat, even if you don’t meet the prerequisites.
When wearing light armor or chainmail, you gain a +1 bonus to damage rolls with melee and close weapon attacks when you are wielding two weapons. This bonus increases to +2 with weapons that have the off-hand property.
So it look to be a variation of the Fighter class, with some new powers and abilities (two weapons, light armor incentives) that make it similar to the Ranger, but it emphasizes moving the enemy around the battlefield. Also a light footed, mobile, agile fighter finally has a build that caters to them, which should make a whole lot of people happy. Martial Powers seems like THE book to have this coming winter season.
