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Divine Bolts as modified by Power Of Skill:

You can use any power you have that is associated with this feat as a basic attack.

Is treated as a basic attack, and because it's ranged, is treated as a ranged basic attack.

The paragon feat: Staff of Channeled Invocations:

Benefit: When you use any ranged invoker attack power through a staff, you can use the power as a melee attack with a range of 1.

Does this channeled divine bolts then count as a melee basic attack?

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    \$\begingroup\$ You like that divine bolts, no? rpg.stackexchange.com/questions/5839/… \$\endgroup\$ Sep 2, 2011 at 2:10
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    \$\begingroup\$ It's a very useful power :) I really love the invoker at-wills and really hate the rest of the class. Which... is annoying. \$\endgroup\$ Sep 2, 2011 at 3:18
  • \$\begingroup\$ Could we think the other way around? That is: The Staff allow us to use Dive Bolts as a melee 1 attack. Then, Power of Skill allow us to treat the power associated power (now a melee attack) as a basic melee attack. \$\endgroup\$ Sep 2, 2011 at 9:46
  • \$\begingroup\$ oooh, that's a good interpretation. post that as an answer. \$\endgroup\$ Sep 2, 2011 at 9:58

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We could face the question the other way around.

The Staff of Channeled Invocations allows us to use Divine Bolts as a melee 1 attack.
Then, Power of Skill allows us to treat the associated power (now a melee attack) as a basic melee attack.

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This boils down to: Is a "melee, basic attack" a "Melee Basic Attack"

As written, there is a tiny amount of wiggle room to say no, but it's pretty hard for me to read that as anything other than you've managed to make divine bolts usable as a melee basic attack.

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    \$\begingroup\$ And you make your Warlord happy when you melee basic against 1 or 2 enemies :) \$\endgroup\$ Sep 2, 2011 at 2:24
  • \$\begingroup\$ Eeeh, it's actually quite hard to set up such that the targetting of the calling power doesn't override the fiddly bits. I'm just thinking about the bladesinger. Mind you, that's a fairly stupid feat investment... \$\endgroup\$ Sep 2, 2011 at 3:20
  • \$\begingroup\$ @Brian - I see what you mean - most of the Warlords basic attack granting powers specify the target of the basic attack. \$\endgroup\$ Sep 2, 2011 at 3:50

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