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This week, the Rogue comes off the grid with Deft Strike. After seeing a Rogue in play, you might think they only have one at-will power: Sly Flourish. While I agree the damage output is impressive, the other three Rogue at-wills are also incredibly effective and unique in their application.
The Rogue
Deft Strike
Wukong had been standing beside the side of his master’s cart. Had, being the most important to the immediate dilemma.
And from that location, Wukong had not seen who cast the illusory flames under the horses. Not too long ago, a much more violent and spiteful Wukong would have found that immensely important and dashed through the crowd to batter any suspicious persons to paste.
But no, who or why someone had spooked the horses was not important now. What was important was that Wukong HAD been standing beside the cart and if he didn’t do something soon, he would have HAD been protecting the priest on his journey, he would have HAD known where the priest was, and he would have HAD the opportunity to save his immortal soul and lost it along with the priest.
And all the while Wukong HAD been thinking about this, the horses, the cart, and the priest HAD charged just shy of a hundred feet ahead of him.
Wukong burst into a sprint, covering 40 feet in a bound. Then he sprinted some more for another 40 feet and in a sudden burst of action, drew his knife and lunged another 10 feet at the back of the wagon.
The blade sunk deep into the luggage at the back of the cart and held. Wukong smiled and was quite pleased with himself. His feet flew behind him in the air as the scared horses carried him forward through the streets of the busy town, but enjoying the ride would have to wait. Because now that Wukong had pinned himself to the back of the cart, he HAD to climb up and stop the horses.
After the horses were spooked, they moved 18 squares ahead of Wukong through the crowded streets. To catch up to the cart, Wukong took two double moves at a run, covering 16 of the 18 squares. In desperation, Wukong used an action point to use Deft Strike with the cart as his target. He drew his knife with the quick draw feat and moved 2 squares before the attack due to the at-will. This put the reformed rogue within range to bury his knife and hold onto the cart.
I started Dungeon Mastering with secondhand AD&D materials in 1996 and have run a vast number of D20 campaigns, from cliche' medieval adventures in a kingdom made of Lego bricks to fighting zombies and the mob in the mid 1930s. I try to make the gaming experience as enjoyable, fast-paced, and easy to play as humanly possible. 
Very, very nice. I think this is just about a perfect example of using powers out of the box. Mechanically and story-wise, it’s airtight.