You stand ready to counter each of your enemies' moves, your blade a blur of steel as you strike again and again.

Encounter   ✦     Martial, Weapon
Standard Action      Melee weapon

Effect: Until the end of your next turn, you can use the Shimmering Blade attack power.

Encounter ✦     Martial, Weapon
Opportunity Action      Melee weapon

Requirement: The power Shimmering Blade must be active in order to use this power.

Requirement: You must be wielding a light blade.

Trigger: An enemy makes a melee attack against you, starts its turn adjacent to you, or ends its turn adjacent to you

Target: The triggering enemy

Attack: Dexterity vs. Reflex

Hit: 2[W] + Dexterity modifier damage.

Effect: You gain a power bonus to AC and Reflex equal to your Charisma modifier until the end of your next turn.

  Artful Dodger: The defense bonus equals 2 + your Charisma modifier.

Revision (11/30/2009)
Page 20: Shimmering Blade's should have the free action changed to an opportunity action and the granted attack should be indented.

Published in Dragon Magazine 381, page(s) 70.