Fearless Leader

Fearless Leader is an advantage mentioned on page 16 of 3e's Compendium.
It is Fearlessness with 3 enhancements:
*Affects Others
*Area Effect
*Selective Effect
It "allows a character to inspire bravery in his allies".
Clearly it also makes the user brave too.
AO normally requires 1 ready per ally and physical contact but AE waives that and allows it to be done at a distance with 1 ready for the entire group.
*one change in 4e though is you must buy AO in levels, 1 per ally you want to affect. It's not just a single purchase for unlimited allies as it was in 3e
"Selective Effect" appears to be taken to exclude giving Fearlessness to enemies as well.
It's a somewhat non-standard use of Affects Others in 4e terms since that was designed for Movement/Transformation abilities.
P108 however allows it, when taken with the Force Field enhancement, to apply to a broader number of traits: specifically defenses. It is part of the Extending Defenses rules from P173.
In that case it's a FLAT cost (AO is not bought in multiple levels for each ally) but this would mean that Selective Effect would be important to exclude things within the AE (at least one level of AE must be taken)
Fearlessness is not listed as one of the examples but it does note "The GM may permit it on other advantages"
Resistant is included and Fearlessness could easily be perceived as "Resistant to Fear".
Category:Modified Advantages