Quote Originally Posted by Eldariel View Post
The big issue is that using buffs on your party is DC of a CR-equivalent opponent. That means whenever you wanna heal or buff or so, you'll need to make those checks. So when facing weaker opponents, you can use offensive powers rather well.

However, when facing equivalent opponents, you'll have trouble affecting the opponent and trouble buffing your team. And when facing a boss monster, you won't be affecting the boss and you'll still have trouble affecting your team. And should you manage the checks, the utterances are still lackluster (as OP states).
OK ok guys, I tried, but you won. TN must be tweaked a lot to work, it's math.