Warlord - Commander's Strike Flavor

[enigmabrand]

Hi, one of the players in my group uses the Warlord's Commander's Strike (grant an ally a basic attack).

He always shouts "PLAYERNAME! HIT THAT BASTARD!"
It was kind of funny the first time but that's the only thing he can come up with.

I made a chart that you can use when using this ability (maybe others too?) that can help you out with things to say.

You can either roll some d6s to randomly choose a combination of saying & body part or you can use the conditional/extra ones below.

I thought it was cool and wanted to share.

Feel free to add more. Comments are always welcome.

 

[mneme]

Actually, given that a warlord has to be in melee range of a foe to Commander's Strike them, it makes the most sense for him to foul their weapon, distract them, etc as the opening for the ally's strike (rather than simply shouting at the ally).

 

[enigmabrand]

Actually, given that a warlord has to be in melee range of a foe to Commander's Strike them...

OH REALLY..

I really gotta go re-read Commander's Strike...

 

[Walking Dad]

You can use the chart with Direct the Strike, which grants BA against a ranged target.

 

[Stalker0]

OH REALLY..

I really gotta go re-read Commander's Strike...

Or you could just keep it and let remain a cool power instead of an unneccacarily limited one

 

[Neonchameleon]

OH REALLY..

I really gotta go re-read Commander's Strike...

Commander's Strike = Melee only
Direct the Strike = Range for the Warlord - but no Int bonus to damage.

 

[mneme]

Stalker0: I don't see anything wrong with Commander's Strike as written. Particularly given that you can buff it, it makes warlords have a better at-will than anyone else in their party unless nobody in the party has a good basic melee attack (with, sure, the limitation that they have to have an ally to buddy with); that's pretty hot as it.