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<blockquote data-quote="Voss" data-source="post: 4164353" data-attributes="member: 57593"><p>How about what? Slavishly loyal isn't defined in any sense. Thats pretty much the definition of flavor text.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>It isn't ambigiuous. You, I or a small boy named Kevin may or may not like it, but thats a completely different issue, the text is completely clear:</p><p>if both attack rolls are successful, then the target may not attack the succubus, and whenever he is adjacent to the succubus, he is targeted by any ranged or melee attack targeted at the succubus.</p><p>Thats it. It doesn't do any more than that, and it doesn't do any less than that.</p><p></p><p>It inflicts no status effect or condition (unlike dominate), but the wording is completely clear- the power has X and Y effects. There is no A, B, C or Z. </p><p></p><p>The only potential point of ambiguity I can see is if an ally attacks the succubus counting on the victim to interpose himself, that counts as 'attacking the victim'. Technically, I think it does, since the ally ends up attacking the victim, but I can see a vague basis for quibbling about it.</p><p></p><p></p><p>The war devil is nasty. Well, not personally. Personally he's a wimp, who can barely drop a first level wizard in one shot. But he can drop Devilish Transposition, Besieged Foe and Fiendish Tactics in one round. That quickly gets nasty... extra actions are serious power currency in an edition that doesn't seem to give them out as often.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Voss, post: 4164353, member: 57593"] How about what? Slavishly loyal isn't defined in any sense. Thats pretty much the definition of flavor text. It isn't ambigiuous. You, I or a small boy named Kevin may or may not like it, but thats a completely different issue, the text is completely clear: if both attack rolls are successful, then the target may not attack the succubus, and whenever he is adjacent to the succubus, he is targeted by any ranged or melee attack targeted at the succubus. Thats it. It doesn't do any more than that, and it doesn't do any less than that. It inflicts no status effect or condition (unlike dominate), but the wording is completely clear- the power has X and Y effects. There is no A, B, C or Z. The only potential point of ambiguity I can see is if an ally attacks the succubus counting on the victim to interpose himself, that counts as 'attacking the victim'. Technically, I think it does, since the ally ends up attacking the victim, but I can see a vague basis for quibbling about it. The war devil is nasty. Well, not personally. Personally he's a wimp, who can barely drop a first level wizard in one shot. But he can drop Devilish Transposition, Besieged Foe and Fiendish Tactics in one round. That quickly gets nasty... extra actions are serious power currency in an edition that doesn't seem to give them out as often. [/QUOTE]
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