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<blockquote data-quote="CovertOps" data-source="post: 5316714" data-attributes="member: 65152">One reason I like to hear &quot;I use Twin-Strike&quot; more than &quot;I hit it with both my swords&quot; is because then there is no question what mechanical effect the player is doing.&nbsp; It's sad that I have to do that for the 1-2 players at my table who do stuff like...I rolled 20...sweet....umm...I was using my daily...yeah that's the ticket.&nbsp; Now I'm not trying to imply that every table has these kinds of players, but when the player says &quot;I hit it with both my swords&quot; it could me &quot;I Twin Strike&quot; or it could mean quite a few other powers that they have to choose from that allow the player to &quot;hit it with both swords&quot;.&nbsp; It removes a layer of ambiguity.This here is the first time I've seen you make a comment like this.&nbsp; Your other posts have been of the form...&quot;if you don't justify it in the fiction then it doesn't work&quot;.&nbsp; That reads as pure DM fiat and this is what I've been trying to point out, but you're not seeing it.I was never talking about skill usage.&nbsp; Only powers where there is a clear mechanical effect.&nbsp; Where (as some are annoyed by this part of 4e) the effect drives the fiction and sometimes you have to &quot;refluff&quot;.Here here....pg 42 FTW!First, I'm so glad I know what &quot;You feel me&quot; means. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":P" title="Stick out tongue&nbsp; &nbsp; :P"&nbsp; data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":P" />&nbsp; When the player says &quot;I use Twin Strike&quot; it is the same as saying &quot;I swing both my swords&quot; (or in the case of the archer &quot;I shoot him twice&quot;)I pretty much covered this above.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="CovertOps, post: 5316714, member: 65152"] One reason I like to hear "I use Twin-Strike" more than "I hit it with both my swords" is because then there is no question what mechanical effect the player is doing. It's sad that I have to do that for the 1-2 players at my table who do stuff like...I rolled 20...sweet....umm...I was using my daily...yeah that's the ticket. Now I'm not trying to imply that every table has these kinds of players, but when the player says "I hit it with both my swords" it could me "I Twin Strike" or it could mean quite a few other powers that they have to choose from that allow the player to "hit it with both swords". It removes a layer of ambiguity. This here is the first time I've seen you make a comment like this. Your other posts have been of the form..."if you don't justify it in the fiction then it doesn't work". That reads as pure DM fiat and this is what I've been trying to point out, but you're not seeing it. I was never talking about skill usage. Only powers where there is a clear mechanical effect. Where (as some are annoyed by this part of 4e) the effect drives the fiction and sometimes you have to "refluff". Here here....pg 42 FTW! First, I'm so glad I know what "You feel me" means. :P When the player says "I use Twin Strike" it is the same as saying "I swing both my swords" (or in the case of the archer "I shoot him twice") I pretty much covered this above. [/QUOTE]

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