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<blockquote data-quote="Charlaquin" data-source="post: 7809185" data-attributes="member: 6779196"><p>These are all pretty easy in my opinion.</p><p></p><p>Rage: “I enter a rage.” That’s literally all you need, raging is already diegetic, the fictional action is in the name. If you want to get a bit more colorful with the description, you could say something like “I allow fury to overtake me,” or reference Viking berserkers and describe biting your shield as you give into your bloodlust or whatever. But that’s all embellishment, “I rage” is already a reasonably specific description of what your character is doing.</p><p></p><p>Reckless Attack: Same thing. The story is made quite explicit in the name of the feature. “I make a reckless attack against the goblin with my greataxe” is perfectly sufficient. A more descriptively-inclined player might instead say “I throw caution to the wind and put everything I have into my swing as I bring my greataxe down upon the goblin,” but there’s no need to get that prose-y if you don’t want to.</p><p></p><p>Ancestral Protectors: (upon hitting the target while enraged,) “The spirits of my ancestors surround the goblin.“ If the DM doesn’t know the specific effects of that ability, they can ask.</p><p></p><p>Spirit Shield: (upon an ally taking damage,) “My ancestral spirits appear around him to block (<em>roll</em>) 7 of the damage!”</p><p></p><p>Extra Attack: I don’t see what about this one would even be confusing. It’s exactly the same way you describe one attack, you just do it twice.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Charlaquin, post: 7809185, member: 6779196"] These are all pretty easy in my opinion. Rage: “I enter a rage.” That’s literally all you need, raging is already diegetic, the fictional action is in the name. If you want to get a bit more colorful with the description, you could say something like “I allow fury to overtake me,” or reference Viking berserkers and describe biting your shield as you give into your bloodlust or whatever. But that’s all embellishment, “I rage” is already a reasonably specific description of what your character is doing. Reckless Attack: Same thing. The story is made quite explicit in the name of the feature. “I make a reckless attack against the goblin with my greataxe” is perfectly sufficient. A more descriptively-inclined player might instead say “I throw caution to the wind and put everything I have into my swing as I bring my greataxe down upon the goblin,” but there’s no need to get that prose-y if you don’t want to. Ancestral Protectors: (upon hitting the target while enraged,) “The spirits of my ancestors surround the goblin.“ If the DM doesn’t know the specific effects of that ability, they can ask. Spirit Shield: (upon an ally taking damage,) “My ancestral spirits appear around him to block ([I]roll[/I]) 7 of the damage!” Extra Attack: I don’t see what about this one would even be confusing. It’s exactly the same way you describe one attack, you just do it twice. [/QUOTE]
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