Dragon's Tail Cut?

[el-remmen]

Evocative, I guess. . . Just not evoking what I'd like. D&D ain't a kung-fu movie. Save it for the monk.

 

[CleverNickName]

Why not just "Knockdown" ?

Seriously. There is no need to get all poetic here; the attack knocks you down...so call it "Knockdown."

This whole thing reeks of "Rice Paper Walk" and "Footpaddin'," if you catch my drift...

 

[hong]

Seriously. There is no need to get all poetic here; the attack knocks you down...so call it "Knockdown."

Nah. Utilitarian names are so 80s.

 

[Stone Dog]

Why not just "Knockdown" ?

I would have prefered this. Just some basic descriptive text that tells you what the thing does in a word or two and include some alternate names for different regions. I wonder if Fireball is getting a more poetic name too.

It isn't a big deal, I just wonder why poetic is better than functional for this sort of thing.

 

[Stone Dog]

This whole thing reeks of "Rice Paper Walk" and "Footpaddin'," if you catch my drift...

Those were good for options, but Move Silently was pretty much fine for what it did. the characters can call it whatever they want, but players need to be able to reference the rules easily.

It seems to me that poetic names might get in the way after a while. It isn't ridiculous or terrible just yet, but it puzzles me.

 

[Reaper Steve]

Yuck.
I love 4E rules, and I love 4E fluff (from what we've seen) but man, I really don't like the 4E naming convention. Emerald frost? Dragon's Tail Cut? Yeesh.

Now, they can't call it plain 'knockdown' as 1) it appears to be a sword specific maneuver and 2) there will most likely be plenty of things that cause knockdown.

But, I'm sure they can make more specific utilitarian names.

For this maneuver, I suggest:
Sword sweep

 

[Stone Dog]

For this maneuver, I suggest:
Sword sweep

See, I think this might be a little specific. I just want to hit a guy so hard he hits the ground. Knockdown is perfectly fine for this. I can hit him wherever I want. It describes the effect, not the method.

 

[Doug McCrae]

It's okay but it's not grandiose enough.

It should be called Five Angry Panthers Spinning Earth Collision.

 

[Stone Dog]

It's okay but it's not grandiose enough.

It should be called Five Angry Panthers Spinning Earth Collision.

I can't find my Dragon issue with the random tables for Monk moves. I really wanted to just roll up a stack of them for this thread.

 

[Grymar]

Why does it have to be so lame? If you don't want it generic (knockdown), make it something less dorky.

Goblin's Strike
Swift Sweep
Kneebender
Topple

Hell, Timber would be better than anything with Dragon in the title.