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<blockquote data-quote="Reef" data-source="post: 9008951" data-attributes="member: 4533">I'd say you're right, in that it's just the easiest way of simplifying things.&nbsp; Especially as mentioned, how it rarely comes up.To be honest, in the middle of combat, I doubt anyone would even notice if my on the fly narration didn't match the weapon type.&nbsp; Just to add fuel to the fire, I wouldn't even require the narration to involve the weapon, because I've seen too many action movies do this:&quot;Miss.&nbsp; Drat.&nbsp; But Damage on a Miss!&quot;&quot;Sure.&nbsp; You swing the great sword in a huge arc that he barely manages to deflect at the last moment.&nbsp; But as he's reeling, you smash your fist into his face.&quot;I know that's probably way outside some people's comfort zone.&nbsp; But like I said, it happens in movies all the time, and I try to keep my fights feeling cinematic.&nbsp; I've got no problem saying that they are so highly trained with that weapon, they take any and all opportunity.&nbsp; And heck, I'm pretty sure real combat in the past would do such a thing.&nbsp; But like I said, I don't expect everyone to jump on board this train joyfully <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Reef, post: 9008951, member: 4533"] I'd say you're right, in that it's just the easiest way of simplifying things. Especially as mentioned, how it rarely comes up. To be honest, in the middle of combat, I doubt anyone would even notice if my on the fly narration didn't match the weapon type. Just to add fuel to the fire, I wouldn't even require the narration to involve the weapon, because I've seen too many action movies do this: "Miss. Drat. But Damage on a Miss!" "Sure. You swing the great sword in a huge arc that he barely manages to deflect at the last moment. But as he's reeling, you smash your fist into his face." I know that's probably way outside some people's comfort zone. But like I said, it happens in movies all the time, and I try to keep my fights feeling cinematic. I've got no problem saying that they are so highly trained with that weapon, they take any and all opportunity. And heck, I'm pretty sure real combat in the past would do such a thing. But like I said, I don't expect everyone to jump on board this train joyfully :). [/QUOTE]

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