Reply to thread

Message: <blockquote data-quote="Danceofmasks" data-source="post: 4729186" data-attributes="member: 70765">I reckon it's an issue of a reasonable attempt.You tried to slide them, they just fell ... ok, that's not a good one.How aboutYou tried to slide them, but someone else had an interrupt that slams them into a cage along the way? Or .. just a ready vs. the first square of the slide. The thing about the pit would grant them a save to fall prone and end your slide anyhow .. the whole hindering terrain thing.So it's not as if "they never got into the square I vacated" is without precedent. 'cos a slide ... hmm .. even a pull, you can always pull in a roundabout way ... each square is closer than the last ... so diagonally to the right, then diagonally to the left .. through a square filled with wall of fire.Legal enough, even if "directly" is a clause, though the hindering terrain thing might pop up again. It's far from the only movement-based silliness, either.Take Fearless Rescue (warlord daily 1, Martial Power)That one really should say "move up to your speed if you can get there" or something similar ... 'cos what if you're in a maze, and within 5 squares of the trigger, but need to move 70 to get there?'cos by the effect of the power, you may want to provoke as many OAs as you can, so there has to be a movement limit anyhow.</blockquote>