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<blockquote data-quote="The Crimson Binome" data-source="post: 6577463" data-attributes="member: 6775031"><p>Is that what's going on? You're taking a <em>lot</em> from just the name. What you call a "failure of imagination" is what I call "an unwillingness to make up facts that aren't sufficiently supported". A name is just a name, and isn't always indicative. Since the game actually <em>does</em> give a description for each Power, it should <em>actually</em> give a description, instead of sometimes giving a description and otherwise relying on <em>you</em> to make it up. </p><p></p><p>So, let's say you're right, and that's the narrative they intended for the Power. What am <em>I</em> doing when I <em>activate</em> the ability? I alter my appearance - in the eyes of a single target - who might not even be looking at me? The goblin looks at me, sees something spooky, and then dies?</p><p></p><p>I guess that's cool. It never would have occurred to me, since it relies on the ability of my character to force another character to take an action, but it's on par with some other abilities in 4E. I wish they could have just said that outright, though. There are a <em>lot</em> of Powers that have fairly similar but subtly nuanced mechanical resolutions, so descriptions are <em>really important</em> in order to explain <em>why</em> those mechanics vary in the way that they do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="The Crimson Binome, post: 6577463, member: 6775031"] Is that what's going on? You're taking a [I]lot[/I] from just the name. What you call a "failure of imagination" is what I call "an unwillingness to make up facts that aren't sufficiently supported". A name is just a name, and isn't always indicative. Since the game actually [I]does[/I] give a description for each Power, it should [I]actually[/I] give a description, instead of sometimes giving a description and otherwise relying on [I]you[/I] to make it up. So, let's say you're right, and that's the narrative they intended for the Power. What am [I]I[/I] doing when I [I]activate[/I] the ability? I alter my appearance - in the eyes of a single target - who might not even be looking at me? The goblin looks at me, sees something spooky, and then dies? I guess that's cool. It never would have occurred to me, since it relies on the ability of my character to force another character to take an action, but it's on par with some other abilities in 4E. I wish they could have just said that outright, though. There are a [I]lot[/I] of Powers that have fairly similar but subtly nuanced mechanical resolutions, so descriptions are [I]really important[/I] in order to explain [I]why[/I] those mechanics vary in the way that they do. [/QUOTE]
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