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<blockquote data-quote="Umbran" data-source="post: 6126433" data-attributes="member: 177">I think the thing should only be describable through fairly poetic imagery.&nbsp; For example: It should feel like the worst day you had when you were a kid.&nbsp; When you were teased and bullied to the point of humiliation by your peers, given a wedgie/swirlie combo and then stuffed in your locker by the older kids, and then went home to discover your parents were getting a divorce...&nbsp; (There are worse days, but I'm keeping this family-friendly).The exact form of the imagery should be tuned to the flavor of the attack being made.&nbsp; One does not just generically attack a mind, any more than one generically attacks in melee - it is a sword thrust, or an axe chop, not just &quot;an attack&quot;.&nbsp; One tries to beat the opponent's mind into submission to leave the target a whimpering heap on the floor, or attempts to insinuate tendrils of control over the function of muscles, or tries to rifle through memories for a particular piece of information.&nbsp; Determine what the attack is really trying to do, and flavor the imagery 9and the imagery of the defense) to match.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Umbran, post: 6126433, member: 177"] I think the thing should only be describable through fairly poetic imagery. For example: It should feel like the worst day you had when you were a kid. When you were teased and bullied to the point of humiliation by your peers, given a wedgie/swirlie combo and then stuffed in your locker by the older kids, and then went home to discover your parents were getting a divorce... (There are worse days, but I'm keeping this family-friendly). The exact form of the imagery should be tuned to the flavor of the attack being made. One does not just generically attack a mind, any more than one generically attacks in melee - it is a sword thrust, or an axe chop, not just "an attack". One tries to beat the opponent's mind into submission to leave the target a whimpering heap on the floor, or attempts to insinuate tendrils of control over the function of muscles, or tries to rifle through memories for a particular piece of information. Determine what the attack is really trying to do, and flavor the imagery 9and the imagery of the defense) to match. [/QUOTE]

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