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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Manbearcat" data-source="post: 6276586" data-attributes="member: 6696971">[MENTION=20323]Quickleaf[/MENTION] Seeing the recent incarnation of the LF/QW or the "Fighters can't have nice things" thread made me think of another feature that the greatest martial competitors of our time possess; "inevitability".Just as Dragon's have an Aura of Fear that can shake even the greatest of opponents, the greatest athletes (which is what Fighters) have their own presence, their own "aura of invincibility", that causes even world-class opponents to shrink. Consider the Bulls of the 1990s. Quite literally, Jordan's opponents were defeated the moment they got off the bus or at least by the time they stepped foot on the court. Consider Tiger on a Sunday before Elin Nordegren put a 5 iron through his rear windshield. Tiger didn't "win" most of his tournaments on Sunday (that is to say, he didn't dominate the course and post a low number). What routinely would happen is you would have the greatest golfers in the world shrinking under the weight of his inevitable triumph. Same thing with the Bulls. Same thing with Pete Sampras at Wimbledon blasting second serves by people and robotically walking to duece or luv court to do it over...and over...and over. Same thing with the 1980's Miami Hurricanes. Same thing when Mariano Rivera would toe the rubber in the 9th for the Yankees. Same thing with Tyson in the early early to mid 80s. Same thing with Chuck Liddel and Anderson Silva. The imposition of "inevitability", because of their presence, causing their opponents to wilt.Inevitability. Inevitabilty as a weighty, palpable thing. A weighty, palpable thing that hangs in the air, crushing the will of (world-class mind you) challengers before the first blow is landed.In a team sport, this presence, this aura of inevitability, also bulwarks the athelete's companions to "raise their game" far beyond what they would be capable of otherwise.To make a long story short, Fighter's should get something like a Dragon's Fear Aura (perhaps with a component that escalates the longer combat goes, akin to the 13th Age Escalation Die), the Paladin's Aura of Courage, and the Bard's Aura of Skill Competence (or whatever). This wouldn't be a supernatural effect. We have this manifest in our, extremely mundane, existence regularly. Its a trivial thing to behold and understand given the gravity of the exemplars of this phenomenon that we have in the modern era (with the pervasiviness of media). There is no reason that a realm of high fantasy should have lesser exemplars of martial prowess and the gravity of presence in the arena of competition.Basically, Fighter's should kill Dragons, Paladins, and Bards and take their aura stuff or have a non-supernatural analogue to their ability.</blockquote>

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