WotC_Rodney: Trap Fun!

[Stogoe]

How can people not comprehend something this simple?

It is near-impossible to get a person to understand a thing when their entire argument depends on them not understanding it.

 

[DonTadow]

*AHEM*

It's called "sarcasm."

And still, a roundhouse has nothing to do with houses. A good "upper cut", while it moves upward, still doesn't "cut" the lip of your opponent, it splits it open. Blunt objects, by definition, don't "cut."

To be truly and properly "descriptive," a "roundhouse" ought to be called a "half circle punch" and an "Upper cut" ought to be called an "upwards reverse punch."

Obviously, in the proper context, they make perfect sense. But in context, things like "long tail guard" (for the record, that's the English translation for a type of longsword guard) make perfect sense. The sword is low and sticks out behind the swordsman like, well, a tail.

What if a "Tornado Strike" is a sweeping blow that hurls someone back? That's reasonably descriptive of the effect of the blow. In your view, would something called "skull-splitting strike" have to split the skull? Or is it enough if it just hits it and dazes the target?

People are getting far, far, too hung up on naming conventions, with little to no justification other than "they don't like it." Not liking it is fine, but that doesn't mean that the decision is "wrong." Evocative names, as many people have shown, have their place, even in the European martial tradition. You're entitled to think they're confusing, or to prefer flavorless mechanical descriptions, but you are NOT entitled to complain on a basis that's incorrect.

How can people not comprehend something this simple?

You must be getting some great stretching from all the reaching you're done. As a boxing fan, you really chose the wrong subject to try to lift words off of and claim they have no meaning. Read Klaus's more detailed comments of the words.

From the description, Tornado strike does not do what your what if said. In that case we could what if all night. The fact is its a trip attack. The word is obviously put there to be catchy but does not have the mechanics to back it up.

 

[FireLance]

Looking at this power from the Rogue preview:

Positioning Strike
Rogue Attack 1
A false stumble and a shove place the enemy exactly where you want him.

Encounter ✦ Martial, Weapon
Standard Action
Melee weapon
Requirement: You must be wielding a light blade.
Target: One creature
Attack: Dexterity vs. Will

Hit: 1[W] + Dexterity modifier damage, and you slide the target 1 square.
Artful Dodger: You slide the target a number of squares equal to your Charisma modifier.​

It looks like Tornado Strike might have been renamed.