Maxondaerth
Squire
I'm sending out this plea to all my fellow players in an attempt to take a very small measure that I think would improve our IG atmosphere, and even though it's a very small improvement, it is so very easily done and I hope starting people thinking about it will inspire people to find other small changes that will eventually add up to a big grand total. The small change I'm asking people to try to make today is the usage of the term "Dagger Blows" IG when trying to describe damage, whether it's the amount something does or the amount a suit of armor is worth. It sounds rediculous, it's not accurate (who's swinging the dagger?), and it is such an obvious "I'm using a clever pseudo-term to impart OOG info IG" way of going about it it grates on my nerves every time I hear it. There's so many better ways to do so by simply relating things to other IG things. Here's some quick examples:
"This chain shirt would stop a Flamebolt, but just barely!"
"How hard do trolls hit? You ever see Sir Gregor stab someone in the kidneys? Yeah, about that hard."
"You ever take four Dragons breath spells to the face in rapid succession? Well, set off my Vengeance and you'll know what that feels like."
It really takes very little imagination to come up with them, even on the fly. Heck, it can even lead to some minor role play if, say, you compare it to a celestial spell and that person has no idea how much that is, but they know earth magic:
Bob: This chain shirt will stop a flamebolt, but no more than.
Steve: Hmmm, is that a lot? I'm an earth caster and know little of such things.
Bob: Oh, hmmm, well if you weren't wearing this shirt and took that flamebolt, you'd need a Cure Crit to fix all the damage it did.
Steve: Ahhh, that IS a bit of hurt saved on my part then. How much?
You get the idea. I hope this sparks interest and not flames, I'm not intending this as calling out anyone or trying to make people feel like I don't think they're good players for doing this. It is system wide, it's a common practice, but I just think we can do better.
"This chain shirt would stop a Flamebolt, but just barely!"
"How hard do trolls hit? You ever see Sir Gregor stab someone in the kidneys? Yeah, about that hard."
"You ever take four Dragons breath spells to the face in rapid succession? Well, set off my Vengeance and you'll know what that feels like."
It really takes very little imagination to come up with them, even on the fly. Heck, it can even lead to some minor role play if, say, you compare it to a celestial spell and that person has no idea how much that is, but they know earth magic:
Bob: This chain shirt will stop a flamebolt, but no more than.
Steve: Hmmm, is that a lot? I'm an earth caster and know little of such things.
Bob: Oh, hmmm, well if you weren't wearing this shirt and took that flamebolt, you'd need a Cure Crit to fix all the damage it did.
Steve: Ahhh, that IS a bit of hurt saved on my part then. How much?
You get the idea. I hope this sparks interest and not flames, I'm not intending this as calling out anyone or trying to make people feel like I don't think they're good players for doing this. It is system wide, it's a common practice, but I just think we can do better.