Penetrating Large Rocks crash through...


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Ziggurat Zagger

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Post Saturday, 21st September 2013, 03:49

Penetrating Large Rocks crash through...

The text for Trunk's penetrating large rocks is "crashes through", which comes across strangely.

IMHO, "crash" implies stoppage.

I initially thought "smash" would be a good replacement ("smashes through"), as it implies travel through, but I'm of the mind that "blows through", "slams across" or "crushes over" would be better.

Not too keen on "through", as that's really the qualifier for the javelins piercing... through... a body; I think the large rock "penetration" is really an abstraction of "bowling over" the opponent to hit a further target.
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Post Saturday, 21st September 2013, 23:40

Re: Penetrating Large Rocks crash through...

Remember the Potion of Vicissitude? I simply don't care. :)
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Post Sunday, 22nd September 2013, 01:32

Re: Penetrating Large Rocks crash through...

brendan wrote:Remember the Potion of Vicissitude? I simply don't care. :)


I was going to imply that in my post; I figured it was all about the mechanics and the terminology was an afterthought.
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