Throughout the board, I can see many threads being threadjacked or sidetracked by the argument that this of that term isn't appropriate for the class or for one of its abilities.
So here's your chance to discuss the pertinence (or lack thereof) of names.
I'll start with the term selected for the Cavalier Challenge ability.
In the light that the challenge of the cavalier does not involves any commitment (or lack thereof) from its 'challengee', I suggest another option for the term CHALLENGE.
My proposition is Assault, or perhaps Resolute Assault or Staunch Assault, but I've also seen Confrontation,Clash,Exaction,Contest,Defiance and others than I'm sure I missed.
I like Staunch Assault for its name echoes the rogue's Sneak Attack with which the ability shares some similarities.
so fire away!
[edit] Evil Lincon just came-up with Harry as in:
harry
verb ( -ries, -ried) [ trans. ]
persistently carry out attacks on (an enemy or an enemy's territory).
• persistently harass : he bought the house for Jenny, whom he harries into marriage | [as adj. ] ( harried) harried reporters are frequently forced to invent what they cannot find out.
ORIGIN Old English herian, hergian, of Germanic origin, probably influenced by Old French harier, in the same sense.
I really think Find and Replace sells it:
Harry (Ex): Once per combat, a cavalier can harry a foe in combat. As a swift action, the cavalier chooses one target within sight to harry. A cavalier’s melee attacks deal extra damage whenever the attacks are made against the harried target. This extra damage is 1d6 at 1st level, and increases by 1d6 every three cavalier levels thereafter. This extra damage is considered precision damage, is not multiplied on a critical hit, and does not apply to attacks that deal nonlethal damage.
Harrying a foe requires much of the cavalier’s concentration. Melee attacks made against the cavalier, except those made by the harried target, treat the cavalier as if he is flanked. Such attacks receive a +2 flanking bonus. Improved uncanny dodge, and similar abilities, do not protect a cavalier from being flanked as the result of harrying.
Harrying persists until the target is dead, unconscious, or the combat ends. Harrying also includes another effect, depending upon the cavalier’s order.
I like this because it describes the Cavalier's action, not the target's response. It also has a good tradition in tales medieval combat, and is especially pertinent to giving chase on a mount. Plus, it works pretty well with the "tunnel vision" flanking penalty. Other than that, the dictionary says it all.
In a desperate (and shameless) effort to resurrect this thread, here what's been suggested by Quijenoth:
Valor, Valiant, Brave, Resolute, Courageous, Audacious, Dauntless, Intrepid, Unfearing, Fearless, Hardy, Bold, relentless, stalwart, tenacious, steadfast, valiancy, unwavering, champion, indomitable, unflinching, lion-hearted, valorous, heroic...I kind of like Audacious, Resolute and Lion-Hearted myself.
Though none really hit the mark for the single name of the ability described it does provide a number of like abilities to expand on the idea.
As for a name I dont think a singular word is enough. Valorous strike, Focused Champion, and Relentless Assualt jump out at me the most.
Heres also a paragraph I pulled from the web that may help build on the concept...
To challenge oneself one needs to find one’s limits and set a target beyond that; so that these limits keep extending. It is said that human mind has unlimited capacity. To really tap into it you need to guide it by intelligently creating challenges. There is no benefit in going lax. It doesn’t achieve anything. It’s like an unforced error that’s wrong in every way. So you got to tighten your belt and get ready for the voyage.
Of the first series of suggestion, all of them are adjectives - which is not a problem in itself - whilst most abilities usually named after a noun.