Re: [ORE] Re: Godlike black devils brigade power build

On Mon, Nov 7, 2011 at 9:28 PM, DivisMal1925 <croames80@gmail.com> wrote:

But wouldn't the reflexive extra allow the use of 'catch' without
using up your action? The way I saw it was: you declare an action, and
if hit by an explosion before your action you automatically absorb the
explosion (or, if no hd, roll catch dice) and can then use your action
to release the explosion by rolling your roll pool. Ifyou get a set,
treat it as a hit with the original explosions stats. If you already
acted that turn, you would have to use release next turn as your
action.
Am I getting this right?

Close. According to Reflexive, if you have the Defends quality and you are attacked by surprise, you get to make a free defensive roll at -1d, as long as the attack isn't Talent powered.

But if an ubermensch throws a grenade at you with his Hypercoordination, you're back to defending and attacking as multiple actions.

(It's probably a bit too "gamey" to suggest that if you see it coming you can't use Reflexive as a free action for a -1d penalty. I'd allow it, but not against Talent attacks.)

If you don't want the -1d penalty, you would have to declare "Catch" as an action. If you want to "Catch" an attack by a Talent, you would have to declare "Catch" as an action. For things like grenade attacks from normal attackers, 3hd (4hd with a -1d penalty) is probably good enough, so you could let Reflexive defend you with a free action and attack with your normal action.

That would be pretty cool, walking through explosions and firing them back at the enemy.

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