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Yeah, I don't really relish the idea of fighting a person who can 'reflect' steel with an ordinary rapier.

Not that I couldn't do it... after all I've beaten a person completely immune to fire with a pure pyromancer before. It's just... un-necessarily difficult and a pain, esp if the fight were to go the same way it is going with Vintrict.

My character is pretty much swords only, no magic. So I've pretty much resigned myself to the fact that fights will go one of two ways: enemies spamming powers/magic at me and/or dodging/blocking all of my strikes to close the distance.

I wouldn't even blame anyone for it, either. It does make sense against a swordy. But I even make it a point not to go for lethal strikes, as much for IC reasons as OOC reasons. Nierro just wants to make his opponents bleed and dominate them for all to see and enjoy.

And since I'm sharing, his major weaknesses are Fire (and firearms), Silver, and Wolfsbane (doubt anyone has any of that). I think I covered that pretty well in my first fight (punishing non-lethal strikes, aversion to fire) so I consider it a win. If anyone uses any of this to metagame I don't really care. I'll do what I can to enjoy my fights with flashy displays of sword skillz that pay da billz.

Jello, how many times have RPers been known to use a wall or shield of ice, or other things to block? Its no different other than what it is made of, in fact mine has a lower downside as in the fact that it has a 'break' technicality after one use. The ice shield can take multiple hits and not be remade or use anymore energy, the velocity barrier that I use(d), (and unfortunately named reflect and y'all ran away with the title) is basically good for one hit and each post it is active or used it takes more points to do, and those points vary. You're tying to call me out on something that has more faults than any other defense because it takes energy fairly and I don't have an unlimited supply of it at all times. The only reason it seems you have to complain about it is the name I used in my post….that and the issues you have with my post jump to something different every time. Seems like you're searching for counterarguments instead of just thinking about the pros and cons first

EDIT: The move is a barrier/shield. I stated in the post he used extra energy to make the shield stronger which would increase the bounce back, in order to try and hyperextend the limb, to lower the chance of him using to defend immediately. The break could have been a possible bonus if the upper arm was pinned it what would have happened…a similar thing happened to my knee. The extra bounce back is what would turn the block/barrier move into a hypothetical 'reflect'. Its not a "automatic boom you reflect and fly back or hurt yourself" move, when things hit solid forces, like a hammer against a wall depending on the density of the wall there will be bounce back… That was a really dense wall of sorts cause of the energy used. A fair amount to block a regular hammer strike would be about 5pts, the impact barrier had 10, which is double that and would double the effects of it being hit. I think that all makes sense.

And that's what happens at times, even with people with powers. I've beaten people with powers greater than mine as well, and lost to simpler attacks too.

Haelstrom that is exactly how I used it and what happened, and seems like a logical way of using a block mechanic, ability based or not. He was charging in from over 15ft away….thats ample time

PS I've tried to post but its almost fruitless as everything I do from the position they are in, Vin and everyone else would only complain about besides placing him back on the ground gently, even though Vin walked into it. It wouldn't be true to character if he didn't slam him or something from this point. The counter Vin would have would be his last post, but due to timing of previous posts, there would be no way he was bound to Bojuka, and he damn sure wouldn't have use of his arms, so the next realistic step is going to look silly.

So then he could insta-block not 10 but 20 hammer blows?

Jesus, son.

That must be Bojuka Style.

Because we're having a discussion, not an argument. Not once have I said "this is bullshit, you should be ashamed and change it", I'm asking you questions about how your abilities work and pointing out potential problems. I'm also directly comparing your post against Athena's post in various ways because apparently there needed to be a judge call to have it rescinded for a reason I still can't quite understand.



Now, he had ample time to know an attack was coming that's for sure. I'd have no issue with the ability as you describe it in the OOC. The problem is that when you described it in your post it FUNCTIONALLY acted completely different because the (lack of) description given to it. It was an instantaneous reflex block/reflect in response to Athena's attack, because you did not write anything about preparation, set-up, or drawbacks to its use. You only said "the attack bounces off, -10 points".

Narratively, it is a passive auto-block because it wasn't described in any way other than (paraphrased) "the attack is intercepted ba-ba-boom baby".

Go right ahead whats stopping ya