Re: [HOE] Deflections. please please please a quick response ifpossible.

[Theo McGuckin <tsm@jlab.org>]

> > ...  He still argued so I finally had to use the
> > marshal-thumb-of-god and say that bottom line "You can't do
> > it. Period. I've made my decision and it applies to everyone so
> > they can't do it either. End of line."  He was grumpy at the time
> > but later admitted that my ruling made sense (once the fight was
> > over and they had won).
> 
> These are all heroes.  Amazing things can happen.  I would set some
> amazingly high target number (for Cognition, in this case) and let
> him have a shot at it.  Whether or not he makes the amazing roll,
> everyone is more pleased with the story than if I just said yea or
> nay.

It doesn't make sense. He heard his partner's gun go off. Why would he
care where the bullet was headed? He was fighting someone else. By the
time he realized something was up the bullet was already in him. Yeah,
they're heroes, but they still have to obey the basic laws of time.
Besides how contrived would it be to say:
"Ok, but you have to make a 21 cognition check first to realize it's
coming at you."
"So basically you're saying I can't do it."
"Yeah, basically."

Theo McGuckin - SysAdmin, JLab


	"Apathy! Apathy! That's our cry! A-P-A-T... oh never mind,
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