05-09-2018, 01:59 PM
If he wants to throw a rock before the bullet is fired, he'll need foresight. Since how does he know they're actually going to pull the trigger or haven't finished adjusting their shot? It would just be a "lucky guess". If he wants to adjust his move to add in the possibility of failure, then sure.
It's fine to raise or twist a sword quickly to try and block a shot. And in some cases you'll succeed and some you won't. That's allowed if you've got the TEC and the right move. But twisting a sword is a lot quicker than throwing a rock. I can't think of any unskilled people who can do that without foresight though. I guess Viola's timekeeper move could maybe allow it. But Vash has 5 TEC so that's irrelevant here.
As for your balance comments, I agree with not making it based on stats like that. 4 ATK let's normal moves smash concrete so a rock won't do a lot against some ranged attacks. But it's implied Vash can't do it often, since he needs to actually have picked up a rock and thrown it. If three bullets come, he'll run out of rocks. I was going to sort out balance after I'd sussed out exactly what was happening.
It's fine to raise or twist a sword quickly to try and block a shot. And in some cases you'll succeed and some you won't. That's allowed if you've got the TEC and the right move. But twisting a sword is a lot quicker than throwing a rock. I can't think of any unskilled people who can do that without foresight though. I guess Viola's timekeeper move could maybe allow it. But Vash has 5 TEC so that's irrelevant here.
As for your balance comments, I agree with not making it based on stats like that. 4 ATK let's normal moves smash concrete so a rock won't do a lot against some ranged attacks. But it's implied Vash can't do it often, since he needs to actually have picked up a rock and thrown it. If three bullets come, he'll run out of rocks. I was going to sort out balance after I'd sussed out exactly what was happening.