05-09-2018, 03:32 PM
CQC doesn't need foresight. But, the only reason you can use it to block a bullet (without foresight), is by seeing someone aiming and lifting your arm a bit early. If you're just chilling about, you can't suddenly lift an arm quick enough to block a bullet that's already in mid-flight (unless you had a really high SPD).
No. For the sake of fairness, anyone can make a rock match a bullet in speed. That does not mean that a normal rock thrown at a normal speed will match a bullet in properties. In the OV, two things with identical properties act the same. Rocks are typically slower and larger than bullets, so do act differently. If I make a gun the same as yours, but its bullets/lasers move at arrow speed (or slower) for some reason, mine would be stronger due to omnibalance (but also easier to dodge or deflect).
That does not mean a rock thrown at normal throwing speed would be fast enough, just that, if Vash wants, he could specify in his move that he throws it at bullet speed (or at whatever speed he needs to to block the projectile attack).
A TEC of 4 is viable to deflect something. But it does not mean someone can suddenly just reflect any attack they want without a move that would allow them to. Throwing a rock at its normal speed would not allow him to block a bullet. An arrow, maybe. But not a bullet unless it was fired from pretty far away.
So, while Vash has the TEC, he would not be able to just toss up a rock to block a normal bullet. The action is too slow. It fundamentally doesn't make sense for him to be able to.
Quote:For the sake of fairness a rock has the same potential as a bullet when written into a move properly regardless of whether or not it's being propelled by gunpowder or muscular force.
No. For the sake of fairness, anyone can make a rock match a bullet in speed. That does not mean that a normal rock thrown at a normal speed will match a bullet in properties. In the OV, two things with identical properties act the same. Rocks are typically slower and larger than bullets, so do act differently. If I make a gun the same as yours, but its bullets/lasers move at arrow speed (or slower) for some reason, mine would be stronger due to omnibalance (but also easier to dodge or deflect).
That does not mean a rock thrown at normal throwing speed would be fast enough, just that, if Vash wants, he could specify in his move that he throws it at bullet speed (or at whatever speed he needs to to block the projectile attack).
A TEC of 4 is viable to deflect something. But it does not mean someone can suddenly just reflect any attack they want without a move that would allow them to. Throwing a rock at its normal speed would not allow him to block a bullet. An arrow, maybe. But not a bullet unless it was fired from pretty far away.
So, while Vash has the TEC, he would not be able to just toss up a rock to block a normal bullet. The action is too slow. It fundamentally doesn't make sense for him to be able to.