Legacy and War (Official Business)

[Roger Smith]

If there is a mechanical action that is taken, we can easily write around that in the RP. We don't need to take everything at face value.

Example:
I block Tom's super, Orion retaliates and ends up hitting Tom. A super move hit the target, and the mechanical requirements were met.

In the situation where Tom doubters a super with a super, I use my defense on his, negating his defense, meaning that, in a mechanical sense, the clash never hastened. Now, Ganny described a clash, sure, but that doesn't have to be THE clash, and neither does his posting negate my ability to use a super defense, which I am using specifically to cancel it Tom's which, again, means that in a mechanical sense the clash shouldn't happen.

Is it messy to have to write around mechanics sometimes? Yeah, but its also the system. Having Orion be blocked and then hit Tom with another blast accomplished in the narrative what hastened outside if the narrative. It works, and it's an effective use of the rules

Sometimes writing around the system doesn't work when it raises direct contradictions with things that happened.

Blocking Tom's Super and having Orion retaliate is fine and good. One problem: Orion attacked first. Tom retaliated. Idea invalidated already.

In the instance where Tom counters, as has happened here, the chances of their being sufficient time to an outside observer countering a counter attack aren't that great. And yes, the clash Ganondorf described....was the clash of super moves. And since the clash was already resolved, yes, it does kind of negate your ability to use a Super Defense.

So if I had posted it sooner, it would have worked differently? Should my availability in the balls ass middle of the night effect my ability to use my moves?

The answer to the first part? Yes. Yes it would have.

The answer to the second part? No, not necessarily. The effect on being able to use your moves in this case comes from order of events.

If so, I think it's a pretty easy strat to just wait till somebody can't instantly reply, then use a super move, and have another person then call and post the resolution if the super move and never give them a chance to defend. Because that's exactly what you're proposing doing.

How can you know when someone can or cannot instantly reply? You can't. So whether something like that happens or not is entirely irrelevant. People will call and post when they can. Whether it's deliberately planned out or not to do that is moot, but if it was then it would likely be obvious from the overpowering smell of fishiness.

And I don't think any judge would let something so obviously fishy fly. I know I certainly wouldn't.