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Title: deflections questions..
Post by: lorenen on August 16, 2007, 12:44:55 PM

 :D deflection spell talks about deflecting "missiles", but a "missile" its ONLY a projectile shor from a sling/bow/crossbow or i can use this spell also to deflect a thrown dagger/axe/sword ??

Title: Re: deflections questions..
Post by: Pecete on August 16, 2007, 01:09:08 PM

As I understand misile is anything that can be thrown to you using your strenth of any mecanical stuff

Title: Re: deflections questions..
Post by: lorenen on August 16, 2007, 01:21:05 PM

Quote from: Pecete on August 16, 2007, 01:09:08 PM

As I understand misile is anything that can be thrown to you using your strenth of any mecanical stuff

so missile is only what i throw using a missile weapon? so only bow/sling/crossbow.. hmm

Title: Re: deflections questions..
Post by: Cormac Doyle on August 16, 2007, 01:48:05 PM

Any mechanically propelled object (Box/Sling/XBow/Gun)
AND
Any thrown/biologically propelled object (Thrown weapons / blow-pipes / creatures that can launch quills or darts)

Title: Re: deflections questions..
Post by: Wolfwood on August 17, 2007, 12:06:43 AM

Anything that flies towards you and is no-longer held by an enemy hand.

Although I don't know about arrows if ridden by fairies...  :o

Title: Re: deflections questions..
Post by: mocking bird on August 17, 2007, 11:33:44 AM

Quote from: Wolfwood on August 17, 2007, 12:06:43 AM

Anything that flies towards you and is no-longer held by an enemy hand.

We discount large missiles like boulders & ballista bolts altough that could easily be added as a scaling option.

Quote from: Wolfwood

Although I don't know about arrows if ridden by fairies... 

Or Nodwicks...

Title: Re: deflections questions..
Post by: choc on August 28, 2007, 03:47:08 AM

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Mass Deflection (affect one missile per rank) +10 PP

So you can deflect more than one incoming projectile per round. Is there any possibility to shoot more than one missile on the other hand? Mayby a combat action like multishot?

Title: Re: deflections questions..
Post by: Willen on September 03, 2007, 05:31:02 AM

Perhaps with something like the Haste spells, or Speed x; nothing forbids you in using your 200%-300% activity in firing-reloading-firing.

OTOH, mass deflections are REAL handy when being fired upon by many archers, and you just need to reach that door on the other side of the courtside...

Title: Re: deflections questions..
Post by: mocking bird on September 03, 2007, 03:06:19 PM

Also the caster does not have to be the target so conceiveably one mage could protect the entire party.

Title: Re: deflections questions..
Post by: Willen on September 10, 2007, 06:52:12 AM

...and unlike THAT other systems, not even PCs can take a good solid arrow and smile through it :D

Sorry for re-animating this old corpse, we were just talking about this last session and felt compelled to say it  ;D