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Old 11-20-2015, 01:05 PM   #17
Varyon
 
Join Date: Jun 2013
Default Re: Reordering Parries

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Originally Posted by roguebfl View Post
Except it doesnt work

You Speed 5.0 but on the 3rd second you slow down to 4.5 meaning. but while that happen someone ad speed 4.75 attacks you. Normal rules the spell last to the start of your next turn and you would be protected. however the 4.75 turn saddles both the last second and after that last second. Which side of duration does the attack actual land? the system say it'ds impossible to say in that situation.
4.75 occurs after 5.00. This means that, at 4.75, the spell doesn't protect you. Note this would also be the case if you hadn't delayed - the spell would have ended on your turn (at 5.00), and then the enemy would have gone at 4.75 and your spell would no longer protect you.

To preempt a further argument, in the case of a tie it's best to think of the person who "wins" as moving at something like 5.01, the one who "loses" as moving at something like 4.99. In that case, if you act on Speed 5.00 but before someone else who acts on Speed 5.00, you count yourself - and your spell - as acting on Speed 5.01, the other person as acting on Speed 4.99. When you delay down to Speed 3.00, the spell still ends on Speed 5.01, and fails to protect you against the person acting on Speed 4.99.
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