06-03-2014, 10:06 AM | #1 |
Join Date: Jun 2014
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Stopping bullets in midair?
Is Tk the right skill for this? How many levels would i need?
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06-03-2014, 10:14 AM | #2 |
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Berkeley, CA
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Re: Stopping bullets in midair?
For specific purposes, a crushing wall or a force field is your best bet. For general use, you need enhanced time sense, and then you can make a power parry (see GURPS Powers) against bullets.
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06-03-2014, 10:14 AM | #3 |
Join Date: May 2013
Location: Ellicott City, MD
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Re: Stopping bullets in midair?
TK is the appropriate power, yes. As for levels, you should have enough ST for a Power Parry to be believable.
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06-03-2014, 11:13 AM | #4 | |
Join Date: Aug 2007
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Re: Stopping bullets in midair?
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If you want to do it Matrix-style where the character holds out his hand and a lot of bullets come to a stop that's DR with Area Effect. The bullets just stopping in mid-air rather than ricocheting off or whatever is a special effect. It could also be Innate Attack (Crushing) with the Wall Enhancement
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06-03-2014, 11:21 AM | #5 | |
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Lawrence, KS
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Re: Stopping bullets in midair?
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06-03-2014, 11:56 AM | #6 |
GURPS FAQ Keeper
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Kyïv, Ukraine
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Re: Stopping bullets in midair?
You don't need to perform a Power Parry - you can just use Parry Missile Weapons if you have Enhanced Time Sense and are Concentrating (thus keeping your TK already active at the moment the bullet is being fired).
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06-03-2014, 11:59 AM | #7 |
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Berkeley, CA
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Re: Stopping bullets in midair?
Not if you want to stop bullets being fired at arbitrary targets, rather than just bullets being fired at you. If you only want to stop bullets being fired at you, DR with the force field enhancement is by far the easiest method.
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06-03-2014, 12:06 PM | #8 |
GURPS FAQ Keeper
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: Kyïv, Ukraine
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Re: Stopping bullets in midair?
Fine, add Sacrificial Parry. (And of course the proper level of the Technique for catching parried stuff.)
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06-03-2014, 01:03 PM | #9 |
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: GMT-5
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Re: Stopping bullets in midair?
GURPS Psionic Power (pg 9) has a great example of how this can be done with a TK Power Parry
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06-03-2014, 02:01 PM | #10 |
Join Date: Jun 2014
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Re: Stopping bullets in midair?
Terribly sorry but I still consider myself a newbie with the system. Is Power Parry just another name for powered defense such as in the example on page 9? Also the character in question has Enhanced Time Sense and Altered Time Rate. Would these give me a chance to dodge the bullets in the event that the Power Defense Fails?
Last edited by RainbowFactory; 06-03-2014 at 02:05 PM. |
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