11-07-2019, 09:05 PM | #31 |
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Re: Changes to Combat Reflexes [Basic]
Relative to spending the same points on something else that is useful in the same sorts of situation. Commonly that's weapon skill.
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11-07-2019, 09:11 PM | #32 |
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11-07-2019, 10:00 PM | #33 |
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Re: Changes to Combat Reflexes [Basic]
Strangely enough, completely mundane (if extremely high valued and not terribly realistic) characters can have Dodge 16. It just costs around 355 CP (DX 20, HT 20, Basic Speed 12.00, and Combat Reflexes). At that point, it is worth getting Dodge 16 just to get the ancillary benefits from DX 20, HT 20, Basic Speed 12.00, and Combat Reflexes.
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11-08-2019, 05:49 AM | #34 | |||
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Re: Changes to Combat Reflexes [Basic]
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There's been a lot of work on OODA loops and trained response to certain stimulai I wouldn't go quite so far as to say CR is no ability possessed by humans, but a slightly more realistic version of it might be having it aspected to the situation you trained and have experience in. Put it this way it's reasonable to have a well trained and/or experienced fighter pilot to have the GURPS equivalent of CR when piloting their plane in combat, and the same is true for a trained/experienced Infantryman fighting on the ground. But you plonk a fighter pilot in the middle of Fallujah on a hot Saturday night, or an infantry man (who happens to be able to fly) in a F14 patrol hit by an dog fight they likely won't get the same benefits. The thing is both of those people are still likely to be better than Joe Random off the street would be in either situation even in the situation they didn't have specific experience/training in! So if you really wanted to go detailed maybe have CR operate at full value in your aspected context and half value in all others. It's also not just combat, anyone who trains/experiences dangerous/stressful/quickly developing situations could potentially qualify in that context. An experienced mountain climber will observe–orient–decide–act in a changing mountain situation better than most. But they may not get the full benefit of that if someone's trying to ambush them coming home from the pub! On top fo this when trying to fit this all this into scale of real world observations it not just having CR and not having CR, but also combat paralysis i.e we don't all fit somewhere on: "having CR - not having CR", but: "having CR - not having CR or CP - having CP" And on top of that in GURPS terms there are other stats and advantages that can effect how likely you are to react quickly to a surprise or be able dodge etc which means it's hard to categorically test if someone has to have had CR to have reacted in a certain way in a certain situation. But this is a level of detail possibly to far for a generic advantage that in general is designed to mark out people who likely get into more combat than most people do in real life and do better at "not dying in combat" than the average person on the street.
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11-08-2019, 07:11 AM | #35 |
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Re: Changes to Combat Reflexes [Basic]
I am thinking that Combat Reflexes should be on a continuum (this assumes a default Combat Reflexes for PCs and heroic NPCs). Combat Paralysis [-30] > Bystander [-15] > Combat Reflexes [0] > Battle Discipline [15] > Enhanced Time Sense (ETS) [30]. Thus, we have a nice five step continuum.
Battle Discipline is a cinematic advantage that functions as an improved version of Combat Reflexes that allows character the combat functionality of ETS (going first and having access to special manuevers, skills, and techniques) without the other benefits of ETS (accelerated perception and infinite decision time). When they conflict, Battle Discipline is inferior to ETS, meaning that someone with ETS always goes before someone with Battle Discipline (two people with Battle Discipline go in normal turn order). In most settings, Battle Discipline would require one of the four cinematic combat advantages (Gunslinger, Heroic Archer, Trainer by a Master, or Weapon Master) and could be acquired after character creation. |
11-08-2019, 07:34 AM | #36 |
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Re: Changes to Combat Reflexes [Basic]
Combat Reflexes is the advantage that's in play when the hero, Brock Hardbody, is sleeping in camp, and a minion of the bad guy tries to sneak up on him and steps on a twig. Brock snaps up, gun in hand, and blasts the minion to his doom before the minion can even say "oops."
It's the advantage being used when an enemy soldier shoots a crossbow at the head of Brock's partner, Hunk Powerthighs. It whooshes toward him, and Hunk coolly tilts his head to one side to avoid being skewered through the eye. When Brock and Hunk are leading their team of soldiers through a narrow pass, their Combat Reflexes are what let them realize that an ambush is imminent, turn, and yell "Down! Down! Down!" before the attack starts. It doesn't reflect anything particularly realistic. It's not impossible, but if someone is watching that movie and isn't into it, they'll probably think, "Oh come on." The various components of the advantage are thematically related in this way. Breaking it up misses the point. If you're trying to recreate the components separately, of course it'll cost more: you're trying to use more realistic tools to recreate a very cinematic advantage. |
11-08-2019, 07:46 AM | #37 |
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Re: Changes to Combat Reflexes [Basic]
The problem is that I do not think that it is cinematic. I have known plenty of people in law enforcement and the military that possessed such an ability without PTSD. They do not hesitate, regardless of the situation, and they are nearly fearless because they lack hesitation.
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11-08-2019, 09:38 AM | #38 |
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Re: Changes to Combat Reflexes [Basic]
I think that that one in particular is more Danger Sense.
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11-08-2019, 09:45 AM | #39 | |
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And secondarily, you lose me at including ETS in the spectrum. Combat Reflexes is a (perhaps cinematic) ability that might be seen in an epic hero or the like. ETS is a superhuman power. A god might have it, or a cybernetic entity, or a spirit, or (perhaps) an enlightened martial arts master with years of meditative practice and a collection of siddhis to show for it. A highly trained human being would not.
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