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10-03-2013, 09:42 PM | #12 | |
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Technical Grappling does everything by Basic Lift for a reason. :-)
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10-03-2013, 09:47 PM | #13 | |
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10-03-2013, 09:54 PM | #14 | |
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10-03-2013, 10:10 PM | #15 |
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Yeah, that's like a ST 10 guy picking up a 40-lb weight. He might struggle with it (and it'll take two seconds to do it), but lifting it is a foregone conclusion.
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10-03-2013, 10:28 PM | #16 |
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Re: grappling a flier
As I understand things, the two-second rule is to do with one-handed lifting. He's just flying. Using his whole body to lift.
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10-03-2013, 10:42 PM | #17 | |
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You're applying acceleration to try and lift off, and he uses his greater strength and mass to redirect you into the ground. You might do yourself some damage trying though. Sure... Superman could fly while the Hulk is holding on to him. But Sups is quite a bit stronger than the hulk. Of course, these are all LOGIC arguments about super heroes. What would be truly useful would be a rule in the books someplace that would apply. The rules (pg 371) state that you can't move while grappled unless you're stronger than the grappler. Is there anything that states that flight trumps that? |
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10-03-2013, 10:44 PM | #18 |
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Re: grappling a flier
Characters with basic Flight can fly forwards, backwards, up, down, sideways. There is no difference. There is no 'set direction' for flying. A non-flying character, no matter how strong he is, cannot 'redirect you' into the ground if you don't want to go into the ground, and if you are able to lift his weight with ease.
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10-03-2013, 10:45 PM | #19 |
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Re: grappling a flier
To be more specific... a normal human sized flying brick type with a strength of 60 fighting a standing brick type with a strength over 200 and +2 Size Categories. The 200 strength giant sized super grapples. Can the 60 strength super just fly up and over and crash them both into the ground?
(the assumption that, being bigger, that bigger super would take a lot more damage when they both hit... which is actually fair, as impact damage from crashing is based on HP, of which the bigger super has quite a few more of) |
10-03-2013, 10:52 PM | #20 |
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Re: grappling a flier
Well, that part applies the Collision rules. Which are quite clear.
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