[Powers] Multiple Reflexive During Combat
 

How would Reflexive work for multiple abilities?

Currently I'm building a character with three separate reflexive abilities:

• A Binding Attack
• A malediction that afflicts someone with 10 DR
• An innate attack force wall with no wounding modifiers etc.

If I'm being attacked would all three abilities trigger if I'm hit?
Would I (as the player) get to choose which ability triggers? Or one at random?

If I attempted an active defense (like dodge) and fail, would the effects still trigger reflexively (assuming I made the roll)?

If I used the ability during my turn (such as, if I already applied 10 DR to myself) would it still trigger reflexively?

Would reflexive abilities trigger on each attack? Or just once per turn?

If I have Cosmic Parry, would reflexive abilities (or even normal Cosmic Power Parries) work against a critical hit?

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I think you misunderstand Reflexive.
Its a modifier (GURPS Powers, p109) for defenses not attacks.
Basically it lets you activate a defense as a Free Action instead of taking a Ready or Concentrate maneuver. Its later applied to sensory powers as well so a Detect (for example) can turn itself on to alert you of something.
If it were applied to an attack it would still require an attack to use, just be available faster.

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My interpretation:

You'd have to define the reflexive trigger as "being attacked" for the bind.

You would make the reflexive check for each one, in an order determined by you, but this order would be permanent.

No, they are reflexive, they all try to trigger.

I would still say yes.

No, it's already been used once this turn. Unless it has Rapid Fire it would only be used once.

Like I said above, only with Rapid Fire.

No, you'd have to have Cosmic on the power as well to allow that. You'd need both.

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Is there a place where defense is defined? I'm probably wrong but I thought that my abilities would be counted as defenses? There really isn't much attacking you can do with the 10DR Malediction or a force wall that deals no damage so I kinda just assumed they counted. Feel free to correct me on this.

Ok, let's suppose that is true, if I had reflexive

• Insubstantiality
• Warp
• Damage Reduction (Switchable)

instead of the things I listed above, how would reflexive work then?

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Using it like the Power Parry rules to reduce dice of damage, so I feel that would work.

That makes sense

Ahh ok. I do have Cosmic on the power so that would work

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You would become insubstantial, teleport away, and your DR would turn itself on the first time you got hit. You'd still have to roll to see where your Warp goes, or if it succeeds at all.

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Yeah that makes sense.


Thanks all!

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In general, I'd allow this. However, I'd have to play around with it to determine if it's too cheap for what it does. But, I don't have a conceptual problem with it.

Yeah, this, pretty much.

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Sorry... last questions I promise. You all have been a great help!


To be clear, if I set it at Wall > Binding > DR increase.
If the Wall blocks it, the binding and DR increase still triggers?

In addition with Power Parry rules (P.168) it states
If the wall stops the sword, would the binding still affect them the way normal binding (ST contest etc...) would? Or just reduce the non-existent attack now?

If the enemy attacks me in C,1 there is no way for the wall to interpose and still offer me protection (It is 1 yard thick). Does that mean that the wall would interject only 2 hexes away or more? Or would the wall still try and trigger at close combat and fail?

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Ack! It changed while I was responding, have to start over.

Yes, however, the DR increase only stacks once unless it has Cumulative.

I'd just say that the bind splatters across the wall with no effect.

Okay, for this, I would allow the wall to form between both of you, and you'd both take knockback from the strength of the wall. No damage from the wall forming, but you'd be potentially knocked away from each other. Involuntary movement. This could still be really, really bad.