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Rerednaw
Jun 6th, '03, 12:50 PM
Evildude fires his mystics bolts of bleah at Superfastguy.

Superfastguy vanishes before the blasts hit him then reappears in the same spot (+DCV, special effect, teleport).

Superfastguy runs towards Evildude. Halfway there, he jumps in the air and vanishes, only to reappear 3 stories above Evildude as his sword slash goes home.

As a single phase, how would you create this attack?

You could use teleport, but going invisible halfway through and then reappearing? (fringe?)

I don't have the book in front of me so I don't recall if Teleport 'velocity' could be used as a move through anyway...perhaps I could add dice based upon falling distance. (Or just call it HA, special effect overhead strike).

Just looking for ideas.

Cheers.

Pattern Ghost
Jun 6th, '03, 01:08 PM
The direction change sounds like an indirect advantage. It's unexpected, and it could get him around some types of barriers/cover. You'd probably build it as an appropriate attack form (HKA for a sword probably) with indirect, focus for the sword (and a no-focus HA for barehanded use), and with a custom limitation that it must follow a half move (about -1/2, I think). Since we're talking anime attacks, a martial arts multipower for special attacks is appropriate to the genre.