Aborting

[GrooveD70]

I had a scenario come up in a Champs game that I was curious about. A flying hero gets hit with an EB and suffers knockback. Will call him FH. FH doesnt have Breakfall so it is ruled that he has to right himself in the air on his next action for a 1/2 phase. Daredevil Clone (will call him DC) throws a billy club at FH hoping to gain an advantage of his "unrighted" state. FH says that he wants to right himself and abort to dodge. Can FH abort and do both these things before DC can hit him?

[Steve Long]

Re: Aborting

 

The rules specify that a character can perform more than one defensive action while Aborting, if those actions aren’t mutually exclusive (5E 236, top right). The question then becomes whether the GM considers “righting one’s self after taking Knockback” constitutes a “defensive action” within the meaning of the Aborting rules, and that’s a determination I’ll leave to him.