Missile deflection followup

[FOUNDATION]

Can you define what a "missile" is? This has important ramifications when it comes to missile deflection/reflection (see below).

 

Please comment on the following...

 

Part 1...

If person "a" throws a rock at person "b", the rock is presumably considered to be a "missile" and can be deflected via missile deflection.

 

If person "a" punches person "b", person "a"'s fist is presumably considered to not be a "missile" and therefore cannot be deflected via missile deflection.

 

Now for some less obvious examples.

 

If person "a" flys/glides/falls into person "b", that is presumably considered a "move through" and therefore cannot be missile deflected. Is this true?

 

If an identical statue of person "a" (same shape, look, mass, etc) flys/flides/falls into person "b", then that is presumably considered a missile attack and can therefore be missile deflected (lets say that a duplicate of the mechanism that enables person "a" to fly/glide is also strapped to the statue).

 

In each of the above cases, lets say that person "b" is unaware of the attack and his missile deflection is uncontrolled and defined in such a way that it will work despite person "b" being unaware of the impending attack.

 

From a physics standpoint, the effect of the above two attacks should be absolutely identical - and yet, one can be missile deflected and one cannot.

 

Part 2...

For purposes of missile deflection...

Is a ballistic targeted non-explosive rocket considered a missile?

 

Is a remote targeted non-explosive rocket considered a missile?

 

In previous posts, it has been indicated that an unconscious individual is considered a missile if he is thrown at another individual.

 

What if he is dropped from above?

 

What if he is conscious?

 

What if he is conscious and dropped from above?

 

What if he is conscious and jumps from some position that is above the target?

 

What if he is conscious and flys/glides into the target?

 

What if he is *not* conscious and flys/glides into the target (i.e. flight/gliding usable on others is being used)?

 

What if person "a" uses TK to grab person "b" and then use person "b" to hit person "c". Is person "b" considered a deflectable missile in this case?

 

If a conscious person who is thrown or dropped is considered to be a missile, what's the difference between that and a move through (while the person doing the move through is flying/gliding/falling)?

[Steve Long]

I think you're thinking about this too hard. Common sense should tell you whether something is a "missile" about 99% of the time, I think, and the rest of the time the GM can simply make a judgment call.