Western HERO and Equipment as Powers

[Christopher R Taylor]

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Anecdotally, I can offer this.  I was working one of the new TKD guys through the basics of sparring.  He had some high school wrestling so he was strong, fast and reasonably used to get hurt.

However, one of the things I had noticed over time is that during TKD sparring you're going to eventually cross shin bones like swords and it is going to HURT.

 

 

That's why I like to remind people that, despite it being roughly in the crotchal region in terms of where it lies on the chart, "vitals" refers to any particularly vulnerable and weak hit location.

[IndianaJoe3]

On 11/5/2019 at 12:00 PM, GM Joe said:

SPD 4 means acting once every three seconds. That seems reasonable at first thought.  Hmm. Could a trained, experienced soldier in a target-rich combat environment aim and fire a weapon that quickly without sacrificing accuracy?

 

Probably. Watch some of the 2-Gun Action Challenge videos at In Range TV. It's not actual combat, but they do try to impose physical or mental stress.

[ScottishFox]

On 11/9/2019 at 5:05 PM, IndianaJoe3 said:

 

Probably. Watch some of the 2-Gun Action Challenge videos at In Range TV. It's not actual combat, but they do try to impose physical or mental stress.

 

One episode of Deadliest Warrior pitted Cowboy's vs. Mafia.

 

The cowboy rifleman could clear a room of hostiles faster than the guy with the grenade.  He hit all 4 targets and had time to hit one of them a second time with lethal rifle hits in a 5 second window.

 

5 killing shots in 5 seconds.

[Christopher R Taylor]

There are many anecdotes and stories from the past of men with guns or melee weapons dealing with multiple targets in rapid fashion, although  most of the time those probably fall under one or more "multiple attack action" phases.  But watch any martial arts movie and you can see people acting with incredible speed.  Yes, its all choreographed, but its still humanly possible.  CHoreographed moves or "planning out several moves in advance" is little more than held phases in Hero terms.  You still have to make the moves, and that means you're taking multiple phases of actions.