The Ultimate Block Sacrifice Arms' Option Expansion
Posted: Thu Apr 03, 2014 10:07 pm
Back in RMBp42 the 'Special Missile Defense Tactic' the option was allowed to cover with both arms to take a missile instead of the body. TBH I was not entirely sure how that worked... do you definitely need 2 since it was mentioned plurally, or would 1 be enough to block a missile? If 2, would both take full damage of the missile, or would it be split among them? I figure if you were allowed to block with just 1 that it would make sense to split the damage if using 2, otherwise there would be no reason to use 2.
HU2p82 also has the SMDT, and it too, like RMB, only mentioned robots being able to do this.
RUEp364 has taken to calling the SMDT the "Block Sacrifice" and besides the standard mention of robots, also mentions bionic arms. Specifically "cyborg with bionic arms". That might have a special meaning... like perhaps you need to be at least partial-conversion to do this? I'm left unclear whether or not say, a Headhunter with a single bionic arm, could do this missile defense tactic.
The inclusion of cyborgs isn't that off. I always thought part of the reason why robots could do it was that they were all souped-up with enhanced-human reflexes and speed. Cyborgs also have that.
Outside of logic, I think one reason of convenience it is only these two mentions is because they more often have body part hit locations. Living beings, and most suits of armor, do not.
I do wonder though... if there was someone with cyborg-like reflexes (say, a Juicer, or a hero with Ext/Sonic speed) and they knew the MDC of their arm (there are MDC gauntlets, or that PU1 power which APS's a single limb) or were holding an arm-sized (or bigger-than-arm-sized) object to take the explosion (like say, a tower shield) would you let them do the SMDT/BlockSacrifice technique to stop a missile too?
In whatever case of who is allowed to do it, would you figure that people have to make a parry roll to do this? Or is it just automatic?
I also got wondering, if bionic arms could do this, could the TK-arms used by the CS do this also? Would be a great anti-missile defense use by PsiBat. Or what about heroes with additional limbs? Like say, if a hero with Ext.Speed and Multiple Limbs and Alter Limbs formed his 3rd hand into a shield to 'block sacrifice' a missile.
Also do you think this mention in RUE would also mean that Cyborgs in HU could also block sacrifice, or should this just be exclusively Cyborgs from Rifts Earth due to the higher tech levels? What about Cyborgs in N&SS?
HU2p82 also has the SMDT, and it too, like RMB, only mentioned robots being able to do this.
RUEp364 has taken to calling the SMDT the "Block Sacrifice" and besides the standard mention of robots, also mentions bionic arms. Specifically "cyborg with bionic arms". That might have a special meaning... like perhaps you need to be at least partial-conversion to do this? I'm left unclear whether or not say, a Headhunter with a single bionic arm, could do this missile defense tactic.
The inclusion of cyborgs isn't that off. I always thought part of the reason why robots could do it was that they were all souped-up with enhanced-human reflexes and speed. Cyborgs also have that.
Outside of logic, I think one reason of convenience it is only these two mentions is because they more often have body part hit locations. Living beings, and most suits of armor, do not.
I do wonder though... if there was someone with cyborg-like reflexes (say, a Juicer, or a hero with Ext/Sonic speed) and they knew the MDC of their arm (there are MDC gauntlets, or that PU1 power which APS's a single limb) or were holding an arm-sized (or bigger-than-arm-sized) object to take the explosion (like say, a tower shield) would you let them do the SMDT/BlockSacrifice technique to stop a missile too?
In whatever case of who is allowed to do it, would you figure that people have to make a parry roll to do this? Or is it just automatic?
I also got wondering, if bionic arms could do this, could the TK-arms used by the CS do this also? Would be a great anti-missile defense use by PsiBat. Or what about heroes with additional limbs? Like say, if a hero with Ext.Speed and Multiple Limbs and Alter Limbs formed his 3rd hand into a shield to 'block sacrifice' a missile.
Also do you think this mention in RUE would also mean that Cyborgs in HU could also block sacrifice, or should this just be exclusively Cyborgs from Rifts Earth due to the higher tech levels? What about Cyborgs in N&SS?