NytefallWhen I say muscles bunching, I essentially mean the half-crouch stance involved.
I used my near invisibility to dodge your attack (by saying your character missed, essentially.) I only have 30 seconds of invisibility available in a fight, so five seconds of that is a fair price to pay considering I also took some minor damage from an attack your character just threw out of no-where mid-dodge.
And yes, my character is a spider, he has spider legs, he sticks to the ground. My character is also considerably strong, so the pulling force he's enacting is more than enough to counter-act your jump, especially if the second web attaches.
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It was apparent to the Archivist as soon as he left the smoke cloud left by the collision of web and rocket that his foe had quickly spotted him. It was irritating, though it suggested a lack of trust in his own weapons if he had so expected the spider to survive. He also had failed, or at least logically had failed, to spot exactly what it was the Archivist had sent to strike against him.
His demonic foe had obviously overestimated his own perception, as he fired at what he could see, the dirt kicking up from the ground. The rocket skimmed past him and exploded on the ground some distance behind him, sending grazing sand to scour the Archivist’s back, but doing little to halt his approach.
The Archivist was incredibly intelligent, but it was hardly rocket science for him to note the bunching of his foe’s muscles that suggested some form of leap upwards was coming. He decided it was only polite to cut the little monster off there, because in his lower right hand the sticky web substance still remained, and he launched it like a whip still attached to him, upwards and straight across, to collide with his foe in mid-air. It had taken milliseconds for the Archivist to calculate his momentum and trajectory, so his web-like whip would wrap around his foe’s upper-left leg as he had barely left the ground. Certainly before his rocket attack would be plausible, lest he be blown to pieces by his own explosive, as the Archivist continued to barrel forward while his whip was extended, abandoning his camouflage as he did so. When the whip of web made purchase, which he was certain it would as significant movement in mid-air was beyond any creature without wings, he would simply launch web from his other lower hand, ensnaring the other side of his foe’s body while continuing to move towards his position, and tugging towards him. Once completely unbalanced, it would be easy to bring his claws into the small child-like creature’s body, while negating the usefulness of the rocket launcher.
His demonic foe had obviously overestimated his own perception, as he fired at what he could see, the dirt kicking up from the ground. The rocket skimmed past him and exploded on the ground some distance behind him, sending grazing sand to scour the Archivist’s back, but doing little to halt his approach.
The Archivist was incredibly intelligent, but it was hardly rocket science for him to note the bunching of his foe’s muscles that suggested some form of leap upwards was coming. He decided it was only polite to cut the little monster off there, because in his lower right hand the sticky web substance still remained, and he launched it like a whip still attached to him, upwards and straight across, to collide with his foe in mid-air. It had taken milliseconds for the Archivist to calculate his momentum and trajectory, so his web-like whip would wrap around his foe’s upper-left leg as he had barely left the ground. Certainly before his rocket attack would be plausible, lest he be blown to pieces by his own explosive, as the Archivist continued to barrel forward while his whip was extended, abandoning his camouflage as he did so. When the whip of web made purchase, which he was certain it would as significant movement in mid-air was beyond any creature without wings, he would simply launch web from his other lower hand, ensnaring the other side of his foe’s body while continuing to move towards his position, and tugging towards him. Once completely unbalanced, it would be easy to bring his claws into the small child-like creature’s body, while negating the usefulness of the rocket launcher.
Besides which, you're still failing to note that even with your character running backwards (which incidentally wouldn't make much difference as your rocket flies so fast, and would take fractions of a second to cover fifteen feet (the halfway point your insisting it reached) he's still incredibly close to an -explosion-. I'm assuming you didn't note in your sheet a resistance to loud noises, so with even normal human hearing you should be only able to hear the dull ringing of explosion.
My attack was charged, which indeed increases the consistency of my web, however it made more sense in the situation for your own attack to get knocked back. If you prefer, you can re-write all your post to have my web still fly towards you, which would be even harder to avoid, because your attack was insufficient to completely stop my own.
Understand?
Understand?
For anyone else who enters the courtroom (where SIleon just waltzed in.) my character is on one of the high tables (or wherever people are) drinking. I'll post tomorrow most likely about what he's doing, but for IC purposes you can notice him there, or even strike up a conversation if you like.
Also, take note that my web attack was in fact charged, so in that situation your rocket would have been insufficient to stop it, hence why the explosion is so close to your character. My charge was transferred to your own attack, because it made the most logical sense in this situation.
Tier 5 doesn't give you a blanket resistance to all damage, if anything, tier 5 usually includes heightened hearing and therefore more adverse effects from loud noises.
But that's besides the point, it would be difficult if not impossible to hear my characters approach at up to -five- seconds after an explosion goes off relatively close by. It would also be very difficult to see him, due to debris and his cloaking.
None of these things are impossible, but I'd expect to see a serious delay in your reaction time, rather than an acknowledgement, thought process, most tactical combat decision. Its customary to defend against an attack like mine with a reflex move, which is perfectly understandable provided your character has superhuman reflexes, if not, then he's essentially avoiding a spider running at about the speed of a car on the motorway after an explosion blew up in his face, difficult by any means.
But that's besides the point, it would be difficult if not impossible to hear my characters approach at up to -five- seconds after an explosion goes off relatively close by. It would also be very difficult to see him, due to debris and his cloaking.
None of these things are impossible, but I'd expect to see a serious delay in your reaction time, rather than an acknowledgement, thought process, most tactical combat decision. Its customary to defend against an attack like mine with a reflex move, which is perfectly understandable provided your character has superhuman reflexes, if not, then he's essentially avoiding a spider running at about the speed of a car on the motorway after an explosion blew up in his face, difficult by any means.
Hearing someone coming after an explosion is questionable as well, unless your character has the ability to not be effected by loud noises? I wouldn't know, I don't read sheets very often.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=007PIm7JtP0
Green, that's a rocket launcher hit, count how long the debris cloaks the field for.
That's the nature of my complaint.
Green, that's a rocket launcher hit, count how long the debris cloaks the field for.
That's the nature of my complaint.
I wouldn't worry too much, its not like we're on a timescale after all.
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