All in the Reflexes

All in the Reflexes

◊Descriptors – luck

◊Effect – Deflect 4 • 1 point

Throwback (close, limited Deflect with reflect and check required)

◊Modifiers – check required: -1 flat point, limited: -1/rank, reduced range: -1 rank, reflect +1/rank

◊Action – standard

◊Requirements – Deception check

◊Range – close

◊Duration – instant

◊Results – Jack can catch a projectile and hurl it back at its source

Description

“You ready, Jack?”

“I was born ready.”

       —Wang Chi and Jack Burton

There are times when Jack’s fast-talk is so convincing he believes his own bullshit. He can attempt a Deception check as a standard action. If this check succeeds, he can use one rank of All in the Reflexes per point by which his check exceeds 10.

Jack’s effective All in the Reflexes rank in replaces his active defense against projectiles. As with the Defend action, he makes a power check and adds +10 to a dire result of 10 or less (for a minimum roll of 11).

Like the defend action, All in the Reflexes does not protect Jack against area effects or perception ranged attacks, nor versus attacks targeting defenses other than Dodge or Parry.

If Jack successfully deflects a projectile, he can catch it and hurl it back at the attacker as a free action (making a normal attack check using his own attack modifier to hit with the reflected attack). The intercepted projectile has its normal effect if it hits when Jack throws it back.

Note: Deflect modifiers are limited by power level.

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