HoT Cap A's SP reads:


[DEFLECTION TRAJECTORY: Captain America's line of fire is blocked only by walls and indoor blocking terrain.]


So, do prob controllers & perplexers on his team get line of fire to him as well?

Sorta like the CoOrdination feat but ignoring terrain also?

Cap's LOF is not blocked. This power says nothing about other characters' LOF.

EDIT: Additional Info

Prerequisites: Any team symbol

Choose a character.

Lines of fire to and from the character are not blocked by character with the same team symbol.

That bolded part is why other characters can draw LOF to a character using Coordination.

Thanks, it would have been nice though.

I just want to point out that Cap does not ignore terrain in any way. His LoF is not blocked, but that does not mean he ignores the terrain.

Norm just mentioned something about editorializing the effects of powers in another thread. I think that this power is going to become one of the more frequently editorialized, but it is wrong to think of it that way. For one example, if he ignored terrain, there would be no +1 from hindering, but there is.

I agree with Harpua, but while Cap's LOF is basically just that a line to the target. I was thinking the power acted more like a pinball mechanism bouncing off one wall (terrain) to the next till it hits the target.

While Cap's LOF may run over some hindering terrain, will the deflection pinball like maneuvers of the shield run over the hindering. I know game mechanically this won't work, but in comic book fashion it seems thats how Cap's shield would work in this manner.

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I have yet to run Cap and when I saw him being run against me, I One-Hit KO'd him with Drax, Perplex, and a Heavy...before either:

1) He opens a can of whoop-arse on me

or

2) Rules questions came up mid-game

So, for argument's sake, had he taken a bead on Adam Warlock, who was sitting in hindering but behind my allies, Cap could've fired through my dudes and hit up Adam, albeit at +1 to Defense?

Thanks in advance!

Right.

Captain America ignores nothing when drawing LOF, so the hindering terrain DV bonus still applies.

Correct, but that doesnt make the shot any easier. Its still +1 to avoid the hindering terrain even if the perceived path of the shield is not going over it the LoF is.

Oh...so there's no hindering bonus for figures?!?!?



(I'm joking.)

I am soooooooooooo glad you added this part.


Otherwise, who knows how many new threads you might have just started

Or how many aneurysms you would have caused.