Forcefield of Choice

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Cindrah
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Forcefield of Choice

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I have a few questions about this one
1) While the spell is readied, do I need to have my hand out constantly to use the ward effect, or can I raise my hand in response to an incoming effect?
2) Do packets count as something in my hands when I'm using the Unleashed version of the spell?
3) How long does the Unleashed version last? Does each packet blocked or caught just use one of the normal readied uses? Or is it something else, due to it saying they're free?
4) If it is something else, is the Unleashed version still a readied spell?
5) I noticed there isn't a singular negative effect for Unleashing the spell. Are the empty hands plus the relative difficulty of blocking packets the negative effect, or is that not deliberate?
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Oh one more thing I forgot:
6) Can I block a double/triple/etc. effect with the Unleashed version? If so, how do I call the tagline, and what happens?
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Cindrah wrote: Tue Sep 14, 2021 9:09 pm I have a few questions about this one
1) While the spell is readied, do I need to have my hand out constantly to use the ward effect, or can I raise my hand in response to an incoming effect?
2) Do packets count as something in my hands when I'm using the Unleashed version of the spell?
3) How long does the Unleashed version last? Does each packet blocked or caught just use one of the normal readied uses? Or is it something else, due to it saying they're free?
4) If it is something else, is the Unleashed version still a readied spell?
5) I noticed there isn't a singular negative effect for Unleashing the spell. Are the empty hands plus the relative difficulty of blocking packets the negative effect, or is that not deliberate?
1. You only need to hold out your hand when the effect hits you, not all the time. Note however that if you don't have your hand out an get surprised by an attack, you can't Ward it in that case.
2. Packets are out of play items and don't count as held objects.
3. It lasts until you no longer have empty hands -- it's actually a bit of an oddity since that is really the only penalty. Blocked/caught packets don't use up any resource; they're "free" Wards.
4. Whether the spell is Unleashed or not, having it active counts as a Readied spell.
5. See above, but yes, pretty much. Since you have to catch or block the packets for it to do anything, there isn't really any other disadvantage other than keeping your hands empty and the spell Ready.
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Cindrah wrote: Wed Sep 15, 2021 12:30 am Oh one more thing I forgot:
6) Can I block a double/triple/etc. effect with the Unleashed version? If so, how do I call the tagline, and what happens?
You can, so long as the attack is one that the spell can defend against (ie, contains Invoke in the tagline).

You would say, "Ward, Ward, Ward!" You would presumably be just fine afterwards.
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I would still only have one free invoke to throw from blocking a triple invoke, right? I assume that free invoke is discarded if I don't use it before blocking another effect, so only the most recent of the three would apply?
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Cindrah wrote: Fri Sep 17, 2021 7:52 pm I would still only have one free invoke to throw from blocking a triple invoke, right? I assume that free invoke is discarded if I don't use it before blocking another effect, so only the most recent of the three would apply?
Correct, because the free attack you get must be used immediately, and you can't "immediately" use three of them.
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Hey, while we're on corner cases! Forcefield of Choice gives a 'free' ward against a packet you actually catch -- does that mean if I catch a Triple Invoke packet, I freely ward all three, since I caught the packet for 'each' of the attacks?
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Dylan Coffey wrote: Sat Sep 18, 2021 8:37 pm Hey, while we're on corner cases! Forcefield of Choice gives a 'free' ward against a packet you actually catch -- does that mean if I catch a Triple Invoke packet, I freely ward all three, since I caught the packet for 'each' of the attacks?
Yes, the Unleashed version protects you from all three attacks in that case.
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