Board Thread:Off Topic/@comment-24534644-20170213012304/@comment-25936766-20170329015053

RayStrikeAbius wrote:

-Name: Trace Warp

-Type: Aural / Psychic

-Short description: The user's Aura is able to generate extremely small, momentary wormholes that can seamlessly warp, or teleport, any small enough object either coming into contact with or exiting the Aura field to another location.

-Activation Cue: The Aura takes on a very faint visual distortion effect.

-The Semblance can only transport...........Lightweight objects that can fit within the palm of the hand are easy to do, while arrow-sized objects, though more difficult, are still manageable.

-Tier One: The user can transport any small objects that are about to make contact with the Aura field to a different location just before full contact is made.

-Tier Two: Objects that are transported using the Semblance maintain any momentum they had prior to the warp, and their motion trajectory can be altered depending on the angle of their exit point.

-Tier Three: The Semblance is also capable of transporting objects that are exiting the Aura field, meaning that the user can teleport projectiles from their own ranged weapons. First of all, let's see if I understood: Since you say "about to make contact", I assume you mean that if an object is coming towards the user or vice versa, he can warp it away, but if it's not coming towards the user or vice versa, then he can't do anything?

So in other words, the user cannot warp static objects? Why?

And on top of it, the main question for any teleporting: Telefragging. What about it?

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1-The activation cue...cool, you say the Aura distorts a bit...what about the objects warped? Or the wormholes made? Or do the bodies just pop in and out of existence like in the Sims?

2-Define "Arrow-sized". Arrow sizes can vary somewhat. Especially if you include arrows that border on Javelins in size, like in Monster Hunter and some in Dark Souls.

3-First you mention "lightweight" objects, then you mention "arrow-sized" objects.......the former relates to Mass, the latter to Volume. So....can or not warp an object based on it's mass, or based on it's volume? A tiny ball can be quite loaded you know.

4-"Just before full contact is made"....alright, so, is this done automatically? Or actively? Because I doubt anyone would have such required reflexes at least before their 4th year.

5-So objects maintain momentum...starting from Tier 2. So in other words, an object warped at Tier 1 stands still upon popping out, it instantly loses all speed and acceleration?

Personally, the fact that it can only warp things that are just entering/exiting the "Aura field", and not on full contact of any sort, seems unnecesarily "gimmicky".