06-23-2011, 11:38 PM
I'm going to take a stab at this, knowing I might be overruled by other people. I'm not sure what the precedent is, here.
Fluffing with flutes is fine, since that's simply an extension of breath-holding. Of course, any Custom Tech approved along those lines (and that fluffery would indeed need to be a custom tech) would have to maintain the balance of the original intent of the Ability.
As far as how it's perceived, it depends. Time Stop CAN be successfully resisted. Someone who is far more powerful than yourself would be more capable of resisting it than someone who is weaker. Someone who is far weaker will be largely unaware for the duration of Time Stop, while someone who is stronger may be fully aware. There's haziness here.
Time Stop does not freeze time across the universe, but only in a localized space (this space expands with the power of the individual using it; I'm not going to specify an exact size. I'd say, as a rough estimate, a person with Time Stop of Victoria's power level would be able to freeze time across an entire city; someone with a power level of 1000, however, might get a city block or two). Custom Techs that only freeze small areas but leave others unaffected (precision Time Stop, in other words) will have to be up for debate; I'm going to give a tentative 'no'. There is way too much room for abuse in larger fights.
Fluffing with flutes is fine, since that's simply an extension of breath-holding. Of course, any Custom Tech approved along those lines (and that fluffery would indeed need to be a custom tech) would have to maintain the balance of the original intent of the Ability.
As far as how it's perceived, it depends. Time Stop CAN be successfully resisted. Someone who is far more powerful than yourself would be more capable of resisting it than someone who is weaker. Someone who is far weaker will be largely unaware for the duration of Time Stop, while someone who is stronger may be fully aware. There's haziness here.
Time Stop does not freeze time across the universe, but only in a localized space (this space expands with the power of the individual using it; I'm not going to specify an exact size. I'd say, as a rough estimate, a person with Time Stop of Victoria's power level would be able to freeze time across an entire city; someone with a power level of 1000, however, might get a city block or two). Custom Techs that only freeze small areas but leave others unaffected (precision Time Stop, in other words) will have to be up for debate; I'm going to give a tentative 'no'. There is way too much room for abuse in larger fights.
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