Hey quick question, with the move “Physics? What physics?: When you unleash your powers to barrel through an insurmountable barrier, roll + Danger instead of + Freak” should one interpret it as basically a door/shield breaker or can it be seen more as a overcoming the impossible like time and space? Is it just more heavily context reliant? I ask cause a big inspiration for the bull is America Chavez and she basically punches open portals through dimensions to teleport and wanted to know if that sort of application far exceeds what the bull here should be doing.
Hey quick question, with the move “Physics?
Hey quick question, with the move “Physics?
I hadn’t considered metaphorical barriers. But then I have no idea who that character is.
Benjamin Davis Here ya go for background. You can skip to the powers section for what I’m trying to gather. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Miss_America_(Marvel_Comics)
I think the key thing is that Physics? What physics? doesn’t actually grant you a new ability, it just allows you to use what’ll typically be a better label when you do so — the thing about insurmountable barriers is a limitation to make the move situational, and doesn’t inherently enable you to do anything you couldn’t already do before. So much like you can totally provoke someone with threats without taking You’ve got a head you don’t need, your Bull can totally unleash their powers to barrel through insurmountable barriers without taking Physics?.
Deciding that the kinda barriers your Bull can barrel through extends to kicking holes through reality MAC-style is a character concept thing, independent of the Physics? move, and the sort of thing that you’d typically bring to the table during character creation. But if you spot that move further down the track and want to use it as mechanical justification for newfound portal-kicking powers, then I think the only real answer — like with so many things — is “talk to your group and see if they think it’s cool”.
I think the simple and best answer is: if this is a part of your powers, then you can do it. It’s explicitly part of Miss America Chavez’s abilities. I would also say that it applies to Avatar Korra, another Bull I know from fiction. So, I guess it’s up to you. Wolverine or X-23 wouldn’t be able to kick open portals other places, but that’s not to say that another Bull with a different type of ability couldn’t.
Yes, the point is: The move triggers when you are already taking down that particular obstacle. That is true for every move in PbtA. The trigger must be happening, before the rest of the move takes effect. That’s the point of triggers. So in this case, you need to have some way of tackling that particular obstacle.