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Forum - Adding a new Speed level
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 So something I've been thinking recently is characters having statements of being able to calculate or think at high speeds that allow them to react or move faster then things they normally cannot. Right now, the three things for speed are: 1. Travel Speed: How fast you move from Point A to Point B. 2. Attack Speed: How fast an attack travels. 3. Reaction Speed: How fast your body can physically move in response to a stimulus. This technically misses one thing that's both a speed and not a speed in a technical sense. Currently, if a character can predict an opponent's moves, calculate the exact trajectory of a bullet, or process a fight in slow motion, we just lump it into "Reaction Speed." This isn't fully accurate. A character can have the physical reflexes to dodge a bullet, but if they lack the cognitive processing to realize where the bullet is going to be, they still get hit. We need a fourth category: Calculation Speed. Calculation Speed is the rate at which a character's brain can process sensory input, simulate outcomes, formulate a strategy, and transmit motor commands to the body. It is the difference between reacting and reacting correctly. If Character A has Light Speed reactions but normal human calculation speed, and Character B has Peak Human reactions but Light Speed calculation speed, Character A should theoretically blitz. However, Character B's calculation speed allows them to simulate the entire fight before Character A even twitches. Character B can move before Character A attacks, effectively negating the physical speed gap through Analytical Prediction. It can also be used in cases where they're unable to dodge something but have a means to mitigate the damage. For example, calculating the exact angle to turn so a fatal blow becomes a graze rather than perfect evasion. It bridges the gap between knowing what to do and being physically capable of doing it. If you want an example shown in fiction:  She directly notes that it may look like she has inhuman speed and powers but it's in actuality that she's calculating at the speed of light and act without hesitation. Does this need to be added to all pages? This should realistically only be added to pages where it's relevant, calculation speed can't really just be simply scaled to a characters other speed stats since it's based off how quick they gather the environment, and cases like characters with instinctive reaction would make it very hard to determine what their calculation speed is at without a statement. How would this function in a thread? This would effectively make it very hard to Speed Blitz the character since their calculations are allowing them to keep up. Poll Agreement on this (Give reasons in the comments for this to go through)
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 I think the distinction makes sense, though I also believe that it often overlaps with reaction speed. Still, having it there is useful.
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 Should be good since there's things irl like fencers who would have higher calculation speed than reaction speed and they aren't able to raw react to things their opponent does and just have to process what possible moves their opponents are going to do next from their current position.
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 Makes sense to me, it's pretty clear cut that it should be it's own category.
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 In my opinion, processing speed and calculation speed are essentially the same, since both involve how quickly a character can handle information and arrive at a result. For instance, a character who calculates a projectile's trajectory within milliseconds demonstrates fast calculation speed. If they can also interpret sensory information, evaluate multiple possibilities, and select an appropriate response within that same time frame, they are demonstrating fast processing speed as well. A good example of this is when the Ninth Doctor found himself surrounded by several robotic assassins who simultaneously fired disintegrator rays at him. Yet, in no more than four nanoseconds, he devised thousands of plans to channel the energy of those rays into a teleportation device.
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Generally speaking, I wanted to show that I largely agree.
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