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glowface
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immobilization

Fri 10 Apr 2026, 14:25

So, there are a bunch of effect which basically immobilize a target. These are usually worded similarly, but not always the same.
I found:
The Trap Stunt. The target cannot move or make slugfest attacks.
Grapple. The target cannot move or perform any actions requiring body movement (including slugfest and shooting attacks).
Environment Phasing boost for Intangibility. The target cannot move or perform slugfest attacks.
Cold Control. You can immobilize the target, preventing it from performing any actions that require physical movement.
Magnetism Control. You can immobilize the target, preventing it from performing any actions that require physical movement.
Snare. The target is immobilized and cannot perform any actions that require physical movement (including slugfest and shooting
attacks).
Plant Control. The target is immobilized and cannot perform any actions that require physical movement (including slugfest and shooting attacks).

So, I guess my question is: which of the above effects are intended to be the same, which are intentionally different?
I thought Trap Stunt might be intentionally different, and maybe Environment Phasing (only feet are held).

Are the other effects the same? Some of them explicitly mention slufgest and shooting attacks (Grapple, Snare, Plant Control) as prevented forms of actions requiring physical movement, some don't (Cold Control, Magnetism Control), but still generally prevent actions requiring physical movement.

Thank you in advance!
 
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Re: immobilization

Fri 10 Apr 2026, 18:08

All of the listed effects you list restrict horizontal and vertical movement as talked about on page 86.

The effects that state that you can't perform any actions that require physical / body movement include anything at all that would fit that description. Slugfest and shooting attacks are mentioned as the most impactful examples in some of the descriptions. The only actions you can take are purely mental, such as using the MIND CONTROL power.

The effects that state you cannot move or make slugfest attacks - the Trap stunt and Environment Phasing boost - are intentionally different since they don't say they restrict any actions that require physical movement. They only specify that you can't take horizontal or vertical movement and cannot make slugfest attacks. Other physical actions, such as interacting with a lever or even a shooting attack, is possible.
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