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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lord Pendragon" data-source="post: 1934782" data-attributes="member: 707">Have any of you guys seen Gunbuster?The giant robot is being targetted by dozens of homing lasers (don't ask).  So what does it do?Buster...SHIELD!And it pulls out a giant-robot-sized cloak and ducks behind it! <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f61b.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue    :p"  data-smilie="7"data-shortname=":p" />Seriously, I tend not to visualize Evasion the same way twice.  I just go with whatever is nearby.  If the rogue is standing next to his buddy the barbarian, or a foe even, he ducks behind them as the blast rolls by.  Sometimes he will, indeed, hide behind his cloak. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt="(:" title="Smile    (:"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname="(:" />p)  Sometimes he'll flatten himself against a rock and turn his head away.In the very extreme case of the rogue in an unadorned room blasted by a fireball, I'd probably go with him turning away and dropping to the floor, letting the majority of the blast pass over him.It isn't that a rogue is tougher, it's that he's faster.  Any character could do what Evasion represents, if only he was fast enough on his feet.  A rogue's instincts and reflexes are preternaturally acute.  He's ducking and spinning even before the Fireball gets there.</blockquote>

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