Help: Deflecting Hand Type Passive firearm defense. Unlock Monk level 18. Description The Monk reads the weapon, muzzle, and line of fire before the normal firearm hit roll resolves. How It Works Deflecting Hand begins at a 6 percent true firearm-avoidance chance. Redirect adds 4 points, Wasteland Step adds 4, and Counter Current adds 3. The base discipline is capped at 18 percent. Empty hands or fist weapons are required. At 1350 remorts, Bullet Time uses the same pre-hit lane at a dramatically higher percentage. See Also: bullet-time, redirect, wasteland-step, counter-current, monk