Radioactive Sponge, Is it actually useful? Options Track this topic Email this topic Print this topic Download this topic Subscribe to this forum Display Modes Outline Switch to: Standard Switch to: Linear+

[BlackJaw]

I'm curious if the Radioactive Sponge positive quality is worth making a character with. It's a quality in the hazardous environment section of Run Faster, and it has two effects: First, radiation hazard levels are one less for the character, so they are never in a lethal environment due to radiation (they do get sick). Second, they absorb that environment and spit it back out again for a while after being in it.

Can a decent character be built with this idea? I imagine you could get a radiation shielded set of clothes to contain your radiation, and they take it off when you want to be hazardous, but I can't imagine it would be effective on a scale fast enough to aid runners outside of very specific situations where you want to freak out people with radiation detectors. Even then you are likely to get a dedicated anti-terrorist squad or worse involved if they think a dirty bomb or nuke is involved.

Outside of using the quality with NPCs for a nasty twist on a mission (extraction or capture of a radioactive target)... what good is it?