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Kagetenshi
post Oct 8 2004, 04:29 PM
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So on my way back to work from Starbucks a few months back, I had an idea. In Shadowrun, it's altogether likely that they've perfected travel mugs to the point where very little heat would be transferred through the mug itself, allowing a rather unique weapon for office infiltrations. Say you have a decently large stainless steel travel mug filled with coffee or other liquid at or very near the boiling point. You wander around in the office, looking pretty normal, and if anyone stops you you throw the contents in their face or some other vulnerable part. How much damage should it do? Physical or stun? Special effects?

Also, how much should a travel mug capable of keeping liquid near-boiling for extended periods of time cost? It would presumably have a top, but the top would have to be easily removable.

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- Kagetenshi   Damage Code of Boiling Coffee   Oct 8 2004, 04:29 PM
- - DarkShade   I`d go for stun. if you want it to be physical, do...   Oct 8 2004, 04:41 PM
- - Kagetenshi   I don't think it could reasonably get beyond, ...   Oct 8 2004, 04:44 PM
- - GrinderTheTroll   Why not just a spray bottle of with some Cyanide s...   Oct 8 2004, 04:45 PM
- - Moon-Hawk   And +something to all target numbers for a few rou...   Oct 8 2004, 04:46 PM
- - Kagetenshi   Because being a fake wageslave is so much more fun...   Oct 8 2004, 04:49 PM
- - spotlite   It would have to be physical - you don't heal ...   Oct 8 2004, 04:52 PM
- - Wounded Ronin   Considering that getting shot dosen't even nec...   Oct 8 2004, 04:54 PM
- - Req   "I ambushed you with a cup of coffee!...   Oct 8 2004, 04:58 PM
- - spotlite   ah, but a master with a mace - trained, and with V...   Oct 8 2004, 04:58 PM
- - Arethusa   The maces are stupid. Ignore them. I'm going...   Oct 8 2004, 04:59 PM
- - GrinderTheTroll   QUOTE (Wounded Ronin) In fact, considering that ge...   Oct 8 2004, 04:59 PM
- - mmu1   If it really was close to boiling, you could hurt ...   Oct 8 2004, 05:10 PM
- - Pinel   You can get as complicated as you want, it's y...   Oct 8 2004, 05:13 PM
- - Luke Hardison   Not too sure about the mechanics, but make sure yo...   Oct 8 2004, 09:09 PM
- - SimpleRunner   First degree burns are superficial injuries that i...   Oct 8 2004, 10:35 PM
- - SilverWolf_assassin   I think I have found something to load in my super...   Oct 8 2004, 11:17 PM
- - DocMortand   Gah if it was physical, you could kill someone wit...   Oct 8 2004, 11:40 PM
- - Edward   Healed stun damage is not necessarily healed it ju...   Oct 8 2004, 11:51 PM
- - Herald of Verjigorm   Depending on where you pour the coffee, sure you c...   Oct 8 2004, 11:52 PM
- - Fygg Nuuton   also remember that even though a mace does stun da...   Oct 9 2004, 12:17 AM
- - Kanada Ten   A successful strike would require a net success on...   Oct 9 2004, 01:41 AM
- - DocMortand   *chuckle* Now to really get to brass tacks with d...   Oct 9 2004, 03:04 AM
- - Sandoval Smith   Contact with a boiling sustained for more than one...   Oct 9 2004, 04:48 AM
- - Edward   QUOTE (Sandoval Smith) Also make sure that you get...   Oct 9 2004, 05:38 AM
- - Voran   Heh. Don't forget to smartlink your coffee cup...   Oct 9 2004, 09:50 AM
- - Austere Emancipator   Keep in mind that 3M Physical is what the average ...   Oct 9 2004, 11:08 AM
- - Req   QUOTE (Edward) Healed stun damage is not necessari...   Oct 9 2004, 10:04 PM
- - Edward   Well I never took hit from the boom of the STS Lew...   Oct 10 2004, 01:17 AM
- - Req   Yah, I learned on a boat much like a Mirror. I...   Oct 10 2004, 01:32 AM
- - Just Jonny   I'd think that boiling hot (as in 212F or 100C...   Oct 10 2004, 07:41 AM
- - Modesitt   Coffee and boiling water came up in my group recen...   Oct 10 2004, 08:06 AM
- - Dissonance   Would magical coffee be a straight up water elemen...   Oct 10 2004, 12:20 PM
- - Sandoval Smith   A boiling water cannon? Sure you'd end the rio...   Oct 10 2004, 02:43 PM
- - Austere Emancipator   QUOTE (Sandoval Smith)I also think there's a f...   Oct 10 2004, 03:23 PM
- - Wutasumi   I'd rule it as BOTH stun and physical damage. ...   Oct 10 2004, 07:56 PM
- - Jason Farlander   QUOTE (Wutasumi @ Oct 10 2004, 02:56 PM) (Oh,...   Oct 10 2004, 08:48 PM
- - Wutasumi   Ahhh, but what is a UCAS dollar worth compared to ...   Oct 10 2004, 10:49 PM
- - Kagetenshi   1 UCAS dollar = n USD. ~J   Oct 10 2004, 10:51 PM
- - Wutasumi   Then, I'd love to hear your explanation of how...   Oct 10 2004, 11:07 PM
- - Kagetenshi   Er? ~J   Oct 10 2004, 11:12 PM
- - Herald of Verjigorm   1 ~= $5 UCAS The standard ruling in SR is th...   Oct 10 2004, 11:21 PM
- - Wutasumi   So now the burger is 20$. We have the same pr...   Oct 10 2004, 11:28 PM
- - Sabosect   QUOTE (Wutasumi) So now the burger is 20$. We...   Oct 10 2004, 11:31 PM
- - Wutasumi   Right, but when pricing new items you usualy come ...   Oct 10 2004, 11:34 PM
- - Jason Farlander   QUOTE (Herald of Verjigorm) 1 ~= $5 UCAS ...   Oct 10 2004, 11:36 PM
- - Sabosect   I saw a conversion table somewhere, but I don...   Oct 10 2004, 11:36 PM
- - Req   I thought the original nuyen was supposed to (roug...   Oct 10 2004, 11:43 PM
- - Wutasumi   Ok, then what about Custom GM created items sellin...   Oct 10 2004, 11:47 PM
- - Herald of Verjigorm   It's 4 now? Ok, where did I read 5...   Oct 10 2004, 11:48 PM
- - Kagetenshi   QUOTE (Herald of Verjigorm) It's 4 now? Ok, w...   Oct 10 2004, 11:50 PM
- - Wutasumi   What? The hamburger? In New Seattle they mentioned...   Oct 10 2004, 11:54 PM
- - Kagetenshi   QUOTE (Kagetenshi)1 UCAS dollar = n USD. QUOTE (Wu...   Oct 10 2004, 11:57 PM
- - Wutasumi   QUOTE (Jason Farlander @ Oct 10 2004, 03:48 P...   Oct 10 2004, 11:58 PM
- - Fortune   Probably a misprint. I'm sure it is supposed t...   Oct 11 2004, 12:00 AM
- - Kagetenshi   QUOTE (Fortune) Probably a misprint. I'm sure ...   Oct 11 2004, 12:30 AM
- - Fortune   I dunno...it was a stab in the dark. Sue me. Ain...   Oct 11 2004, 12:56 AM
- - Kagetenshi   I misread, never mind. I thought that was an exch...   Oct 11 2004, 12:58 AM
- - ES_Riddle   I'd never seen any values for it, but I always...   Oct 11 2004, 04:03 PM
- - Kagetenshi   I think the optimal damage code would be something...   Oct 12 2004, 12:44 AM
- - Wutasumi   Bah, I still stand by my theroy that it's 2M p...   Oct 12 2004, 02:34 AM
- - Fortune   QUOTE (Wutasumi) Bah, I still stand by my theroy t...   Oct 12 2004, 03:05 AM
- - Sandoval Smith   Maybe I wasn't paying attention to the right s...   Oct 12 2004, 02:58 PM
- - ES_Riddle   QUOTE (Sandoval Smith) Maybe I wasn't paying a...   Oct 12 2004, 03:16 PM
- - Dax   This actually came up in the very first game I ran...   Oct 12 2004, 04:54 PM
- - Critias   Seeing as how a compact flamethrower only does 6M,...   Oct 12 2004, 06:35 PM
- - Kagetenshi   Keeping in mind that the flamethrower keeps burnin...   Oct 12 2004, 06:42 PM
- - RangerJoe   Why not just treat the boiling coffee attack like ...   Oct 12 2004, 06:49 PM
- - Wutasumi   First off, the damage for switchblades IMO is REAL...   Oct 13 2004, 12:13 AM
- - Edward   Well if your going to re work the damage for every...   Oct 13 2004, 01:47 AM
- - Wutasumi   QUOTE (Edward) Well if your going to re work the d...   Oct 13 2004, 01:49 AM
- - Fortune   Third-degree burns (or any other serious wounds) w...   Oct 13 2004, 01:53 AM
- - Wutasumi   And shattering bones takes high good rolls and suc...   Oct 13 2004, 01:56 AM
- - Fortune   I don't believe 2-3 months recovery time is th...   Oct 13 2004, 02:01 AM
- - Wutasumi   By an average human it pretty much is, and that...   Oct 13 2004, 02:02 AM
- - Fortune   No, it would be a normal attack staged to 'D...   Oct 13 2004, 02:08 AM
- - Wutasumi   An average human consists of 2 combat dice pool, a...   Oct 13 2004, 02:10 AM
- - Jason Farlander   You're both wrong. An average human has quick...   Oct 13 2004, 02:15 AM
- - Fortune   QUOTE (Jason Farlander @ Oct 13 2004, 12:15 P...   Oct 13 2004, 02:21 AM
- - Wutasumi   Ok, 4+1=5=S=Club But that's not the real argu...   Oct 13 2004, 02:22 AM
- - Fortune   QUOTE (Wutasumi @ Oct 13 2004, 12:22 PM) EDIT...   Oct 13 2004, 02:25 AM
- - Kremlin KOA   people a copule of points coffee is usually served...   Oct 13 2004, 02:35 AM
- - Kagetenshi   Given that the coffee assumed at the beginning of ...   Oct 13 2004, 02:39 AM
- - Kremlin KOA   95-98 C then, past that you get a smell of BAAAD c...   Oct 13 2004, 03:08 AM
- - Bane   QUOTE (Kremlin KOA) ...and circumcision required d...   Oct 13 2004, 03:15 AM
- - Kremlin KOA   Weeelll, dad certainly looked shocked.   Oct 13 2004, 03:42 AM
- - Austere Emancipator   Healing times shouldn't factor in to what Leve...   Oct 13 2004, 05:31 AM
- - Wutasumi   Such as having weaponized coffee in your breathing...   Oct 13 2004, 10:41 PM
- - Edward   I still think we should be working on iots base da...   Oct 14 2004, 12:06 AM
- - Wutasumi   I'm going with the coffee personly. I WILL bel...   Oct 14 2004, 12:40 AM
- - Kagetenshi   QUOTE (Edward) I still think we should be working ...   Oct 14 2004, 02:40 AM
- - Austere Emancipator   Well how about this then: Which is more likely to ...   Oct 14 2004, 05:33 AM
- - Kagetenshi   But they're noncomparable. A good solid stab t...   Oct 14 2004, 11:24 AM
- - Austere Emancipator   Why's that? I find it rather silly to assume t...   Oct 14 2004, 11:33 AM
- - Wutasumi   QUOTE (Austere Emancipator) Why's that? I find...   Oct 14 2004, 10:16 PM


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