Nuclear Spirits Questions, Session/Math help |
Nuclear Spirits Questions, Session/Math help |
Dec 9 2008, 01:56 PM
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As a coincidence I was just planning to use a Nuclear Spirit in my next session. See thread here: http://forums.dumpshock.com/index.php?showtopic=24534
The idea would be to show just how insane and dangerous some magic(users) can be. The setup would be something like this: A powerful Toxic Shaman is planning to execute a terrorist attack on Arthur Vogel (Yes, it's the run from Super Tuesday (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif) ) The team will be able to acquire the location of the chemical plant where his hideout was (He's already gone by the time the players get there). I was now thinking on interesting and colourful ways he could have defended his lair. So far I've got the following:
Now for my questions:
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Dec 9 2008, 04:34 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,542 Joined: 30-September 08 From: D/FW Megaplex Member No.: 16,387 |
Now for my questions:
Thanks Actually, radiation does play havoc with sensors (you could treat it as wireless inhibiting paint, or even make the base rating a threshold for all communications [off a signal + system or something]). EDIT: THIS IS UNSUPPORTED BY RULES. Also, Radiation damage does not allow armor at all. Just Body, Radiation Shielding (If any) and Anti-Rad Nanites (which I don't think exist in the timeline you're playing). The Energy Aura stays at a fixed 4 DV when struck in melee. And don't forget to use Watcher Spirits. They're like magical trip-sensors. |
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Dec 9 2008, 04:49 PM
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Actually, radiation does play havoc with sensors (you could treat it as wireless inhibiting paint, or even make the base rating a threshold for all communications [off a signal + system or something]). EDIT: THIS IS UNSUPPORTED BY RULES. Good idea, I'll probably see if I can make their detection devices give false positives or something. Don't worry, our game is pretty loose. I just want to make sure I don't overdo it with dangerous stuff like this. PS: How would radiation influence a Technomancer? QUOTE Also, Radiation damage does not allow armor at all. Just Body, Radiation Shielding (If any) and Anti-Rad Nanites (which I don't think exist in the timeline you're playing). The Energy Aura stays at a fixed 4 DV when struck in melee. And don't forget to use Watcher Spirits. They're like magical trip-sensors. Are you sure, something specific for Radiation? QUOTE p289: (Elemental Attack) The attack’s DV
equals the critter’s Magic, and is treated as Cold, Electricity, or Fire damage (see p. 155), as appropriate to the attack. Such attacks are resisted with half Impact armor. A critter with Energy Aura continuously radiates an aura of damaging or negative energy, be it flame, intense cold, electricity, or something similar. Melee attacks made by the critter gain an additional +4 modifier to the Damage Value. |
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Dec 9 2008, 05:24 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,542 Joined: 30-September 08 From: D/FW Megaplex Member No.: 16,387 |
QUOTE (Street Magic, pg. 145, Radiation Elemental Damage sidebar) In game terms, Radiation damage is treated as Physcial damage. Armor does not help to protect against this kind of attack, while protective measures (such as rad suits) might. QUOTE (SR4, pg. 287) Any successful attack against a critter with Energy Aura means the attacker also takes damage form the attack. The attacker must make a Damage Resistance Test against a Damage Value equal to the critter's Magic. What do you know, these last like 2 years I've missed that line. So yeah, they hit your F5 Nuclear Spirit, it's a 5P Radiation hit. Since elemental attacks deal secondary elemental effects (the shutdown/passout from electricity, catching fire from fire...), I'd imagine that Radiation Damage deals Radiation Poisoning. This exploded quite a bit in my thread, but I think a good rule of thumb for the effects would be to look at the Power and Penetration of the different levels of Radiation Poisoning, and run your attacks similarly. Or you can check the base DV (not modified DV) against the seiverts listed in the individual Radiation Poisoning tables. EX) Sam the Razorboy gets nailed by a Nuclear Spirit's Energy Attack (Radiation)! Luckily, the Spirit's force is quite low (force 2), but he got 4 successes (ouch!). You could run this as either A) Force 2 means 2 Seiverts (Mld Radiation), or B) the Base DV of 2 compares more closely to the 4 Power of Mild than, say, Deadly. EX 2) Ginette the Gilette gets punched by a Nulcear Spirit, and hit hurts! The spirit's force (6) is really high, and he really hit her hard (5 net successes)! She's going to be feeling that later! This would work as either A) the base DV of the attack (6) is between the combined Power and Penetration of Moderate and Severe Radiation Poisoning, so B) the base DV of 6, meaning roughly 6 Seiverts, places this in the 5-9 range of Severe Radiation Poisoning. Looks like Ginette is going to need some decontamination time very soon! |
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