 Cicada Spirits, Is this something I've missed? |
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 May 28 2004, 06:38 AM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 830 Joined: 3-April 04 From: Columbus, Ohio Member No.: 6,215  |
Is there any canon reference to cicada spirits? If the Universal Brotherhood business goes down in 2055, like I think it does, then that's a cicada year. That could be fun. What would be some good stats for the buggers? So far all I can tell is that they'd be lazy, stupid, and maybe drunk. And tasty, from what some of the people around here say. I'm thinking they shouldn't be too powerful, though, because they're nowhere near the Biblical plague I was expecting. Also, what's the range on the things? Are they all over North America, or just parts of it?
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May 28 2004, 06:53 AM
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Beetle Eater Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,797 Joined: 3-June 02 From: Oblivion City Member No.: 2,826 |
Are Cicada's not just a Beetle? Bug City might have something on them, but I can't remember this morning very well much less three weeks ago when I brushed up on Catharine the Terrible. I'm rambling.
There are different "broods" for different parts. Illinois Brood X(?) doesn't comes out until 2007. [edit]Do not eat Cicada's if you are allergic to shellfish! This post has been edited by Kanada Ten: May 28 2004, 06:54 AM |
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May 28 2004, 07:08 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,362 Joined: 3-October 03 From: Poway, San Diego County, CA, USA Member No.: 5,676 |
They are in Magic in the Shadows.
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May 28 2004, 11:45 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 515 Joined: 10-April 04 From: Chicago, IL...Ich vermisse Deutschland. Member No.: 6,230 |
They are first mentioned, I believe, in Bug city. The guy writing about the insect spirits mentions just how annoying they are as they make that cicada sound when the queens are investing new hosts. They and the fireflies are the new oddballs tossed into the mix in Bug City.
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May 28 2004, 01:14 PM
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Not Cameron Diaz Group: Retired Admins Posts: 472 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Newark, Delaware Member No.: 188 |
The Pennsylvania Brood X is out now. They only come out every 17 years. And yes, there's info on Cicada Spirits in both Bug City and Magic in the Shadows. |
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May 28 2004, 03:11 PM
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They're also a lot louder that your average cicada, too. I believe there was a comment in BC by someone who thought a transformer was going out or something (and of course, went to investigate and never came back...) |
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May 28 2004, 03:20 PM
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Incertum est quo loco te mors expectet; Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,546 Joined: 24-October 03 From: DeeCee, U.S. Member No.: 5,760 |
Cicadas are NOT beetles!! Are you just a cat? *sigh* And they aren't locusts either. They belong to the family Homoptera, true bugs, and are quite tasty. Cicadas have a range, but I'm not totally sure how far. Seems to mostly be the east coast up to around CT (past that it gets too cold), but they do go pretty far west. There are several different broods, and they take 1, 13, 17 or I think 7 years to mature, depending on the species. Personality wise, they're probably a lot like teenagers. They just want to have sex, they think they're immortal, play their music too loud, drunk with freedom... Crazy kids, they're going to get themselves killed. |
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May 28 2004, 03:44 PM
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Chicago Survivor Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 5,079 Joined: 28-January 04 From: Canton, GA Member No.: 6,033 |
oh, and the 17 year brood, there can be up to a ton of them in an acre.
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May 28 2004, 04:22 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 749 Joined: 22-June 02 From: Parts Without Member No.: 2,897 |
To paraphrase the catch phrase, "In Bug City, CICADAS eat YOU!!"
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May 28 2004, 07:44 PM
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UMS O.G. Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 444 Joined: 18-May 04 Member No.: 6,335 |
Just as a tidbit, Tucson Arizona is covered with the things as anyone who has attended the U of A can attest. A tree full can be heard from 50-100 yards easily and when they live outside your window you wish you had a flamethrower.
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May 28 2004, 08:03 PM
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Chicago Survivor Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 5,079 Joined: 28-January 04 From: Canton, GA Member No.: 6,033 |
The 12 to 20 ft wasp spray and a bic also works wonders
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May 28 2004, 08:22 PM
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Incertum est quo loco te mors expectet; Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,546 Joined: 24-October 03 From: DeeCee, U.S. Member No.: 5,760 |
The wasp spray sounds pretty useful, but what's the pen for?
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May 28 2004, 08:27 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 830 Joined: 3-April 04 From: Columbus, Ohio Member No.: 6,215 |
So you can take names between kicking ass and going home early, I'd assume.
Thanks, by the way. I actually have Bug City, it's just not in DeeCee with me, and I didn't realize they were in there. I suppose they maybe shouldn't be, though, if the cicadas everywhere to the west aren't on the same schedules as the ones here. |
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May 28 2004, 08:28 PM
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Prime Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,577 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Gwynedd Valley PA Member No.: 1,221 |
News reports are that parts of North 'Jersey is ankle deep.
SR cover Cicadas on pps.77 and 139 of Bug City. True forms are: B:F+2 Q:(F+1)X4 S:F+3 C: - I: F-1 W:2 Armor F-2 No special power or attacks they are consider relatively harmless(compared to all the other nasty bug forms) They get used as look outs by the other bugs. The Queens are more powerful with : B: F+3 Q:(F+2)x4 S:F+2 C:F I:F W:F Armor: F she is immune to normal weapons, has fear, venom, compulsion |
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May 28 2004, 08:39 PM
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Chicago Survivor Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 5,079 Joined: 28-January 04 From: Canton, GA Member No.: 6,033 |
That's bic lighter, not Bic the pen.
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May 28 2004, 09:40 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 606 Joined: 17-December 03 Member No.: 5,909 |
He did say he wished he had a flamethrower. :D
But couldnt the fire travel back down the can and blow up in your hand? Or do those things have a 1 way valve or something that would prevent this type of thing from happening? Also what kinda damage stats would you give something like this in your games? Its basically a flametrower with a really low aval. |
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May 28 2004, 09:46 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 830 Joined: 3-April 04 From: Columbus, Ohio Member No.: 6,215 |
I don't know about the valve, but I would think that the pressure of the fluid coming out of the can would be enough to keep the fire dirctional. As for stats, I don't think the fluid burns with nearly as much intensity as an actual flame thrower.
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May 28 2004, 09:55 PM
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Spoken like someone who's never made a hairspray flamethrower.
No, the flame can't go back into the canister. The pressure wouldn't allow it. |
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May 28 2004, 10:05 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 606 Joined: 17-December 03 Member No.: 5,909 |
Ive done it before but never made it flame up for more than 10 or 15 seconds. I was just wondering if it would do that with prolonged use.
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May 29 2004, 06:38 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 11,410 Joined: 1-October 03 From: Pittsburgh Member No.: 5,670 |
no more than something you're spraying with a waterhose will travel up the stream and into the hose.
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May 30 2004, 01:32 AM
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Incertum est quo loco te mors expectet; Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 6,546 Joined: 24-October 03 From: DeeCee, U.S. Member No.: 5,760 |
Yeah, I can attest that at least in some cases, it won't blow up in your hand. A friend of mine found out his spray on deoderant (sp?) was flammable and made a flamethrower (with me waiting patiently in the next room to call 911).
I wonder if you'd still get the bonus for it being an insecticide though, if you're burning it first. |
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May 30 2004, 01:57 AM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,010 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
You let it spray for a second or two before lighting it.
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May 30 2004, 09:47 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,665 Joined: 26-April 03 From: Sweden Member No.: 4,516 |
Pg.14 CC Hairspray and Lighter 4L 2 meter range Spray Weapons skill Can start fires |
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May 30 2004, 10:18 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 606 Joined: 17-December 03 Member No.: 5,909 |
You mean this is actually in a book? Wow i didnt know the SR writers were so through
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May 31 2004, 03:05 AM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 11,410 Joined: 1-October 03 From: Pittsburgh Member No.: 5,670 |
it's a new (and thoroughly welcome) trend.
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