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Target  Group: Members Posts: 71 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Oz Member No.: 131  |
Has anyone ever created rules to determine the effects of prolonged lack of food water has in game terms? The reason I ask - my players (read: poor bastards) are going to be stuck inside the arcology when it shuts down with clothes on their backs.
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Jul 31 2004, 10:48 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,451 Joined: 21-April 03 From: Austin, TX Member No.: 4,488 |
I think either Target: Wastelands or Target: Awakened Lands has a lot of info on survival and rules for lack of food/water/etc.
And just to give your PCs a fighting chance, remember there are laws dictating that a public building must have so many water fountains, fixtures, etc. and the Arc was full of fountains. Getting the NutraSoy Chocolate Yum-Yum Bars out of a vendinging machine controlled by the central computer, though, would be much more interesting... The Abstruse One |
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Jul 31 2004, 11:02 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 46 Joined: 29-June 04 From: Ottawa, Canada Member No.: 6,445 |
Target: Wastelands had Survival skill rules which are easy to adapt to your scenario.
In a situation like this, you should consider granting bonuses to find water to any runner with Knowledge skills like Architecture, Plumbing or Building Maintenance (hey, you never know, a former janitor who went into the shadows...) |
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Jul 31 2004, 11:28 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 71 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Oz Member No.: 131 |
I just checked the one place I can get Target: Wastelands in my desolate corner of the planet, and its a bit pricey ($50 Aus + shipping) and about two month lead time - would you guys be morally OK in giving me the snapshot view of the rules (eg x hours without hydration = + y modifier)?
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Jul 31 2004, 03:14 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 46 Joined: 29-June 04 From: Ottawa, Canada Member No.: 6,445 |
I have no idea how morally or legally reprehensible it is for me to "sort of quote" part of a sourcebook in here. Can the assorted Big Kahunas of this board please let me know if this will result in immediate confiscation of my Dikoted Ally spirit (which I haven't had sex with yet) ? If you promise you WILL order the book and get the full rules, I guess I can still look myself in the mirror...
The rough system is as follows: each runner rolls a Survival skill check once a day (target 6, after applying all mods that seemed to fit to your scenario). Roll 1d6 and substract from the result the number of successes rolled by a runner. This gives you the number of boxes of Stun damage the runner takes. This damage is permanent until the runner escapes the arcology and rests. A runner reaching Deadly Stun this way collapses into dead weight for the rest of the team and can't make any more Survival tests. Note that Target: Wastelands gives you lots more options, complete modifiers by climate, group tests options, etc... Statistically, this means an average 2-3 days survival time for unskilled humans, and we're not taking into account any combat or accidents. |
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Jul 31 2004, 03:54 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,049 Joined: 24-March 03 Member No.: 4,323 |
If you scroll down to the bottom of the page, you will find a legal blurb that contains the following:
I dont think youre violating anything by posting a specific rule here, even though such a rule might be considered proprietary,insofar as you are doing so for informational purposes. Just try not to quote entire chapters. That starts getting a little iffy. |
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Jul 31 2004, 11:42 PM
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Canon Companion Group: Members Posts: 8,021 Joined: 2-March 03 From: The Morgue, Singapore LTG Member No.: 4,187 |
Lawyers. I HATE Lawyers.
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