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 Sep 17 2003, 12:31 AM
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A couple of my players have decided to run cock-fights in Aztlan to make a few extra pesos.
The only thing is - they've decided to use cockatrices! Two questions: Does the paralyzing touch power of cockatrices work against other cockatrices? What would be the damage of a spur on such a beast? |
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Sep 17 2003, 02:25 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 305 Joined: 2-March 03 Member No.: 4,188 |
Hmmmn, I would assume they're mostly immune to their own poison. Rule of thumb with beasties ...
If you don't want to figure out the damage codes, just figure out a plot that doesn't need them! Have their fixer offer mutated beasts instead of cockatrices. Maybe have some decadent people offer to supply 'gladiators' to fight the beasties. In our game, we tried to set up a pit-fighting operation. What we found is that a little bit of cyber/bioware/magic went a long way to beating a "normal" z-zoner. |
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Sep 17 2003, 02:31 AM
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Not a Moderator Group: Members Posts: 1,075 Joined: 26-February 02 From: BrizVegas, Australia Member No.: 904 |
Critters, p 25 - Cockatrice have Immunity (own touch).
A regular Spur would add +1 or +2 to the Power. A Dikoted Spur would add one Damage Level and an additional +1 to the Power. |
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Sep 17 2003, 04:36 AM
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Maybe they should just use chickens.
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Sep 17 2003, 06:14 AM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,013 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Chickens with dikoted spurs?
~J |
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Sep 17 2003, 01:06 PM
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Technomancer Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,638 Joined: 2-October 02 From: Champaign, IL Member No.: 3,374 |
And ally spirits? |
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Sep 17 2003, 04:45 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,066 Joined: 5-February 03 Member No.: 4,017 |
But can you give the cockatrice a dikoted Slivergun cyber-wing?
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Sep 17 2003, 05:20 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 101 Joined: 12-September 03 Member No.: 5,613 |
Were you talking about a cyber spur? or a regular chicken/cockatrice spur? or a metal spurr strapped onto a chicken/cockatrice?
Remember cyber and metacritters don't mix well. |
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Sep 17 2003, 05:22 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 944 Joined: 19-February 03 Member No.: 4,128 |
I would guess a metal spurr strapped on to the chicken's natural spur. That is done now in cockfighting.
Dikoting the spur might make the fights too quick. It is a show, after all. |
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Sep 18 2003, 01:38 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 305 Joined: 2-March 03 Member No.: 4,188 |
Maybe spurs wouldn't be a good idea. The fights would be too quick. Maybe puts quills on them, so that the attacker gets poked if it attacks wrong?
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Sep 18 2003, 01:40 AM
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You've obviously never been to a cock-fight.
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Sep 18 2003, 01:45 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 305 Joined: 2-March 03 Member No.: 4,188 |
My parents wouldn't let me go.
Is it anything like a cockroach fight? Or putting a bee in a bottle with a wasp? |
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Sep 18 2003, 01:49 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 48 Joined: 12-March 03 Member No.: 4,241 |
No.
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Sep 18 2003, 01:49 AM
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Yes, but that doesnt say they are immune to the touch of another cockatrice. |
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Sep 18 2003, 02:00 AM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,065 Joined: 16-January 03 From: Fayetteville, NC Member No.: 3,916 |
Generally speaking, the poisons are not individual specific -- one Rattlesnake's venom is going to be the same as another's (so far as I know). That being the case, I imagine the parallel holds true here as well. -Siege |
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Sep 22 2003, 04:16 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 944 Joined: 19-February 03 Member No.: 4,128 |
That would make sense for poisons, which make sence in general.
Anyone know if the paralyzing touch is magical or poison based? Magic never has to make sense. |
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Sep 22 2003, 09:37 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 731 Joined: 25-March 02 From: Rye, New York Member No.: 2,470 |
Just remember to wear protection.
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Sep 22 2003, 10:07 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 675 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Seattle Member No.: 2,034 |
A Second Chance at Eden is a compilation of short stories, the first of which has a really good bioengineering pit fight story.
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Sep 23 2003, 09:03 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 262 Joined: 26-February 02 From: A wreched hive of scum and villany. Member No.: 1,479 |
i think in 2063, it would be more like all the scarry metacreatures with cyber and bio and ESPECIALY combat drugs.
bets would be laid with people taking into account the creature, suspected modifications and also the ferocity or the unmodified creature. |
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Sep 23 2003, 02:50 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 944 Joined: 19-February 03 Member No.: 4,128 |
Whew, take a mutt of the street, give it a hit of Kamakaze and watch it eat someone's prize pit bull...
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Sep 23 2003, 11:48 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 262 Joined: 26-February 02 From: A wreched hive of scum and villany. Member No.: 1,479 |
like the pitbull wouldnt have modified orthoshin, sharpened teath, and equipped with venom sacks and fangs... |
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Sep 24 2003, 01:17 AM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,065 Joined: 16-January 03 From: Fayetteville, NC Member No.: 3,916 |
Yeah, but at that point are you really talking about a pitbull anymore?
-Siege |
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Sep 25 2003, 02:24 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 731 Joined: 25-March 02 From: Rye, New York Member No.: 2,470 |
When you cross breed it with a muskrat and a rat?
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Sep 25 2003, 04:42 PM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,065 Joined: 16-January 03 From: Fayetteville, NC Member No.: 3,916 |
At which I think any cats involved would be getting one hell of a mixed message...
-Siege |
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Sep 25 2003, 04:57 PM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,013 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
Not the cyberzombie kittens with MBW-4. They don't care what it is as long as it's fun to play with.
~J |
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