From:	Herc airwisp@******************.com
Subject:	Bear shifters vs. Bombs
Date:	Fri, 9 Jun 2000 10:43:34 -0500

> Nacon _ wrote:
> >Ok chummers,
> > I'm writing this piece on request of one of my players.
> > The brake down goes like this: Shifter Bear runs into a building that
> > has a Lone Star undercover agent (another one of my players) and the
> > Shifter is ordered to assume the position and wait for the Star to
> > arrive. At this same exact time a insane voodoo shaman sets off 5 suit
> > cases filled with C-12 (yeah, this is the Mean Guns run).
> > So the question is "Could the Shifter regenerate and live after the
> > massive explosion"
> > His reasoning is the line in SRComp that states that extreme tissue
> > trauma (fire was the example given I believe) can be regenerated by a 3
> > or better.
> > I say that is fine but he was ground zero of a C-12 blow out and
would
> > have a chance.
> > I know as always GM's call but he GMs from time to time (so I can
play
> > too) so we just need a tie breaker
>
> First off, when you're the GM, you're the GM. It's your call.
>
> I make decisions on issues like this based on where I want to go with the
> campaign/plot.
>
> I'm not sure if the shifter is an NPC or a PC, so you are going to get two
> opinions :)
>
> If the shifter is an NPC, it's a simple matter of whether or not I want to
> use that NPC again. If I do, the NPC lives. If not, then I can let him
die.
>
> If the shifter is a PC, then there are a lot of variables. Do I want the
> PC to continue to have a place in the campaign? Do I have any sympathy
for
> the PC? Do I think the PC's death would contribute positively to the
> campaign I'm trying to run? How do I think the player would react to the
> life or death of their PC? How much do I care about the player's
reaction?
>
> I.e., I don't make the decision based on the rules. I try to figure out
> what I want out of the campaign.
>
> IMHO being exposed to a point blank explosion of a couple hundred kilos of
> C-12 could certainly kill a shifter. On the other hand the shifter could
> also get lucky and have his body thrown by the blast and have enough left
> to regenerate from.

Another thing to remember is this ... first have the shifter resist the
damage from the explosion ... being that this is a C-12 explosion it is
going to be very nasty ...

Remember ... if the shifter goes over 'D' then the shifter needs to make a
death check also ... and the damage is coming from so many directions there
is the possibility that the shifter will suffer some form of
spinal/neurological damage. Sure the shifter could survive ... the shifter
may become a paraplegic or quadroplegic from nerve tissue damage, which is
not regeneratable.

All things to consider.

-Mike