From:	Spike <u5a77@*****.CS.KEELE.AC.UK>
Subject:	Re: EMP technical
Date:	Wed, 30 Oct 1996 12:06:32 +0000

|> I don't buy it. The combination of Lightning Bolt and "Electromagnetic
Field"
|> strikes me as dubious to begin with, and just the combination of the two
|> should by no means equal an EMP....presumably what you want is a single
|> Physical Manipulation that just makes an EMP within its area of effect.
|> Pick the Damage Code it deals to electronic devices and such and you should
|> be off and running. =)
|
|scientifically a variant sustained electical charge passed through a
|varying intensity magnetic field is all that is required to produce a
|magnetic pulse.
|
|simplified science, admittedly. But science none the less.
|
|again, working out writing dramatics into game-numeric terms. sorry.
|shoot me.

Very simplyfied....
The way do create a significant EMP is could be much more dramatic however.
And, you only need the Magnetic field spell. You don't need lightning bolt
or anything else...

All you have to do is generate a massively powerfull magnatic field,
possibly building up over time. (Flying cutlery anyone?).

Then, the field is collapsed, instantly (or in as short a time as possible.)

Now, as electricity is generated by changes in magnetic fields, rather than
the field itself, this creates a MASSIVE pulse.

The intensity of the pulse would be dependent upon the time it took for the
field to collapse, and the intensity of the field..

That's still a little simplyfied, but not too complicated either....

|> >Furthermore, the effect could be duplicated if the target has electric
|> >current flowing through it at varying intensities and the variant magnetic
|> >field spell were cast. But agai, the effect is halved as the two
|> >energies are not varying 'in sync'.
|
|first part, simplified science. Second part, numerical translation of
|a differing narrative effect.

It doesn't matter if current is flowing, the EMP induces massive amounts of
current in all circuitry within the area.

If something is switches on, but not connected to the power, it'll be
damaged.
If something is switched off, it's less likely to be damaged....

Things like radios and TVs (that have antennas) are much more susceptible,
and electrical appliances are much LESS susceptible normally because they
have fewer delicate components.....
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