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Message no. 1
From: "Arno R. Lehmann" <arlehma@***.NET>
Subject: deadly stun damage (was: Re: nunchucks)
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 16:27:09 +0100
On Tue, 10 Dec 1996 13:03:22 -0500, Midn Daniel O Fredrikson wrote:

>I was wondering about this, can all weapons cause physical damage.
>Thinking about it, the only way it would seem that a taser could kill
>someone is if they had a weak heart and it just gave out.
>
Well, of course, but then there's the point ANY heart is too weak. 20 boxes of
damage remaining after resistance should be a very high stress ...

Arno (rather new to this list)
Message no. 2
From: Brian W Allison <ballison@*******.WAM.UMD.EDU>
Subject: Re: deadly stun damage (was: Re: nunchucks)
Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 20:28:27 -0500
On Wed, 11 Dec 1996, Arno R. Lehmann wrote:

> On Tue, 10 Dec 1996 13:03:22 -0500, Midn Daniel O Fredrikson wrote:
>
> >I was wondering about this, can all weapons cause physical damage.
> >Thinking about it, the only way it would seem that a taser could kill
> >someone is if they had a weak heart and it just gave out.
> >
> Well, of course, but then there's the point ANY heart is too weak. 20 boxes of
> damage remaining after resistance should be a very high stress ...


In our last game, the Cat Shaman lost it after his opponent was downed
by a narcojet. He grabbed the narcojet and shot the guy twice.
Hm, the sec-guard had Deadly Stun already.
The first shot was completely unstaged and the toxin gave the guard
another 10 boxes of Stun - which all went into overflow. The second shot
also was completely unstaged, and the toxin gave the sec-guard another 10
boxes of Stun.

Why did he die? Drug overdose.

In game terms though, he got 30 boxes of stun, which overflowed nicely
right into Physical and way past his overflow boxes of Physical damage.



Brian W. Allison

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