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Message no. 1
From: Michael Orion Jackson <orion@****.CC.UTEXAS.EDU>
Subject: Dikoting Vehicles.
Date: Mon, 24 Mar 1997 15:25:46 -0600
<silly>
Vehicular dikote
Cost; 1,000Y per square meter
Availability: 5/48hrs to find aftermarket, automatic as dealer option (at
purchase of car)
Effect:+1 SpiffFactor -1 Siganture (And +1 Wl if the troll in the party
decides to use a dikoted motorbike for a melee weapon....)

SpiffFactor: SpiffFactor acts a a negative modifier for a Vehicle (B/R)
test if the object is to transform a normal, straight squaremobile into a
gawdawful hipster bus or pimp wagon...
(TN discretionary. A normal civilian vehicle =4, perhaps, while a
Citymaster or Banshee would be TN=8 (A LAV hippy bus?))

Other Spiff accessories:

Normal paint: standard stuff. No effect, and comes with vehicle.

"Loud" Paint: Clashing primary colors, metal flake, etc. Always
available. +100Y per Body Point of vehicle. +1 Spiff

"Oh My God, Look at that!" Paint: Hot pink with chartuse pinstripe.
Truly disgusting and obnoxious color schemes. Hippy bus paint schemes, aka
an explosion in a paint factory. +300Y per Body Point. +2 Spiff

"Accessories" Gold wheelguards, excessive chrome, etc. +1000Y +2 Spiff

Fuzzy Dice: self explanitory. +10Y +1 Spiff

Lowrider conversion: TN 10 B/R task, on 4wheeled ground vehicles only.
-1/-1 Handling (lower center of gravity). +5000Y +5
Spiff

Adjustable suspension: hopping cars. +5000Y +2 Spiff, can be combined w/
lowrider conv.

Stereo: the louder the better, or some beleive. +1000Y per +1 Spiff.

</silly>


~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Michael Orion Jackson~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~TAMS Class of 1996/UT Class of 199?~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
~~~~~~2112 Guadalupe, Rm. 502; Austin, Tx 78705 (The Goodall-Wooten)~~~~~~~
"Goddamn creatures of the night, they never learn." ~Gideon, _The Crow_
"Happiness is but a temporary chemical imbalance of the true baseline state
of our minds."~Lusiphur, quote ill-rembered and butchered by M. O. Jackson
Message no. 2
From: L Canthros <lobo1@****.COM>
Subject: Re: Dikoting Vehicles.
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 15:40:47 EST
On Mon, 24 Mar 1997 15:25:46 -0600 Michael Orion Jackson
<orion@****.CC.UTEXAS.EDU> writes:
><silly>
>Vehicular dikote
>Cost; 1,000Y per square meter
>Availability: 5/48hrs to find aftermarket, automatic as dealer option
>(at
>purchase of car)
>Effect:+1 SpiffFactor -1 Siganture (And +1 Wl if the troll in the
>party
>decides to use a dikoted motorbike for a melee weapon....)
>
>SpiffFactor: SpiffFactor acts a a negative modifier for a Vehicle
>(B/R)
>test if the object is to transform a normal, straight squaremobile
>into a
>gawdawful hipster bus or pimp wagon...
>(TN discretionary. A normal civilian vehicle =4, perhaps, while a
>Citymaster or Banshee would be TN=8 (A LAV hippy bus?))
>
>Other Spiff accessories:
<snip>
></silly>
>
>
LOL! Hey Gweedo! I think this post has your name all over it!

--
-Canthros
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let him prepare for war. lobo1@****.com
--Roman proverb
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Message no. 3
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowrn@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: Dikoting Vehicles.
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 22:24:16 +0000
In message <Pine.GSO.3.96.970324150518.10708C-
100000@******.cc.utexas.edu>, Michael Orion Jackson
<orion@****.CC.UTEXAS.EDU> writes
>Lowrider conversion: TN 10 B/R task, on 4wheeled ground vehicles only.
> -1/-1 Handling (lower center of gravity). +5000Y +5
> Spiff

I'd say -1/+1 Handling: lower ride means lower ground clearance. Not
many off-road vehicles hug the ground.

But otherwise, yes, silly. But I like it :)

--
There are four kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable and
praiseworthy...

Paul J. Adam paul@********.demon.co.uk
Message no. 4
From: Gweedo The Killer Pimp <yawas@****.COM>
Subject: Re: Dikoting Vehicles.
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 1997 21:07:17 EST
On Tue, 25 Mar 1997 15:40:47 EST L Canthros <lobo1@****.COM> writes:
>On Mon, 24 Mar 1997 15:25:46 -0600 Michael Orion Jackson<snip>
>LOL! Hey Gweedo! I think this post has your name all over it!
>
>--------
Oh yes, I would beleive that I need a pimpwagon with a SpiffFactor of +13
or better. I only wish I could of thought of it first :-)

Kudos to you Mr. Jackson for this Spiffy post :^)


Now using Gweedo the Killer Pimp ver. 3.1 sporting such features as:
A poleyester leisure suit, platform shoes, a pink cadillac, fuzzy dice,
and a gold tooth!

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