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From: Michael Garoni <Michael_Garoni@****.INTERSOLV.COM>
Subject: Re[2]: More Spelling errors.
Date: Fri, 11 Mar 1994 13:49:00 LCL
:]"Oh no, a flying shark just phased through the wall! Even though it's
:]obviously able to pass through armor as if it were fog, I think I'll throw
:]this frag grenade (gee, why do I have this? I'm a tank driver) at it!"
:]
:]Sounds on the level of shadowrunners killing a guard, getting his radio and
:]saying "Everything's fine here. Oh, and could you divert security from level
:]4 for a while? We don't need any."

Couple of things.
1) The vehicle was an APC not a tank. APCs have people in the back, soldiers,
corp goons, guards and in the situation - yes they did have grenades. A'Deus
was playing a PC in that run and doesn't really know what took place in the
back. It only takes one person to panic and lose control. Here's a possible
scenario -> 1 guy panics and opens fire. Someone else jumps on him to stop him
shooting. In the ensuing struggle, a grenade is primed. It may not be the most
logical course of events but when one person loses it, some times illogical
things happen. The PCs were in over their head through no real fault of their
own and I cut them a little slack for creative use of a non combat spell.

Besides, if you are going to be critical, read the message that you are being
critical about. Nowhere did A'Deus state that the grenade was thrown at the
shark, or even primed in anything even remotely resembling rational thought.

Obi Wan

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