From:	Robert Watkins <bob@**.NTU.EDU.AU>
Subject:	Re: BZZZT!
Date:	Thu, 14 Apr 1994 20:14:07 +0930

>
>Going back to the Taser-as-cyberware idea (perfectly reasonable if a shock
>glove or cyber-shotgun is) would it be possible to build a taser into, say, the
>hilt of a blade to zap anyone you hit with it? No? What about Grendel's Fork?
>
Sounds fine... just what happens if it gets set off accidentally?

"Yeah, I shoved the knife to the hilt into his chest, then I heard the
taser button go 'click'. Next thing I know, a Lone Star cop is standing
over me with the biggest grin on his face..."

>Next question: what is stopping me from learning a spell at say, force 12, and
>anchoring it on, say, a wand? That way, I could cast it beforehand and sleep
>off the drain a week in advance, and then when I _really_ need it, pull it out
>to zarch someone with?

A) The "to-learn" TN of _24_!!
B) Odds are you'll have to design it yourself. So that's another base of
24. Better have some nice dice there, chummer.
C) The high karma cost: 12 for learning, 13 for the anchor (12 for force, +1
for activiation)
D) You'd bloody better have a Magic Rating of 12, as well. Otherwise, the
Drain is physical. (For Fireball 12, eg, it's 9D!)

Otherwise... well, nothing, I guess. It's a bad thought, but let's face it:
only Initiates are going to get into this kind of thing, and they've got
other decent uses for their Karma. However, anchored spells also act as
bridges for astral nasties to zap you through, and the Grimoire II hints
that they attract spirits the way honey attracts bees.
(Oh, also, when that Powerball grounds in through the anchor, it's going to
set off the Fireball as well. Instant crispy fries)

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Robert Watkins bob@**.ntu.edu.au
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