| From: | John E Pederson <lobo1@****.COM> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: New Cyberware "Chunk-Launcher" |
| Date: | Sun, 10 May 1998 14:06:07 -0500 |
<demosthenes_3@*****.COM> writes:
>I've been reading in the grimoire and awakeneing about how living
>auras interact with astral bodies and I have a new idea for a
>character I'd like to share.
>The character is a physical adept ninja with the regeneration power.
>He has a special piece of cyberware I call the "Chunk-Launcher"
>imbedded in his arm.
>What the chunk launcher does is scoop a chunk of his living meat/arm
>out, and load it into a launcher mechanism, then fires it at high
>speed, kind of like a very messy shotgun.
>When this splattery mess hits an astral body (he can targtet them
>because he has astral perception as a merit) it collides doing 9M
>damage.
>
>What do you think?
<Stan>
Dude, SICK!
</Stan>
>My GM doesn't like this idea, but I think it should work because the
>meat is very fresh - just scooped from his arm, so the living aura
>should still be there, right?
Um... no. Now, this really goes back to the whole FAB thing from about
two(?!) years ago... What you need to realize is that it takes an active
astral presence (a dual-natured aura or a wholly astral aura) to damage
an active astral presence. A passive astral presence (a mundane, for
instance) *cannot* directly affect the astral plane. Furthermore, a
passive astral presence cannot inflict damage upon an active astral
presence - Auras don't have mass and can't intersect. So, what happens?
The chunk of meat flies on unhindered and Bob the astral presence gets
pushed out of the way. If Bob happens to be a dual presence (a perceiving
mage, for instance), you deal with it as a purely physical interaction.
Why? Well, let's say I punch you in the gut. What happens? Well, unless
you're a trog, you feel (some) pain. Why? Did my aura intersect yours and
cause some sort of painful reaction? No. Auras can't intersect and I
would also be severe pain if they had. What happened is *I* (my physical
body) hit *you* (your physical body).
Furthermore, that chunk of meat *isn't* dual-natured, even if you are.
It's no longer part of you. It might have an aura, so long as the cells
that it is made up of are still alive, but when was the last time you
heard of a piece of steak with an active astral presence?
Final note: if your GM said 'no', that generally means 'no'. Let it lie.
It won't kill you:)
>Oh yeah, I forgot, I took pain resistance as a merit too, so the pain
>from the scoop wouldn't slow me down!
Oi! <slaps forehead>
Call it curiosity, but...
How old are you, Demosthenes?
--
John Pederson "Oh my God! They killed Kenny!"
aka Canthros, shapeshifter-mage --South Park
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