| From: | Robert Watkins <robert.watkins@******.COM> |
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| Subject: | Re: Chunk Launcher v. 2.0 |
| Date: | Wed, 13 May 1998 16:45:26 +1000 |
>CHUNK LAUNCHER V. 2.0
>It's no longer cyberware - now it's simply an attached weapon, similar
>to the Forearm Snap Blades. The reason I tried cyber first was to make
>it more of a hold out weapon.
Better... that gets around the cyber vs regen problem.
>The CL's aiming mechanism is strapped solidly to the users forearm, it
>is then connected to a small, but powerful pump, that mounts on the
>users belt, and rides just above the user's buttocks. The pump is
>connected to the aiming mechanism via heavy duty surgical tubing.
>When activated by muscular triggers in the forearm, the CL's powerful,
>compact surgical scoop (I need a better word for what is basically an
>automated scalpel:)) which removes several grams of fat from the
>users' buttocks.
*shudder* I'd hate for that scalpel to slip (regeneration or no
regeneration).
[snip bit about how the weapon does minimal damage, at best, against
physical targets]
>Against astral tragets, there is NO damage, however, (depending on how
>you work it in your game :)) the target can be knocked back by the
>impact. Also, the displacement of the tissue, body fluids, and blood
>can serve to "outline" the astral target, allowing other attackers to
>better aim FAB weapons, or other containment devices at the target.
Ummm... no, sorry. :) The astral entity is pushed aside, but the tissue is
NOT displaced. Go back and read about FAB a little more. The upshot is that
while the physical can affect the astral to some degree, the astral finds it
a lot harder to affect the physical (with the exception of concentrated
'astral entities' like spells, which still have to cross over to the
physical to do the dirty work). So it wouldn't outline the astral target.
>There. Better now?:)
Ummm... no, not really. Oh, yeah, sure it would work now (aside from the
fact that you'd have to be nuts to use it). But it wouldn't actually do
anything, besides creating laughs as the poor ninja gets his butt repeatedly
sliced open (oh, and lots of blood on the floor, or in the suit).
So what do you want to use it for now? (Oh, and if you want to beat up on
the astral creature, give the ninja the FAB net)
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