| From: | "Jeremy \"Bolthy\" Zimmerman" <jeremy@***********.COM> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: Radiation and Magic |
| Date: | Wed, 13 May 1998 08:48:01 -0700 |
> From: Wafflemeisters <evamarie@**********.net>
> To: SHADOWRN@********.ITRIBE.NET
> Subject: Re: Radiation and Magic
> Date: Wednesday, May 13, 1998 4:01 AM
>
> > Re: Radiation and Magic ("Jeremy \"Bolthy\" Zimmerman" , Tue
18:44)
>
> > Anyway, I haven't read the rules for fovae in a while... it struck me
that
> > the dead spots in Chicago were not nearly as severe as fovae in
Aztlan...
> > I'll have to do some reading up to see.
>
> I read that. The original idea wasn't mine, but was pretty
funky.
> Yourright, Chicago's problems are not as bad as Fovae- they are "Voids",
> which do weaken magic, but don't kill mages (usually).
> Chicago's voids are only rleted to radiation tangentially, I
think,
> although the worst ones are at the blast sight. Its not clear if FAB
> III's fondness for background counts or the radiation combined with fab
> 3, is really to blame. In any case, its not like anybody has ever
> measured "astral radiation" to see if there is such a thing...
>
Well, I did do a little bit of reading last night, and what I found was
that:
- They don't give any rules for fovae in the Aztlan book. Just a fluff
description.
- The fluff description seems to fit with what I've read about the Voids in
Chicago, though you have to spend about an hour in the voids in Chicago to
have anything more than the risk of periodic light stun damage, whereas the
character in Aztlan was messed up pretty severely just from a fly through.
In terms of bacteria, isn't FAB that special bacteria that that they use to
mess with astral mages? The bacteria that Ares dropped on chicago is
called Strain III Beta, which IIRC is a new and improved version of the
icky stuff in Threats, but I don't feel like rooting around in my bag any
more with my boss over my shoulder just to double check. ;) It could be
that it's in some other book, though... and could very well be another name
for FAB in... Lone Star? Don't own it. Don't know.
Anyway, S3B was designed to drain off magic. That's what it did. That's
why they released it to kill the bugs. Or at least cull off the weak ones.
But it was a bacteria released specifically for it's ability to drain
magic (thaumavoric tendencies?), and hence the voids. Makes me really
worried about what's causing the fovae in Aztlan.
