Re: [BNW] Power Armor

["Steve Crow" <crow_steve@hotmail.com>]

>In a message dated 12/21/99 10:50:24 PM, bnw-owner@gamerz.net writes:
>
> >That is on page 49 of Ravaged Planet.  When talking about the Defiance
> >attempt to rescue Patriot, it is mentioned that the delta-power negating
> >field on New Alcatraz was turned up _and_ that the Armorgeddon Suits were
> >"specially shielded" against it.
> >If they're not a Power, why could they be affected by a Power-dampening
> >field?
>
>No one says that the people inside the suits can't be deltas. Besides, you
>shouldn't believe everything you read. ; ) Always consider the source.
> >

I did. :)  There's no real reason to disbelieve her.  What would be the 
point of Truth spreading misinformation that makes Delta Prime look more 
powerful and intelligent (by anticipating the delta strike and coming up 
with a stratagem to defeat it) than they already are?  I can buy that she's 
an unbiased narrator, but if you can't trust _anything_ that she says...

But...that raises several interesting questions.  So can a Gadgeteer, say, 
build a suit of armor that gives his Blaster buddy Flight and Armor 10/3?  
Granted, most PC Gadgeteers probably aren't going to be interested in doing 
this, but there's some stuff you could do with the Sidekick Quirk along 
these lines...  Hopefully this'll be in the Delta Prime book.

> >My initial reaction was the same as Matt's, but upon reading the rules
> >and source material in a little more detail, they seem to go out of their 
>way
> >to say that the powers a Gadgeteer builds into a Gadget are 
>indeed...well,
> >ummm, Powers, and should be treated as such.  Kind of a focus for the
> >Gadgeteer's own power, as it were.
> >
> >Matt's statement could be supported within the context of the rules and
> >stuff, but it's a bit more complicated, and a simpler explanation is 
>usually
> >better (Occam's Razor and all).
>
>I'm already putting some gadgeteer information into the Delta Prime book,
>which I'm writing right now. Patience.
>
>Thanks for playing!
>
>Matt Forbeck
>
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