Re: [BNW] Dampening field question and another spoiler question

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

>  Perhaps maintenance isn't part of their power?  From the Delta Prime 
>book,
>  page 97:
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>IF the gadgeteer's "powers" are only involved in the design and creation
>stages of the gadget, and not in the tinkering stage, then there is no
>problem because the tinkering and maintenance part do not require the delta
>power.  However, this opens up a HUGE can of worms if this is the case,
>because this would suggest that a gadgeteer could have a very large number 
>of
>gadgets ... all she would have to do is to hire "tinkerers" (who could be
>regs) to do the tinkering and maintenance on her gadgets.  That, because of

But only Gadgeteers can have the Tinkering power, can't they?

It seems a mildly moot point, as a reread reveals the following on page 178:

"A gadgeteer's power is to build and MAINTAIN wondrous devices." (emphasized 
in the book)  "If you're not a gadgeteer, you can still use a gadget, but 
you can't keep it in working order."

So ignore my previous speculation.  Someone would have to ask Matt (which 
I'll do...).

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>Another interesting question, that I'm sure has already been discussed in
>this group before I joined it, is why in the world Facade was not whisked
>away with all the other alphas during the Bicentennial Battle?  He would 
>have
>to have been protected in some way similar to the alphas in prison, e.g. 
>with
>a power dampening field.  However, his powers would cease to function then
>(uh-oh!!!).  I suppose he had his own private power dampening device so 
>that
>no one could see him when his powers ceased to work?  And if that were the
>case, he would have had to have been in on the use of the bomb to know it 
>was
>coming.  I haven't a clue!  Any thoughts?
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There was some discussion on that a while back.  Someo fht athas been 
answered in gamemaster-only source material as far as Facade's involvement.  
General assumption seems to be that yes, Facade shielded himself during the 
time period he believed the bomb would go off.

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Steve Crow

"Worm Can Opener Extraordinare"

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