Re: [DL] Soul blast question <SPOILERS>

["marshal_psycho" <marshal_psycho@medik.in2home.co.uk>]

> In a message dated 1/14/00 1:47:05 PM Eastern Standard Time,
> david.tabb@msfc.nasa.gov writes:
> >  I had a weird thought I've decided to pass on to you.  Soul blast
affects
> >  souls only, not physical material.  Ghost rock contains a multitude of
> >  damned souls.  So, can soul blast affect ghost rock and its
derivatives?
> >  What would the results be?
>
> Hmm...very good point.
>
> If you want to follow this train of thought, I'd say that ghost rock is
the
> only "inanimate" material that blocks a Soul Blast. Not ghost rock
tempered
> steel, mind you--just pure ghost rock. You could fashion some sort of
> protection out of it and I'd treat it as armor depending on its thickness
ala
> page 133 in the Player's Guide, or, if you're feeling really math-special,
> you can use the durability rules in Smith & Robards to allow it to be
blasted
> apart by successful hits.
>
> John Goff

Well Howdy partners.

Sorry that it has been sooooooo long since I last sent anything to the list.
I have just moved and have only just had the chance to read through all my
emails. Believe me I have had over 3000 deadlands messages to go through and
I've only just got to this one.
Any whoo I think that I have to put something in on this one, so sorry if
someone else has said the same thing as I probably haven't gotten to it yet.
From my perspective, the Ghost rock would only amplify the effects of the
soul blast. I mean lets face it, there are a lot of damned souls in the
stuff and if soul blast goes off and hits the damn stuff it's gonna cause a
whole bucket of the smelly brown stuff happening probably quite close to the
PC's (unless they are the ones targeting the ghost rock of course).
I'm not quite sure of the increase in damage that this amplification would
have, maybe affecting an area rather than just the targeted item?
Any way just a thought and a note to say Hello again and that I'm back.

Marshal Psycho
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