Re: [HoE] [HOPLER] Rad Zones, Rad Checks, and the Wasted West

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

>The rad zone rules in the main rulebook were meant as very general
>guidelines. The actual danger zone around any impact site is up to the
>Marshal, and is very dependent on the particular terrain and weather in
>question. A town only 5 miles west of an impact, but on the other side of a
>mountain with strong prevailing winds blowing east, could be perfectly safe
>while another town 50 miles away to the east might be hotter than the 
>inside
>of a microwave. Basically, the Marshal should use whatever makes the most
>sense and fits best in his story.
>

Well, that's understood.  But Pinnacle _might_ want to make that clearer in 
future releases when talking about particular cities and adventures.  Maybe 
it's just me, but if someone says a town is 10 miles away from ground zero, 
and they don't say anything about prevaling winds and such (I don't believe 
Children of the Atom mentions any such conditions apply to Sybaris and 
Amarna around Couer d'Alene), then I'd kinda figure the town was irradiated.

Am I to take it in this case, though, that Pinnacle _did_ intend Sybaris to 
be an uncontaminated area, for whatever (unstated in CotA) reasons?

>Hourly checks can mean a lot of rolls, but they were intended to make 
>players
>either take precautions against the radiation or spend only limited 
>stretches
>of time in hot areas. If you spend a lot of time in a radioactive area 
>simpy
>bump the TN up by +2 to +6 depending on how much time goes by. If the roll 
>is
>made, the hero's fine. Otherwise they take Wind equal to the amount by 
>which
>the roll is missed.
>

That's kinda different from the current system.  It sounds fine, but I'd 
just suggest that you use the "Wind taken = difference in roll vs. TN) for 
the regular rules as well, whether there's a TN or not.

Something for the second edition, maybe...

>Sincerely,
>
>John Hopler
>Pinnacle
>
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