Re: [HoE] [HOPLER] Arson ?

[Doug Stalker <dougs@technologist.com>]

Steve Crow wrote:

>
> >I'm not sure how those work with Arson, since the flammable stuff is
> >entirely
> >cased in metal.
> >
>
> >this? If that's the case, I'd say Arson has a low chance to set off bullets
> >and
> >grenades unless the heat/fire is of sufficient duration.
> >
> >
>
> However, the example given when the Marshall should make the check is "spook
> juice."  Spook juice in a bottle?  Spook juice in a sealed metal container?
> Spook juice sitting in a cup that the target is holding?
>

I'd say spook juice in a cup would go up automatically... the fumes from petrol
make it very
easy to light without trying too hard, and I think spook juice is at least as
volatile.

>
> I don't want to disallow it, and would be tempted to say that grenades don't
> detonate no matter what.  But if Pinnacle worked out the strain costs and
> designed the miracle so that Sykers _could_ go around doing that, that's a
> viewpoint I'm tempted to respect...

Remember that the heat has to warm up the metal container up quite a bit to set
off the explosive.  The metal can only absorb heat so fast.  A sudden near-
instantaneous blast does not have the time to transfer much heat, and most of
that would radiate back out.

Also remember that the explosive is only being heated, not burnt.

So I'd say not really any chance of grenades going off unless the psyker gets a
really exceptional roll.


You can test this using a butane gas refill cylinder and a cigarette lighter if
you don't value your body hair... (or life, if you acually try it with real
grenades :)


Doug "Ex-Pyromaniac" Stalker