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Re: [HoE] [HOPLER] Question-Generating Session
in regards to my question about the rad-check TNs for Boise...
> Has this been answered before somewhere? It really doesn't seem to make
> much sense. We noticed something similar with Sybaris (from the
>Doomsayer
> SB) and how it was only 10-20 miles from a ground zero. The rather
>facile
> answer was that wind patterns and stuff can reduce the radius. But
>here's
> the same problem (even worse) again. Putting communities in or near
> maelstroms seems like a really good way to kill off survivors, yet two
>major
> communities in the source material follow this pattern. >>
>
>In the case of Sybaris, I believe my "facile" answer (which I've reprinted
>below) is sufficient to explain how the place may exist. In the case of
>Boise, it's obvious that the radiation levels have dropped to survivable
>levels. Why? Some quirk of nature or the spirit world, I guess, but
>primarily
>because Shane wanted to put the Templars' HQ inside a maelstrom. I'm sorry
>I
>can't give any better answer than that, but this falls under the "whaterver
>best fits your story" clause of my earlier answer.
>
>
I'm not really disputing that, just wish it would be clearer in the story
that the Sourcebooks, etc., released by Pinnacle are telling.
But that didn't answer my question. What _is_ the TN for rad-checks for
folks living inside a maelstrom in Boise? no check required? 5? I guess I
don't know which would best suit the story that Pinnacle is trying to tell.
And on a related note...is there some way to compress/simplify rad checks?
Vigor checks every hour can be rather...tedious, but reducing or eliminating
them seems to be trivializing the very real dangers of post-apocalyptic
maelstroms and such.
Any suggestions appreciated. Thanks!
>John Hopler
>Pinnacle
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