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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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