Re: [HoE] Junkman Cometh and Mad Science

[Risik@aol.com]

In a message dated 12/31/1999 2:55:36 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
AJSolis@aol.com writes:

<<   Again, a failure of communication on my part. What I was proposing was 
not 
 the existence of a mad science paper clip (one shudders to think how that 
 would come about), but rather that at least some mad scientists ought to be 
 fully capable in pure science as well, that not everything their busy little 
 hands work on has to be manitou inspired, but the product of natural 
 intelligence and perseverance, qualities which I feel mad scientists ought 
to 
 have in abundance anyway. >>

   Well I can't speak for offical rules but we did deal with this in our DL 
game.  I was a gunsmith (Trade: Gumsmith 5) as well as a madscientist, and I 
learned to deal with the maitou induced designs after I nearly blew my own 
head off trying to build a gattling shotgun.   But the only reason I was able 
to figure out why it didn't work was because I new the normal science about 
guns.
   So, what I think happens with madscientists is that they get an idea (say 
for a Gattling Shotgun) and the maitou drops the plans full formed into his 
mind.  So while he has some idea (based on what ever real science skills he 
has) of what he is doing, for the most part he is just building from a 
complete image sort of like a do it yourself kit.

Hope this helps
O.W. Jones Inventor and Gunsmith