Re: [HoE] Toxic Shamans and Cult of Doom

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

>In a message dated 5/16/2000 2:46:24 PM Eastern Daylight Time,
>crow_steve@hotmail.com writes:
>
><< I don't know how Spirit Warriors handles it, but presumbly it applies 
>some
>  kind of penalty to the Shaman to be hit "directly" by a Nuke.  _If_ 
>that's
>  the case, then the Shaman wouldn't get the defense against the Nuke if it
>  was targeted near him >>
>
>I think that discussion is the fact that Spooks can have a favor called
>Immunity.     It's sphere specific...RADIATION Immunity, SLUDGE Immunity, 
>etc
>that renders them totally and completely immune to any and all effects of 
>the
>sphere protected against.     Now if that IS the discussion (and if it
>ain't.....to quote Emily LaTalla..."Never Mind!".), I believe it states 
>that
>things like a Nuke would still affect the Spook due to explosive damage.
>Now...not being a big Doomie fan and not being too familiar with things 
>like
>ICBM or MIRV, I can only assume (there's that word!) that, by their names,
>they, too do explosive damage and therefore (great.....now I sound like a
>lawyer!) would indeed smoke a Spook.
>

Geez, if that is the case you _would_ have to be a games lawyer to make the 
distinction.

Honestly and entirely IMO, I'd say that the radioactive explosive burst from 
a Nuke or ICBM is radiation-based.  Because that's basically...well, _all_ 
they do.  You might be hit with the Nuke burst at ground zero by being the 
target, but I'd think you were still being hit by an "explosion":  just one 
that goes off in your face.

But I could see it being argued otherwise. *shrug*

In any case, I wouldn't make the distinction using the example above as far 
as explosion vs. radioactive.  Either it's radioactive whether you're the 
target or 6" away from ground zero, or it's explosive.

You mentioned MIRV above.  That, however, is definitely radioactive without 
an explosive burst that I'm aware of.

Hope that helps.  But I can see where the confusion comes from.

>And if I've misread this whole thread and basically just spouted utter
>non-sequiter..... oops.
>
>Two Gun Mojo
>SASS #30412
>"I got my mojo workin'"


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