Re: [HOE] Junker Questions

[Allan Seyberth <darious@darious.com>]

At 11:35 AM 12/24/2000 -0600, you wrote:
 >In regard to storing power 'n' stuff.
 >I think the official word on oversized tech spirits is that they lower
 >the drain of that device.  So, if a device has a Drain of 3/hour and you
 >put a spirit into it that makes 3 GR, it's Drain is now 0 with none to
 >spare.  Likewise, if you make a gun that costs 3/shot with the same
 >spirit in it, the result is 0/shot, with none to spare.  Therefore, there
 >wouldn't be any to spare.

That is indeed correct.

 From the AR
Junkers: Tech Spirits, oversized:
Q)      Say I want to put a Cloaking Device into a Cyborg using the Junker 
Tech/Magic and I feel it will be too much of a drain on the system so I put 
an over sized spirit by 1 in the device. Sense the device uses 4 drain an 
hour and the spirit puts out one drain a minute can the extra drain go to 
rest of the Cyborg's systems? - Fuzyn9feet
A)      Okay, I've been regretting the way I worded that tech spirit 
section for a while. Consider this an official rule change. Over-sized tech 
spirits do not provide Drain, they simply reduce the required Drain of the 
device. Boy it sounds like I'm headed into munchkin land.  Here is my idea 
of crossing the line:
         Junker turned Cyborg. Has all replaced parts (cyber scull, torso, 
arms & legs) crammed full of equipment. One of the pieces of equipment is 
Junker Tech (say a 10 slot item) with a level 5 Computer Browser Spirit in 
it. The Junker is dropped to 1d4 Spirit so he has a Power Focus and gets 
Supernatural Trait: Spirit at level 4. Now he his a Spirit at 1d10 and the 
Browser pays the cost with one left over. Add a Junker Spirit Powerpack 
(cost is 1 slot for each 10 drain it holds) with a 50 drain so it takes one 
mount and the Browser replaces the power at one per round. The Spirit 
Capacitor Bank has 10 drain per mount and a refresh rate of 1 per 10 minutes.
         One flaw in this plan. The computer browser can only be used to 
provide energy for systems which are computer-related. This means it could 
power a CPU or targeting computer, but it couldn't be used to charge a 
battery or fire a weapon. [John Hopler, HoE listserv, 11/16/99]


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