Re: [HOE] Another Junker question.

[Robert Holland <robert@macauley.com>]

>1).  If I simply elect not to turn the power on, does the weapon STILL do
>damage, but as an unpowered version of the same (does a turned-off
>vibrosword still do regular sword damage if used as such)?  Common sense
>tells me yes, but I just like to make sure.

No official ruling, but I'd say that common sense applies here, subject to the
particulars of the design (an unpowered chainsaw is unlikely to do as much
damage as a sword if you whack someone with it).

>2).  If I don't turn the power on, does the speed penalty still apply to the
>weapon, or is that a permanent side-effect of the process?

The former is probably official. I happen to think that weapon speed penalties
are an abysmally stupid side effect (why the hell should electrifying a sword
make it heavier and more unwieldy?) so I'd got with the latter myself.

--Robert Holland