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Re: (Ultra Tech) How realistic are Electrolasers?
Luke, the "full strength" comment in your alternate rules link makes me wonder - should a character with the Unsupported Strength Limitation on some of their ST be required to make an additional HT roll each second they are paralyzed by an electrolaser (or possibly even TASER) to avoid injury and potential crippling? Certainly one affected by the "tetanizing" setting would suffer such, but I'm curious if the default "stun" setting should carry such a risk.
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A centimeters wide beam of "lightning" would be a bit intimidating, I think. (I've had your web page in my favorites for ages.)
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Pepper sprays aren't flammable, but they often include propellants that are, for just one example.
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I didn't mean to imply that a TASER is a bad choice for any particular situation. Only that it's easier to misjudge the dangers of a particular situation in ways one wouldn't for guns.
Of course guns are too often absolutely necessary even in hypothetical pacifistic societies. It's that ultra tech societies will have far more options for lethal and less lethal devices. And that would require more education and snap judgments than just fist, nightstick, and gun entail.
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I'm not familiar with the rules for Unsupported Strength - can you point me to the rules? If it is for something like a whale, which is plenty strong but can't really use than strength when lying on land, I'm not sure it would make much of a difference. Luke |
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In this case, the beams would probably look more like a soft violet glow than the brilliant blue-white incandescence of a lightning strike. Although the arc where the beams contacted the target would make a bright spark. Luke |
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