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Making metal transparent
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02-09-2018, 08:06 PM | #2 |
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Re: Surprising unbalance....
Cosmetic changes are only permanent if they're inherently stable. Steel can't be made transparent, so it can't be permanent. If I'm reading Control correctly, that is.
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02-09-2018, 08:13 PM | #3 |
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Re: Surprising unbalance....
I'm not convinced that making metal thick enough to give DR transparent is cosmetic.
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02-11-2018, 01:35 PM | #4 |
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Re: Making metal transparent
Spun this off of a discussion in Roleplaying in General because this is pretty gritty GURPS content.
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02-11-2018, 01:45 PM | #5 |
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Re: Making metal transparent
I agree Cosmetic shouldn't do the job here.
That makes minor changes like changing the tint. I would borrow a tip from Create which uses Cosmic, +50% to make Essential elements. A +50% Transparency enhancement seems to fit the utility level.
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02-11-2018, 03:57 PM | #6 |
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Re: Making metal transparent
Wow, in my climate, transparent metal eye coverings on helmets would be useless the lion's share of the year, due to fogging/icing.
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02-11-2018, 04:12 PM | #7 |
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Re: Making metal transparent
Checking specific heat, glass is actually worse than iron. So I'd assume that such transparent plates wouldn't fog more than a pair of glass glasses.
Annoying but not incapacitating. I don't remember my first glass pairs ever icing over much even when below zero Fahrenheit.
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02-11-2018, 04:19 PM | #8 | |
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02-11-2018, 04:29 PM | #9 |
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02-11-2018, 04:38 PM | #10 |
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