From nv91-asa@nada.kth.se Mon Jul 14 03:43:58 1995 Status: RO X-Status: Received: from mail2.netcom.com (root@mail2.netcom.com [192.100.81.122]) by mail.nada.kth.se (8.6.10/8.6.10) with ESMTP id DAA18313 for ; Fri, 14 Jul 1995 03:43:56 +0200 Received: by mail2.netcom.com (8.6.12/Netcom) id QAA02456; Thu, 13 Jul 1995 16:47:32 -0700 Received: from beauty.mcl.ucsb.edu by mail2.netcom.com (8.6.12/Netcom) id QAA02441; Thu, 13 Jul 1995 16:47:25 -0700 Received: from mcl.mcl.ucsb.edu (mcl.mcl.ucsb.edu [128.111.148.100]) by beauty.mcl.ucsb.edu (MCL.UCSB.EDU-HPUX-1.0-b) with ESMTP id QAA13633 for ; Thu, 13 Jul 1995 16:48:22 -0700 From: Eric Tolle Received: by mcl.mcl.ucsb.edu (8.6.12) id QAA06068; Thu, 13 Jul 1995 16:48:17 -0700 Message-Id: <199507132348.QAA06068@mcl.mcl.ucsb.edu> Subject: Bloody Caaaaaard! To: wod-l@netcom.com Date: Thu, 13 Jul 1995 16:48:17 -0700 (PDT) X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4 PL23] MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Length: 3102 Sender: owner-wod-l@netcom.com Precedence: list Reply-To: wod-l@netcom.com Okay, so it's a tiny little bit delayed... I'm finally getting around to all-err, make that _some_ of the things I promised to have done ages ago. BLOODY CARD For the WoD These strange and unpredictable techno-talismans have a reputation out of proportion to their actual use. Though they _are_ deadly, the side effects have kept them from being common. Their orgin is unknown, though legend does link them to a pair of female Euthanatoi-who-fail-to-get-the- point. It is more likely that they were a product of an Iteration X mage who was deep into Quiet, or that they were NWO prototypes that failed to make the cut. In any case, the standard reccomendation is to _threaten_ to use them, not actually use them DESCRIPTION: The Bloody Cards are in fact cards, the size of a large business card, and about twice as thick. The edges however are razor thin, with microthin slots above the edge. The cards are heavy for their size, and generally are imprinted with a logo. A patch on the card is actually a touch sensitive keyboard. OPERATION: Though easy to operate, the cards are difficult to operate accuratly. Basically, the user activates the card and throws it: the micro-vectored thrust engines on the edges of the card will sustain it in hovering flight for up to two hours at a time. A combination of pressure on the touch pad on the card, combined with wrist angle can cause the card to go through a number of pre-programmed flight patterns- though it allways returns to the thrower. As was stated before, accuracy is a problem. It takes much practice and skill to get an accurate flight (a specialty is good), and due to the sharpness of the card, incidental damage can be considerable. Caution in usage is advised. GAME USAGE: Note: there are a _lot_ of ways to do these suckers, this is just one way. I also diden't do the extra cost bit from the BoS, 'cause i don't like those rules..... Level 4 Talisman, Arete 20. Forces 4 lets it stay in the Air, Matter 3 lets it ignore armor, Correspondance 1 lets it be thrown in various pre-programmed area-effect patters (need three activation successes). Damage is 7 dice.. However, a to hit role using Mele or Thrown Weapons is neccesarry to hit all targets. Another roll is needed to catch the darn thing. It can be programmed to return the next trun, or you can split your dice pool to catch it in the same round...if you miss, it will loop around and 'try again'-unless you botch or the next rule comes into play.... SIDE EFFECT: An incidental Entropy 2 flaw is built in: when activating, role aret against a difficulty of 7. If successful, the Bloody Card will deviate in some unfortunate manner, ranging from missing the target or the return, to accidently splitting open a Natural Gas tank or canister of Sarin. Caution is advised.... Eric Tolle underdog@mcl.ucsb.edu "An' then Chicken@little.com, he come scramblin outta the terminal room screaming "The system's crashing! The system's crashing!" -Uncle RAMus, 'Tales for Cyberpsychotic Children'