Flashbang

[GreedyAlgorithm]

We had a situation in which an assault team was trying to capture/kill two people who held their boss captive (in a knife-to-his-throat kind of way). It came up that a flashbang would be really nice… here’s my rendition. Would it be more appropriate to make the Steel tests +Ob? Is there a nice way to tie +Ob into the DoF?

Flashbang

Nonlethal grenade designed to incapacitate the target. Affects one adjacent target at -1 to the DoF. Reduces Steel for the remainder of the scene. All targets must immediately make a Steel check.

I (1-3): H1, -1D Steel
M (4-5): H3, -2D Steel
S (6-6): H5, -3D Steel

Ammo: Single Shot

Close Combat Weapon (+2), Inhibitor (+6), Obstacle (+1), Blast (+1), Inaccurate (-2)

Index: Sub

–Guy

[luke (Luke Wheel)]

Forces Steel test at increased Ob. I don’t think there’s a tech ability that allows you to directly subtract dice, is there?

-L

[Paul_B]

I don’t think anything directly subtracts dice, tech or not.

p.

[GreedyAlgorithm]

Well, I got it from here:

@pg 383

Exotic Weapons
• Effectors can neutralize a technology trait, a position or cover.
Designate the target of this trait when building it: battlespace
positions, battlefield cover or a specific technological trait. The
exotic weapon negates or neutralizes—for one scene—the effects
of its target. It costs 3 pts for each point/die to be affected.
• Inhibitor: This powerful trait allows a weapon to directly inhibit a
target’s stat or skills—automated or natural. The cost for the effect is
3 pts multiplied by the number of dice or trait points to be targeted.

The Effector trait has been used, but I didn’t see Inhibitor used anywhere. Is “target” here supposed to refer only to non-living things? And if not, can the Effector trait can nullify only traits on non-living things or could it also shut down a crucis?

But an immediate +Ob Steel test does seem to make more sense.

–Guy

[luke (Luke Wheel)]

Right, forgot about Inhibitor. That’s a bit expensive for a one shot grenade though, eh?

Effector nullifies exactly what it says: TECHNOLOGY traits, not traits you get from the lifepaths or the lists.

-L