Re: [BNW] Inconsistencies

[Dan Massek <decker@phreaker.net>]

Sean Michael Whipkey wrote:

> First note - I really like BNW.  It rules.  I can't wait to start running
> and demoing it around here.
>
> However, I've found a couple of inconsistencies that annoy me, mostly
> between the main rule book and Ravaged Planet.
>
> The Yankee - In RP, the Patriot talks about how the Yankee was his hero,
> and how he loved him so much.  He's still around, even though he caught a
> bullet in '64.  However, in the BNW book, Yankee is told to be killed in
> WWII, in the prison camp revolt that spawned Superior.
>

I caught this one at GenCon and asked Matt about it, the printers were supposed
to reword one sentence so Superior saved Yankee at the last second. I know Matt
quickly flipped through he book and saw another error that was supposed to be
corrected, but not sure what it was. I think the Patriot thing you mention
below. He said Ravaged Planet was correct where the two books differed, and he
also said he would book the corrections in the defiance book I believe.


>
> The Patriot - In BNW, it's told how the HUAC dragged him onto the stand,
> where he railed against them and made them hang their heads in shame - in
> 1953.  In RV, he's listed as being born in 1945, and definitely wasn't a
> delta when he was 8 years old.
>

I think this was another printer error. I believe there are actually 2 people
who have been known as Patriot, but I can't remember for sure.


>
> US/USSR nuclear exchange - At one point, they say that they waited as
> rescue workers swarmed around "San Fransisco, Atlanta, and Houston".  Why
> Houston?  No problems seemed to have befallen it according to the main
> text, if I remember correctly.
>

Not sure about this one.


>
> USSR delta group - Is it the Red Brigade or Crimson Pride?  It seems that
> the same group is called by both names.
>

There could be two organizations like Delta Prime and Delta Squadron. One is a
military org. and the other is more like CIA/FBI.  I think the same is true for
USSR one is military and the other KGB.


>
> Finally, one last one....but it's a BIG spoiler, so you players stay out of
> this Guide section...
>
> Go away!  You heard me!
>
> The Facade took over for JFK, and was listed as an Alpha.  He then
> orchestrated the bombing of Chicago to get rid of all the Alphas.  Well...
>
> How did he not get disappeared?!
>
> If he's an alpha, all the free Alphas disappeared.  Of course, the ones in
> power-dampening fields remained.  However, if they're in those fields, they
> can't use their powers, so he wouldn't look like JFK anymore.
>
> I could assume that he went into a prison or something for a "tour", got
> his powers drained and hid with a few advisors when the bomb went off, then
> left and reformed - but that's a hell of a stretch, and very, very
> suspicious to outsiders.
>
> SeanMike
>

I was thinking the same thing, and couldn't figure it out, maybe he has his own
personal dampening field.


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