Re: [HoE] Doombringers, emp and the combine

[Allan Seyberth <darious@darious.com>]

At 03:22 PM 5/25/1999 -0700, you wrote:
>There was a whole big thing of "will EMP work on the Black Hat Chip?" when
>the list first started. Shane answered (rather slowly and it seemed
>reluctantly [hey...this was a new thing]) that the chips where resistant to
>EMP and so it wouldn't work. IMO he did this to make sure that one group
>(Doomsayers) wouldn't over power the game in respect to one of the major
>threats of the game. If the Doomies could do this then the Black Hat aren't
>as dangerous. As for the equipment that wasn't necessarily covered by
>Shane's ruling and I'd say yes you can knock out the gun (and other stuff)
>but the chip is still active and if the posse tamper with the device their
>in for a rude awakening.

Here's what Shane said.

Monsters:  Black Hats and chipped weapons
Q)	Could a Doomsayer use EMP on these chips, and if so, what would happen?
Would  they all immediately explode, or have the chips been shielded from
EMP  effects?  - DarrinBrig
A)	They're shielded. Just boost the TN by +4 or so. That's my "quick"
ruling. Use that until John gives you the "official" answer. [Shane
Hensley, HoE listserv, 9/25/98]
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Allan Seyberth
darious@darious.com

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He was drawn to the road, and he didn't so much cross the road as the road
crossed him.  And once across, the chicken entered into a frightening void,
filled only with the screams of a thousand agonized souls.  The hands of
doom reached out of the blackness, strangling the chicken, smothering him,
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escape.  He was now a prisoner of the Cenobytes, doomed to an eternity of
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