Re: [HoE] Using HoE ABs in Deadlands (was Heart of)

[Doug Stalker <dougs@technologist.com>]

AJSolis@aol.com wrote:

>
> >
> > Hmmm, that I'm not sure about.  There is nothing in the Doomsayer SB that
> > refers to a Doomsayer being a totally radiation-free
> >  field/room/zone/whatever.  There is at least some implication that the 1
> pt.
> >
> > of strain per hour they are getting is coming from background rads.
> >
>     Hmm, definitely a possibility, but then again it doesn't say that they
> require any rads at all to gain that one per hour of complete rest either.
> So I guess that would be a matter of personal preference.  My take on the
> whole thing is that the radiation aspect of their powers are just a special
> affect.  It is still spiritual energy, even if they link it to radiation.
> And the hunting grounds are ever-present, so I don't see why a doomie would
> be cut off from access just because the local plants don't glow in the dark.
>    Of course, g-rays being a connection to the hunting grounds, are still
> quite useful to replenishing a doomie, but I wouldn't see it as being
> required.

I guess it depends on how you view the glow:  Is it radiation, spiritual energy,
or some sort of self-aware thing, and would it have existed pre-apocalypse.

The way I'd probably do it is say they recover strain at half the normal rate,
or at the normal rate if they are near some ghost rock (not using it up, just
near enough to be affected by it.)   The Ghost rock lantarn would let them
recover strain at 1 per 1/2 Hour as normal.
They may also have a problem with their mutations, since most are obviously
mutated.

As always, YMMV.


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