[UA] Entropomancer charging

[Will]

"Heaver, Paul A." <paul.heaver at baesystems.com> a écrit :
> 
> I'm not telling her what charge level she'd get from them

This looks like a very good policy, especially in this context... Is she going
to risk it and try to see what she gets?

> Walking across a tightrope set up between two neighboring 4th story
> apartment windows.  (Sig)

Alternately trying to climb a building/cliff without a safety "net".

> Giving another PC a pistol, blindfolding both of them, and having the
> character try to shoot her based on sound.  (Sig, but the other PC felt bad
> and was trying to "narrowly miss", so I downed it to a minor)

I have problems imagining this situation. He's the guy very good with guns or
at blindfighting? Otherwise I guess the risk is low (it also depends on the
size of the room/space available for both).

> Taking over a subway train by force and guile :) and flipping switches
> randomly trying to get some speed and drive around NYC.  Hopefully not ram
> into another subway train.  (Major, since she'll have innocents' lives on
> the line too.  She was thinking of jumping off the train partway through
> after charging up and letting the train go off on its own, but I think
> she'll break taboo if she does that.)

This one is cool (if I may say so), but jumping off in the middle, well, I'll
reward that with the basic charge for jumping off, and then I'd consider she
broke her taboo. On the other hand, good luck, I have strictly no idea what
the probability of hitting another train would be...

> There's definitely a blurry line between minor and significant charge
> gathering, and I'm looking to clear it up a bit in my mind.

I think there was a discussion here before to decide if the charges should be
granted on intent or on result. I can't remember what was the conclusion.
Since we are talking about risk and probabilities, I'd say she should get a
minor charge if the outcome is more likely to be a minor injury, and a sig if
the outcome is more likely to be a major/life-threatening injury.

Other ideas:
- you get acquainted with a major terrorist organization, and volunteer to go
and be the one who puts the bomb in place. Then you wait and about 2 minutes
before it explodes, you try to disarm it. If you can't, the building (and a few
hundreds innocent lives) blows up. I guess it counts as major (if you're not
a professional in this matter, obviously). A little bit a la "Lethal Weapon 3".
Blue or red? :)
- you try to walk 1 miles on a lane for urgency stops (what's the name of this
thing?) along a (busy) highway, or on the tracks of a very fast train. Sig.

Will

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