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    swordtart replied to the thread The Virus.
    The biggest hurdle with Virus is the ability of the Cymbeline chips to write circuitry. Of course if we accept nanobots this becomes...
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    swordtart replied to the thread The Virus.
    A read only brain would be incapable of learning or even remembering (including any instructions you gave it). The vast majority of...
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    swordtart replied to the thread The Virus.
    I was always interested if people would take the same message from the strip if you replace the word Sea Lion with say Nazi or Negro...
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    swordtart replied to the thread The Virus.
    My reading is that the infection was more conventional and the broadcast radiation was not propagating the virus but merely triggering...
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    swordtart replied to the thread The Virus.
    We are our own worst enemy. We are so convinced of our own autonomy but completely fail to recognise what that word actually means and...
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    swordtart reacted to rinku's post in the thread The Virus with Like Like.
    Hypnosis is a great example, especially in an adventure game. You don't need it to modify memories, though... that can be done through...
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    swordtart reacted to rinku's post in the thread The Virus with Like Like.
    A further thought regarding robots; they are just as vulnerable to sensory manipulation as organics. Possibly moreso, since their...
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    swordtart replied to the thread The Virus.
    Since most traveller robots are expected to accept human voice command and many are WiFi enabled there is already a very simple attack...
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    swordtart replied to the thread The Virus.
    Flashing lights can induce epileptic seizure so it is not just theoretical. Ditto the sound generators installed to induce...
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    swordtart replied to the thread Playing out a tug-of-war?.
    Leadership is a good addition, but it wouldn't be in the task chain, it would just be a check and the normal DM+1's distributed through...
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    swordtart replied to the thread Playing out a tug-of-war?.
    Wouldn't the tactics be bundled up in an Athletics check? I would view a STR check as raw STR, and Athletics(STR) check is using that...
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    swordtart replied to the thread Combat Arm with an Expandable Shield?.
    That is interesting. I hadn't read it as both clauses applied, I read it as an either/or rather than and. As it is two separate...
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    swordtart replied to the thread How is Working Together supposed to work?.
    I think the rule works, it is players that break it by the "oh I might as well have a go as well" approach. If players just sat back...
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