Thinking of doing a DW fanfic...

[robkelk]

("I'm Alive")

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Strictly speaking, poison in V&V would do hit point damage, so yeah, I suppose it would. And is the question "would Doug recognize the symptoms of food poisoning?" If so, maybe. Doug's got some basic first aid training somewhere in there -- in a game I'd have him make a roll against Intelligence. Which means yeah, he'd probably recognize it.

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Yes, that's the question I thought I asked. Okay, one change for the worse because of Doug, not than anyone present will notice.
("Break On Through (To The Other Side)")

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Some tanks I've seen would fit through that. Those that couldn't could probably widen the hole as needed. I couldn't tell you about Grandis' polymecha thing, as after only three episodes I'm still not quite sure how big it really is.

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I doubt the animators were sure how big it was, either; the silly thing seems to share interior dimensions with a TARDIS. I think 5m is plenty wide enough.
("Help!")

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In the most significant example of its use in game, it pulled in all active members of Alpha and one member who had just submitted his resignation -- but no one in Beta and no other former members, and no other heroes.

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Okay, that idea's out. Not an insurmountable problem; I'll just write a few other things differently earlier.
(Has Doug run through his arsenal in one combat?)

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No. Doug in play has a tendency to pick a song (usually "Lightning's Hand" ) and stick with it all the way through a fight. Then again, most Warriors combats end in 15 or 30 seconds (one or two rounds); I don't think we've ever been in a combat that lasted long enough to exhaust a song.

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The final confrontation, even as depicted in the anime, is more a series of short engagements than a pitched battle. Since Doug can only use any one song once a day (I assume that means "use it and wait 24 hours to use it again"), that means he'll be using more than one song. He'll definitely be using "Lightning's Hand", but will probably end up using quite a few other songs as well. (Heck, he might even find a combat use for "76 Trombones", if only out of desperation+looniness...)
-Rob Kelk
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Rob Kelk
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