Quote:Hmmm. Actually, I could see a way that this could work that wouldn't require the handwavium to like us at all. You know I've been pushing for a partial psionic component to the goo. The stuff doesn't like people or anything; it doesn't even have to be intelligent and KNOW that it's aiming at people. It's simply a part of the hardwired anti-weapons lock. If psi-waves (either determined to be human, or possibly anything animal) are detected in an area that might be affected by a handwaved weapon, then the effect is muted/altered. This would be a perfect justification for the Slapstick effect?
I'd like to stay away from the idea of weapons that know what they're aiming at. *that* one takes us streaming right back into the "it works because the handwavium likes us" territory that we'd decided to avoid at the beginning.
*grin* Could be fun actually. I have an idea for a Sunbeam pistol (said name should send Doc Smith fans screaming in terror). But it's really a multi-purpose tool powered by stored sunlight. Flashlight, soldering iron, welding tool, cutting torch. Highly useful. It COULD be used as a weapon...but under the Slapstick effect, it'd be turned into a Dazzler pistol to temporarily blind...or maybe a SunBURN pistol. Any thoughts about this? Too over the top, or is it something every Mad wants for their toolbox?