Akuma rolls down the window and with a few quick hand gestures, makes a ball of electricity appear in his hands. He then pushes the ball towards the area where the larger figure was and it flies into the rain. Closing his hand and making another gesture, Lu makes the ball explode in a flash of light...
"If I got them, it should slow them down a little..."[ +- ] Actions
simple action 1: reckless spellcasting Denki shuryudan (Force 6, Drain 8)
simple action 2:detonate Denki shuryudan (damage=force+net hits, AP-6, electrical effects)
[ +- ] Denki shuryudan
(INDIRECT, ELEMENTAL)(Shadow spells p.17)
The spell creates a solid ball of electricity roughly the size of a grapefruit in the caster's hands. The spell then launches from the caster as a grenade launcher (p.182, SR5) without a minimum range. The ball is affected by physical barriers and can bounce off solid surfaces and around corners. The spellcaster must make a Magic + Intuition (3) Test to see how close the spell grenade lands to its target. This test takes the place of the Throwing weapons + Agility Test used for grenades (see Grenades, p. 181, SR5). Scatter should also be determined as it is with grenades (p. 182, SR5).
The grenade spell explodes when the caster uses a Simple Action to detonate it or the combat turn ends, whichever happens first. The rules for blasts against barriers (p.183, SR5) apply to the spell's effects, along with the previously mentioned elemental effects.
COMBAT SPELLS
Combat spells use mana to create damaging effects, either by direct or indirect means. They’re a mana-slinger’s guns, and are treated that way by law enforcement.
Indirect: All indirect combat spells originate near the magician’s body (most magicians use their hands or eyes, but some use their feet for "power kicks" or emanate power from the entire body for a kind of an aura-throwing effect). The spell then is launched with an Opposed Test that pits the magician’s Spellcasting + Magic [Force] versus the target’s Reaction + Intuition, kind of like shooting a gun (in this case with bullets made of acid, or fire, or something equally unpleasant to be hit by). So you don’t really need to be able to see the target you can cast these spells blindfolded or with artificial image enhancement as long as you’ve got a clear line of fire. The Damage Value of a successful indirect combat spell is Force + net hits, with an AP equal to –(Force). Damage from an indirect combat spell is resisted with Body + Armor (adjusted for the spell’s AP). Area indirect spells travel from the magician to the point of detonation and then go boom. The test is like that for grenades (p. 181): a Spellcasting + Magic [Force] (3) Test with scatter of 2D6 meters. Unlike grenades, you get to add your net hits on this test to the Damage Value of the spell, but only if you beat the threshold; otherwise the spell still detonates, but the hits are used to reduce scatter by one meter per hit.
Elemental: These spells cause extra damage (Special Damage Types, p. 170). The specific type is listed in the spell description.
ELECTRICITY DAMAGE
A wide variety of nonlethal weapons are designed to incapacitate targets with electrical shock attacks, including stun batons, tasers, cyberware shock hands, and similar electrically charged weapons. These weapons rely on a contact discharge of electricity rather than kinetic energy. Spells and critter powers such as Lightning Bolt and Energy Aura cause similar effects.
Electrical damage is treated as Stun or Physical damage depending on the source and/or target. The Non-conductivity armor upgrade (p. 438) adds its full rating to the Armor value. The gamemaster can also decide which (if any) other factors may modify the target’s damage, such as extra conductivity for a character covered in water.
An Electricity attack that does damage can stun and incapacitate the target as well, though if there is no damage, there is no secondary effect at all.
Secondary effects for characters injured by Electricity damage include a –1 dice pool penalty on all actions and Defense Tests, but not Damage Resistance Tests, for 1 Combat Turn and an immediate Initiative Score reduction of 5. The dice pool penalty and Initiative Score reduction do not accumulate with multiple attacks, but the length of the penalty is extended by 1 Combat Turn for each successful damaging attack while a character is affected. If the character’s Initiative Score is reduced to 0 or below, they lose their last action. If they have no Initiative Score left the reduction comes on the start of the next Combat Turn.
OOC:
Edit: 3 hit (no net hits) to touch
I take 5s damage from drain
Last edited August 23, 2018 4:30 pm
