Geomagnetic disc
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1 lb. Weight | |
PV (Unpowered)
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5 |
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Charge per Use
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400 |
Charge Used For
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Throw Effect |
Complexity
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6 |
Tier
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6 |
<00126> | |
Can Disassemble
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yes |
Can Build
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yes |
Tinker Skill
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Character
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ID?
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Geomagnetic Disc |
Extra Info:
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Ions spun into a euhedral disc on a spinning wheel crystallizer. Aquamarine smoothed into a wheel by deepsea steam vents.
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A geomagnetic disc is an artifact which acts as a thrown weapon with several unique properties.
geomagnetic discs must be powered in order to function, and thus require either an energy cell or to be supplied power via the Jacked item modification. Throwing a disc without power will cause it to behave as a normal throwing weapon would, having a flat 5 PV and dealing only 1 damage.
When a powered geomagnetic disc is thrown, it will instantly travel to its target with no throw variance, regardless of distance. This means a disc cannot miss due to throw variance, but normal accuracy calculations still apply, meaning the target still has a chance to dodge the attack.
After being thrown at a valid target, a disc will return to its thrower, automatically re-equipping itself in the thrown weapon slot. If the disc is not thrown at a valid target, either due to incompatible phase states or due to not being thrown at a target at all, it will travel to its destination and fall to the ground as a normal thrown item would, even if powered.
Additionally, geomagnetic discs have the property of bouncing between multiple targets when thrown. After hitting its initial target, the thrown disc will bounce and hit an additional 5 enemies, randomly targeting any valid creature that is currently engaged in combat with the thrower. Creatures can also be targeted for a bounce more than once if there are less than 5 targets; this even applies if there is only 1 valid target, causing them to be hit by the initial throw as well as all 5 bounces. However, throwing a disc at a creature that isn't currently engaged in combat with the thrower will not cause the disc to bounce, only dealing damage once before returning.
Finally, geomagnetic discs are vibro weapons, meaning their PV value is equivalent to the AV of whatever they hit, so long as they are powered.[1]
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