[Torg] coming back in Torg list with a bench of cyberquestions...

[Kansas Jim]

Phil replies to Alexandre:

>> cyber-enhanced Storm Knights move to place where tech 
>> axiom is lower than 26 (almost everywhere except the 
>> place where they come from indeed) when does a 
>> contradiction test is requirred ? I mean, for someone 
>> with a cyber-eye or leg, not a chip, i.e. some device
>> used almost all the time. 

> For this, you need to use the rules for passive disconnection
> which you can find on p152 of TRE.

Passive contradictions are mentioned in the original rulebook
but they're not called that and it's a very brief mention, like one
sentence along the lines of "if the tool does not require a die
roll to use then make one contradiction check at the beginning of
the scene".

>> Does the Knight with a pair of cyber legs encounter
>> disconnection each time he runs an action while
>> standing on his legs ? 

> Nope. A passive contradiction covers most circumstances, but you
> should also check for contradiction for more active uses e.g.
> Speed pushes, Jumping/Climbing checks or Kicks.

Yes, if the tool is involved in something that involves a die roll then
the die roll becomes a contradiction check.

>> And another question related to cyberware is about 
>> the hand that Thratchen gave to Dr Hachi Mara II.
>> How do you used this event in your campaign ? Is 
>> that a plan of Thratchen ? is the item described 
>> somewhere (a place I missed)

> It's not anything I'm aware of, and isn't described anywhere as
> I recall.

It was never brought up again because Mara essentially vanished
after the original trilogy of novels. She got mentioned a few times
in passing (the Tharkold SB mentioned her in relation to Kadandra)
but that's it.

[...]

>> Finally, I get intersted in tharkoldus. They are 
>> demons, so could they be invoked like the demons of 
>> Magna Verita, and how. What is the link between
>> the tharkoldu culture and the Hell described as the 
>> place of birth of demons in many religions (if any) ?

> Not sure about the official line on this. They may be demons of
> a sort, but they are demons of the Tharkoldu cosm. So you might
> be able to summon a Tharkoldu using magic in Tharkold, but if
> you were in magna verita you'd summon a magna verita demon.
> There is no official link between Tharkold and the
> Judeao-Christian hell.

Correct, there's no link. However, it does note in the Tharkold
sourcebook that techno-demons are affected by such things as the
Ward Enemy miracle and they are Entities so some Entity AK magic
spells directed at demons such as Bind Demon could work on them.
Others like Banish Demon though might not have any effect since
they're natives of another cosm, not summonings from a pocket
dimension.

-- 
Kansas Jim, Torg guru (ksjim (at) sdc (dot) org)
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