Great White Games/Pinnacle Entertainment Group

[pcrh]

I have a player in the Ragnarok setting who has a Marconi gun. He wants to use it to shoot a vehicle, and do electrical damage to all inside the vehicle (it is a troop transport truck).

I think the marconi gun could take advantage of the electric and heat/fire trappings, but extending the damage to everyone in the vehicle seems to make the gun work with area effect, which it doesn't have.

I welcome comments on marconi guns and how they've been handled in other peoples games.

Thanks!

[Cryonic]

[VonDan]

In the pulp setting Serpent Empire the Tesla Gun fires an electric arc that has a chance of jumping to the next largest/closest source of metal once the first target is down. Sort of like a Fantasy chain lightiing spell from the spelljammer PC game that could kill your own crew to they are are in line with the enemy
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[Clash957]

I was under the impression that the Marconi gun was a sort of microwave weapon. Not exactly sure how that would effect and truckload of troops. The metal prevents the microwaves and no damage or offer none at all. I fairly certain that 1940's engines didn't have much in the way of electronics though. Maybe an electric starter and headlights but nothing too necessary once the truck is running.

I'm probably wrong on all accounts.
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