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<blockquote data-quote="wingsandsword" data-source="post: 5919813" data-attributes="member: 14159"><p>Hence why I said sniper rifle. They aren't going to know instantly that it's nigh invulnerable. Attempting to kill the LeShay would start with small arms like a sniper attack, or a small-unit raid by an elite group like a SEAL team, and escalate up when they find that small arms can at most scuff his skin. </p><p></p><p> </p><p>Yes, it's not magic, but they can do a LOT. +71 to Diplomacy and Bluff would make somebody the best speaker in human history. I'd tried to avoid the Hitler example, but it works quite well, and he probably only had half that bonus to the skill. It wouldn't work on everybody, but it would work on most people, and would make attempting to take him down by the people who oppose him be more like a resistance movement than a war.</p><p></p><p>A DC 53 Charm Monster gaze effect (Caster Level 50) continuously active to anybody within 30 feet that meets its gaze however, is magic.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>At least in the United States, military commanders have no authority to launch nuclear weapons. Thanks to permissive action links, they cannot arm and launch a nuclear weapon without those codes. The authority to launch nuclear weapons is initiated by the President, and confirmed by the Secretary of Defense, then the codes are transmitted to the actual units. Without those codes, the weapons are not going off, not even tactical weapons are going to be armed without those codes. It's not like in Dr. Strangelove where a rogue General can order an attack, it hasn't been like that for several decades (although the USAF strongly resisted putting lock codes on weapons, saying it was insulting to their professionalism to imply that they might launch without orders). General Douglas MacArthur's illustrious career was ended in the Korean War when he demanded to drop nuclear weapons on China against the orders of President Truman.</p><p></p><p>Thus, if the POTUS, or even just the SECDEF is on the side of the LeShay, the US nuclear arsenal is completely out of the fight, no matter how many Generals want to attack. They could use chemical or biological weapons. . .except it's completely immune to poisons and diseases. I don't know the launch authorization processes for other countries, but again, releasing a nuclear weapon in this scenario will likely start WW III.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wingsandsword, post: 5919813, member: 14159"] Hence why I said sniper rifle. They aren't going to know instantly that it's nigh invulnerable. Attempting to kill the LeShay would start with small arms like a sniper attack, or a small-unit raid by an elite group like a SEAL team, and escalate up when they find that small arms can at most scuff his skin. Yes, it's not magic, but they can do a LOT. +71 to Diplomacy and Bluff would make somebody the best speaker in human history. I'd tried to avoid the Hitler example, but it works quite well, and he probably only had half that bonus to the skill. It wouldn't work on everybody, but it would work on most people, and would make attempting to take him down by the people who oppose him be more like a resistance movement than a war. A DC 53 Charm Monster gaze effect (Caster Level 50) continuously active to anybody within 30 feet that meets its gaze however, is magic. At least in the United States, military commanders have no authority to launch nuclear weapons. Thanks to permissive action links, they cannot arm and launch a nuclear weapon without those codes. The authority to launch nuclear weapons is initiated by the President, and confirmed by the Secretary of Defense, then the codes are transmitted to the actual units. Without those codes, the weapons are not going off, not even tactical weapons are going to be armed without those codes. It's not like in Dr. Strangelove where a rogue General can order an attack, it hasn't been like that for several decades (although the USAF strongly resisted putting lock codes on weapons, saying it was insulting to their professionalism to imply that they might launch without orders). General Douglas MacArthur's illustrious career was ended in the Korean War when he demanded to drop nuclear weapons on China against the orders of President Truman. Thus, if the POTUS, or even just the SECDEF is on the side of the LeShay, the US nuclear arsenal is completely out of the fight, no matter how many Generals want to attack. They could use chemical or biological weapons. . .except it's completely immune to poisons and diseases. I don't know the launch authorization processes for other countries, but again, releasing a nuclear weapon in this scenario will likely start WW III. [/QUOTE]
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