Police: Teen rigged exploding pens for revenge

[Desdichado]

I really don't think that joke needed any explanation or embellishment...

QFT.

 

[PowerWordDumb]

*ahem*

Enough, ladies and gents.

In other words, let abandoned pens lie.

 

[spatha]

I wonder what the DC would be to trap a pen?

 

[FickleGM]

I wonder what the DR would be to trap a pen?

More importantly, what is the DC to find the trap and to disarm it?

 

[Tarrasque Wrangler]

[sarcasm]He was probably influenced by RPG's.
Didn't they say he got the instructions from books?
No doubt the d20 Modern book has complete instructions for creating pen-bombs.[/sarcasm]

D20 Modern? Teenagers don't play that. Now, I don't want to implicate any specific game designers, but I heard this kid thought the pens would inflict "mega-damage".

 

[Lorgrom]

I tought the kid just wanted to prove to his fellow gammers. That he did in fact does have 1 rank in Craft:Trapmaking

Just kidding

 

[Del]

Chaotic evil?

Aye. I'm a big believer in actual classical good and evil present as forces in society. It gets me angered when people who read stuff like this assume "mental illness" is responsible.

 

[FickleGM]

Aye. I'm a big believer in actual classical good and evil present as forces in society. It gets me angered when people who read stuff like this assume "mental illness" is responsible.

I usually assume Chaotic Stupid...

I agree with your second sentence though, the mental illness card is played too often in my opinion.

 

[ForceUser]

Pretty messed up. What penalty could he get - anyone here familiar with Californian laws?

Depends on his ethnicity. If he's a member of a minority, he'll probably be tried as an adult and face a stiffer sentence.

 

[Steve Jung]

Maybe he's watched Goldeneye too many times.