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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 5924270" data-attributes="member: 19675">So what if it is an outlier?  The LeShay is an outlier itself.The point is, these are known RW techniques, and if the LeShay survived assassination attempts, eventually, someone would suggest and attempt just such an attack.  OKC and 9/11 might be seen as the only viable options at some point.And that's assuming the Resistance is made of people like you and me.  If there were free minds among the military or other similarly capable & connected organizations, "misdirected" military grade weaponry, dirty nukes (or plutonium seasoning for his chef salad), and probably stuff we don't even have clue about would also be on the table.The same goes for prototype systems like Metalstorm.  Even though it is not considered field-ready at this time, in a battle for THE WORLD, someone would give it a try if that option were available.Why?  Because they would be desperate.  We see that kind of attitude all over fiction- what we have doesn't stop Godzilla, so what do the eggheads have in their labs we can try?  The invading Martians are invulnerable to nukes, so what else do we have?The same mentality exists in real life.Look at what the Axis powers were researching/contemplating right before they lost, you'll find stuff we know works- jets, nukes, etc.- and exotica like vortex cannons and death rays.So what none of this is already statted out for WotC's take on D20.  Do you mean to say if a play asked to make a Metalstorm type device- and having the requisite skills and facilities- you'd say "No" to the request?Go back and read this thread, you'll find I'm NOT "Tech side wins Dude"- I point out strengths and weaknesses of BOTH sides.As for LeShay vs Deity HP & defenses: it has always been my position that deity stats only represent the avatars they manifest to beings on planes other than their own.  Destroying such an avatar is like a scraped knee- painful, but not life threatening, and it will get better.So while a nuke might wipe out the LeShay and Cthulhu, Cthulhu might still return some day.</blockquote>

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