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Message: <blockquote data-quote="(un)reason" data-source="post: 8029944" data-attributes="member: 27780">Polyhedron Issue 20: Sep/Oct 1984part 2/6The Proton Beam: Proton beams? So shooting charged hydrogen atoms at people? That seems like an exceedingly impractical weapon in an atmosphere, as it would attract to whatever atoms were in the way, making it's range short. Given that regular hydrogen already tends to bond highly exothermically (ie, goes boom) to form compounds with whatever's available, slathering things in exposed protons would certainly mess people and objects up, but it would be tricky to fire them fast and far away enough to keep the user from being caught in the explosion, and repeated shots would build up a dangerous level of negative charge on the weapon that would make it even harder. A strong reminder that while Star Frontiers may be harder science fiction than Gamma World, that's a very low bar to clear indeed. A fun new bit of crunch for your players to enjoy, but the science doesn't hold up to even cursory examination. So it goes. At least it gave me a chance to engage a different part of my brain to most of this reviewing. The Druid: Looks like the sample characters series isn't going to complete itself properly after all, as they skipped last month, and this is the last one before it disappears unmourned. Guess they just couldn't get the submissions or something. As with the previous two, he's into double digit levels and has a pretty swanky home, albeit one made out of shaped still-living trees. Thanks to his heroic deeds, he has plenty of treasure, which of course he doesn't need to spend any of to survive, so he can use it philanthropically to maximum effect, which further cements his popularity. It's so much easier to get through life when you have the power to disengage from capitalism any time you feel like it. Despite not labelling it as a separate article, they also include 4 more NPC's, 2 druids, which as before are the same level, but have quite different equipment and spell selections, plus a paladin and a wizard. While they do tend to well above average stats, they're still considerably less annoyingly written and more usable in actual play than the Giants in the Earth ones from Dragon, so I regret this not being properly completed. An eternally unfilled symmetry is a troubling thing to see.</blockquote>

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