WotC - Bullet Points Under the Skin

[(Psi)SeveredHead]

The newest Bullet Points is here: http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=d20modern/bp/20061208

It's called "Gadgets Under My Skin" and features a joke or two from Mr. Owens.

It's the last of the series of BPs on gadgets, by the way.

 

[Aussiegamer]

Hum whats the difference between voice and sound activated?

Surely a voice is a sound! but more defined.

See BP 2 and 4.

 

[Roudi]

A voice-activated item responds to a specific vocal command, and may be keyed to the specific vocal qualities of an individual. For example, a computer could be activated by it's owner saying "on".

A sound-activated item responds to sound in general (as noted in the article, it is usually used as a trigger or detonator).

 

[Owen K.C. Stephens]

It's the last of the series of BPs on gadgets, by the way.

Yep! So if you have other pressing questions, send them on in.

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[Aussiegamer]

I think whistling for something to happen should be allowed, but its a niose not a voice command.

And I am sure there are nioses what might be useful instead of just saying something. So restricting voice only for this seems to be too much for me.

 

[Ranger REG]

It's more like restricting sound-activation, according to the current BP. I'm sure you can command (or trigger via password) a grenade to blow itself up.

 

[Roger]

A sound-activated item responds to sound in general (as noted in the article, it is usually used as a trigger or detonator).

Clap on! Clap off! Clap on clap off -- the Clapper!



Cheers,
Roger

 

[Aussiegamer]

and as I said I don't see that it can not be used for other things than autofire weapons or explosives. No reason that something other than "claws out" could not be used.

And for that fact you could not have the explosive with a voice activation, so if I said.

"Say cheese!" the claymore then goes BOOM.

 

[Ranger REG]

and as I said I don't see that it can not be used for other things than autofire weapons or explosives. No reason that something other than "claws out" could not be used.

And for that fact you could not have the explosive with a voice activation, so if I said.

"Say cheese!" the claymore then goes BOOM.

Well, it's not so much that you have to be there to activate the claymore, but rather allow the intended target to make certain sound or noise to caught in the claymore's blast. IOW, a sound-activated trap.

Unless you want to build an elaborate trap, then knowing your victim to be curious enough to read a cryptic [command] phrase ... out loud.

 

[Aussiegamer]

I did not say "they" had to say the words.

The PC might say it to the bad guys as part of an ambush or such.

Limiting it reduces the fun with it.