Autoduel QuarterlyVolume 8Issue 1

ADQ & A

  1. Can a pedestrian leap on a grenade? If so, what would be the effect.
  2. How much damage does a pad in a FC take? In a HT FO slick?
  3. What are the weights and handedness of Chassis Si Crossbow hand weapons (using the alternate encumbrance rules)?
--Carlos "Caveman" McReynolds
Miami, FL

  1. Yes.
    • Explosive, concussion, thermite, white phosphorous and flechette grenades do 5 times normal damage to the one on the grenade and none to anything else.
    • Tear gar, smoke and foam grenades do 1d-3 damage to the one on the grenade. Roll I die; on a 5 or 6 the one on the grenade absorbs all the discharged material from the grenade. On any other roll, the discharged material behaves normally. (The cloud from white phosphorous also follows this rule.)
    • Flash grenades do Id damage to the one on the grenade; the flash effect is completely Stopped.
    • Flaming oil grenades completely soak the one on the grenade and ignite 1 phase later. The pedestrian is surrounded by flaming oil and cannot get out of it.
  2. 1d-1. 1d.
  3. One-handed Items
    Molotov Cocktail 2 Ibs.
    Sword 2 Ibs.
    Brick 3 Ibs.
    Chain 1 Ib.
    Baseball Bat 2 Ibs.
    Two-handed Items
    Crossbow 5 Ibs.
    Bow 3 Ibs.
    Anti-vehicular Crossbow 150 Ibs.

    The AV crossbow is a special care; it breaks down into two 75-pound loads, but it can only be fired when assembled.

--MH

To whom it may concern: I have a few questions . . .

  1. Why can't twin-hulls use hydrofoils? They would just have to get two sets.
  2. Can blue-green lasers fire out of the water?
  3. Boats with gas engines seem a little slow. Wouldn't 150x power factors make more sense?
  4. How are kamibombs used?
  5. Can SAMs be incendiary?
  6. Do torpedoes take a penalty for firing through underwater smoke or paint?
  7. Could you use a variably-pitched turbo-supercharger?
  8. Can fake passengers be radio controlled? How about having more than one movement?
  9. Does radar-proof armor increase the cost of the armor total, or just one point?
  10. If you get metal armor, must you get metal wheel guards? Can you get FP? LR?

-- Sam Young
Vienna, VA

  1. They would give no advantage in HC. A twin-hull adds 1 to HC while in the water, and a hydrofoil adds 1 to HC while supported above the water. The two pluses are not cumulative.
  2. Yes, with the sane restrictions as any other laser.
  3. No.
  4. Drive the kamibomb up next to something and blow it up.
  5. No.
  6. No.
  7. No.
  8. No.
  9. It increases the total cost.
  10. Wheel guards do not have to match the armor of the car.

--MH

  1. Can an ERIS fit like a grenade in a battle vest?
  2. When does explosive ammo for an MG or VMG knock off a point of metal armor?
  3. If a grenade is thrown (or fired using a HGL) by someone in a car who has component armor does the grenade land inside the component armor or outside it?
  4. A question concerning sloped/streamlined armor - A luxury car (for example) has sloped armor and so its internal spaces are reduced to 17. Is this the number that must be divided by 3 to decide how many spaces of weaponry may be placed to any one side?
  5. How many spaces of weaponry can a camper place in any one side (5 or 6; 17 divided by 3 = 5 2/3)?
  6. Can the URGL be fitted to any long arm?
  7. Could 3 or 4 thermite limpet mines be placed around an internal component without taking up space (I assume this is allowed if they do take up space)? If so could these limpet mines then be linked to a deadman switch so as to wreck a car if the driver is killed? Can a deadman switch be linked to hand weapons?

--George Barrett Smith
Crewkerne, England

  1. Yes.
  2. On a 5 or 6.
  3. Inside.
  4. Yes.
  5. 5, always round down
  6. No, only to rifles.
  7. Yes. Yes.

-MH

  1. If a cycle is involved in a collision, would the cycle fall over?
  2. Can a cyclist fire a two-handed weapon while driving?
  3. Please clarify rocket boosters! (For example -- how long does a rocket booster last, etc.)
  4. Is the VFRP in Uncle Al's 2039 Catalog Update the only version of this weapon, or is the 15-shot model still in effect?
  5. If a tire has a wheel guard and a flechette grenade is thrown at it, does the tire take damage, or does the wheel guard?
  6. Can a ramplate be mounted in the rear of a vehicle, to be effective only while going in reverse? (I know this is a stupid question, but I have to know!)

--Brian Futrell
Zebulon, NC

  1. No.
  2. Yes.
  3. Each booster burns for I second and accelerates 1,000 Ibs. of vehicle 10 mph.
  4. The 15-shot model is no longer available.
  5. Roll I die. On I to 4 the wheel guard takes the damage; on 5 or 6 the tire takes the damage.
  6. No.

-MH

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