[quote=“Random_dragon, post:2107, topic:3101”]I was going to suggest some Jame Bond style gadgets like pen grenades, but reversible explosives don’t work right.
{
“id”: “pen_grenade”,
“type”: “TOOL”,
“symbol”: “",
“color”: “green”,
“name”: “pen grenade”,
“description”: “This is a miniature explosive device, disguised as a pen. Sadly not usable as a pen. Use it to arm the grenade, and either throw or disarm it before it explodes.”,
“price”: 6000,
“material”: [“steel”, “plastic”],
“weight”: 113,
“volume”: 0,
“bashing”: 0,
“cutting”: 0,
“to_hit”: 0,
“max_charges”: 0,
“initial_charges”: 0,
“charges_per_use”: 0,
“turns_per_charge”: 0,
“ammo”: “NULL”,
“flags”: [“BOMB”],
“revert_to”: “null”,
“category”: “weapons”,
“use_action”: {
“type”: “transform”,
“target”: “pen_grenade_act”,
“target_charges”: 3,
“active”: true,
“msg”: “Click, click, click. You arm the pen grenade.”
}
},
{
“id”: “pen_grenade_act”,
“type”: “TOOL”,
“symbol”: "”,
“color”: “green”,
“name”: “active pen grenade”,
“description”: “This is a miniature explosive device, disguised as a pen. Sadly not usable as a pen. Either throw it or use it again to disarm.”,
“price”: 0,
“material”: [“steel”, “plastic”],
“weight”: 113,
“volume”: 0,
“bashing”: 6,
“cutting”: 0,
“to_hit”: 0,
“max_charges”: 3,
“initial_charges”: 3,
“charges_per_use”: 0,
“turns_per_charge”: 1,
“ammo”: “NULL”,
“flags”: [“BOMB”],
“revert_to”: “null”,
“category”: “weapons”,
“use_action”: [
{
“type”: “explosion”,
“sound_volume”: 0,
“sound_msg”: “Tick.”,
“explosion_power”: 12,
“explosion_shrapnel”: 28
},
{
“type”: “transform”,
“target”: “pen_grenade”,
“target_charges”: 0,
“active”: false,
“msg”: “Click, click, click. You disarm the pen grenade.”
}
]
},
[/quote]
Deactivatable explosives don’t work, but couldn’t you just rig them up like regular grenades? Activate fuse, throw, boom! I know this is the bad idea thread but giving the Bionic Thief/Agent profession a couple of em would be pretty great.
