Create Explosive Objects: Cherry Bombs

Create Explosive Objects: Cherry Bombs (minor) by Stone Gargoyle

These are not what you normally think of as Cherry bombs. This power allows the superbeing to generate small red sacs which explode on impact, doing little damage but creating a mess of red dye.

1. Paint Bombs: The sacs explode on impact, splattering dye on the target and the surrounding area.

Range: Can be thrown as tiny object weighing a few ounces. Splatters for a radius of 2 feet.

Duration: Instant, as they explode on impact. Unused and unplucked cherry bombs rot away after 2d4 days. Once removed from the vine, bombs must be used within 2d4 melee rounds. Bombs will leak and become ineffective otherwise.

Damage: Paint bombs only do 2 SDC damage on impact, as their real purpose is to mark targets for tracking purposes or cause confusion. A called shot to the eyes, if successful, will blind the target, causing them to lose 2 attacks and have a combat penalty of -10 until the paint is washed off or dissolves in 2d4 melee rounds.

2. Bomb Generation: Cherry Bombs are generated as part of the superbeing's normal growth, producing his PE number in bombs per hour which grow on a vine.

Number Produced: PE number per hour, plus 2 extra per level of experience.

Size: Bombs are approximately an inch in diameter.

SDC: 2 per bomb; as they are an external part of the superbeing, growing on him in vine-like strands, they can be destroyed prior to use.

Vines: The bombs form on vines which grow along with the bombs, a new vine forming each hour and all bombs generated in a given hour sharing the same vine. The vines attach to the superbeing at the scalp. Vines have a tensile strength equal to a PS of 5 and cannot be used to throw bombs with any accuracy; whipping the vine to toss cherries as a volley attack throws all bombs on the vine simultaneously and is done with a -4 to strike. The vines dissolve once all bombs have been plucked or thrown off, or are destroyed.

3. Combat and Tactics: For any accuracy, the bombs must be removed from the vines and thrown.

Attacks: Removing a single cherry bomb and throwing it can be done as a single attack/action; preparing a volley and attacking with multiple bombs uses 2 actions.

Vine Whip Attack: See above for penalties for using cherries still on the vine to attack. The vines themselves inflict no damage and are not strong enough to use for an entangling attack.

Volley Attack: When removed, cheery bombs can be thrown individually or in volleys of 2, 4, 6 or 8.

Bonuses: Bonus to strike with a single cherry bomb (aimed) is +3. No bonus when throwing multiple bombs.

Duration: See above