Thinking of doing a DW fanfic...

[Bob Schroeck]

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Does "I'm Alive" heal food poisoning? Would Doug recognize food poisoning?

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Hm. Strictly speaking, poison in V&V would do hit point damage, so yeah, I suppose it would. And is the question "would Doug recognize the symptoms of food poisoning?" If so, maybe. Doug's got some basic first aid training somewhere in there -- in a game I'd have him make a roll against Intelligence. Which means yeah, he'd probably recognize it.

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Just how big are the holes created by "Break On Through (To The Other Side)"? Specifically, are they big enough to drive a tank through?

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I quote from chapter 8 of DW2: By the time Yankowy and Shimura regained control of their craft,the cylinder of light had vanished and dozens of people wererunning out of a five-meter-wide hole in the back wall of thePalace.Some tanks I've seen would fit through that. Those that couldn't could probably widen the hole as needed. I couldn't tell you about Grandis' polymecha thing, as after only three episodes I'm still not quite sure how big it really is.

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As far as "Help!" is concerned, what's the definition of a Warrior? Will any random ally qualify, or is there some sort of minimum time limit or required induction ceremony?

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In the most significant example of its use in game, it pulled in all active members of Alpha and one member who had just submitted his resignation -- but no one in Beta and no other former members, and no other heroes. As for "induction", I would say anyone who is considered a full member, even if they are in their probationary period. It is specifically fellow team members from Alpha who are summoned by the song -- and only them, and only if they are in the same timeline. (There has been one exception to that last stricture, but the circumstances were extraordinary and unreproduceable.)

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Has Doug ever run through his entire arsenal in one combat?

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No. Doug in play has a tendency to pick a song (usually "Lightning's Hand" ) and stick with it all the way through a fight. Then again, most Warriors combats end in 15 or 30 seconds (one or two rounds); I don't think we've ever been in a combat that lasted long enough to exhaust a song. As far as running out of songs is concerned, well, that's why there are 3000 songs in the helmet -- not every song he can use is in the "arsenal" list; hell, many of the ones used on the Walk have yet to see game play.

-- Bob
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It's spelt "Frodo Baggins" but it's pronounced "Throat-wobbler Mangrove."