Comment on Medieval Doomsday Weapon

• MeatPilot@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  The folks exposed died a few days after. So it wasn’t instant. Very slow and horrible probably as all their organs and cells died at a molecular level and skin fell off.

  So damage over time and can not be healed. Would be accurate.

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  • Jimmyeatsausage@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    Slotin knew he fucked up as soon as it happened to. Apparently, he would always use a screwdriver to hold the thing open and was warned multiple times he was gonna kill himself. He did use himself as a human shield, though (not sure if it was deliberate or just happenstance), and ended up being the only fatality in that incident, iirc.

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    • Thrashy@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

      One of those cases where nuclear disasters end up being both completely horrifying and a lot less deadly than you think they ought to be.

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  • psud@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

    So about 1d8 con damage instantly then 1d2 con daily.

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• cooopsspace@infosec.pub ⁨2⁩ ⁨years⁩ ago

  It’s damage over time, forever

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