A Meditation on Radiation

[therantingsavant]

Originally Posted by swaghauler

The one thing that GDW did not discuss in the initial publication is the methods of treating Radiation or even Heavy Metal exposure in order to reduce the RADS absorbed by the exposure. In their defense, this was not available to the public at large in the '80s when they were writing the game.

Potassium Iodide Tablets: These can be taken shortly after exposure (up to 1 hour) in order to "bind" some of the radioactive particles and pass them from the body through the kidneys. This will remove 1D6 rads from the exposure total.

Prussian Blue Treatment: I have only seen this in injectable form but it may be available in an oral form. Like PI tablets, this will bind to various radioactive elements and allow you to pass those rads by urination. It will reduce exposure by 2D6 rads.

DTPA (Diethylene Triamine Pentaacentic Acid): I don't know if this is oral or injectable but it will bind to radioactive metals in the system and can reduce the RADS absorbed by 1D6. It can also be used to treat heavy metal poisoning. It provides a bonus of 1 to the CON checks (see my Food Contamination Table in the Storing Food thread).

Lithium Dioxide: An injection that can help one fight off heavy metal poisoning just like DTPA above.

I have no idea what the Availability or Costs of these meds should be. Input is obviously welcome.

This is pretty useful - I'll add it in to the post/article and reference this thread / credit you. This is your work not in any canon supplement?

[swaghauler]

Originally Posted by therantingsavant

This is pretty useful - I'll add it in to the post/article and reference this thread / credit you. This is your work not in any canon supplement?

This is my own work and you are free to use ANY material I post here in the forum. I particularly enjoy when the other guys post too. The Vespers War and I seem to "feed" each other's posts quite often. We don't always reach the same conclusion, but variety is the spice of life.

I always credit (by placing in quotes) AND post the THREAD of reference of anyone's work I use... Credit given where Credit is due.

James has a sourcebook on the forum here about Chemical Weapons that discusses Radiation too. I just cannot remember WHAT THREAD it was in. His work is FIRST CLASS! You should check it out.