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Summary: If I could spontaneously shift an element's atomic number down by one, what kind of reactions could I cause? What would happen if a handful of O2 just transformed into N2?
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Hello, I'm working on developing a chemistry-grounded Dungeons and Dragons campaign for a small group of friends. One of the features I'm trying to incorporate is a system in which players can harness nuclear transmutation to spontaneously turn one element into another at will, solving problems, attacking enemies, etc... by doing so. The catch is that once they pick a handful of an element, they can only reduce an element's atomic number by one. So, for instance, if a player a player selects oxygen gas from the atmosphere, they can only transform the oxygen atoms into nitrogen atoms. Right now I'm considering only the 2nd and 3rd period elements just to get a feel for what I'm getting into.
I'm hoping this kind of ability isn't too overpowered. Ignoring factors like gamma radiation from the nuclear transmutation and other yucky stuff like that, what kind of chemical havoc could my players cause?
Transforming the oxygen in the air into nitrogen sounds harmless, but would the spontaneous existence of a handful of N2 molecules held together by a preexisting double-bond cause any further reactions? Would they be exothermic or endothermic? The number of electrons within a molecule is unaffected by the transmutation. After the change, would there be any electrical discharge from the event?
<mentor: thread moved to SF & f forum >
Hello, I'm working on developing a chemistry-grounded Dungeons and Dragons campaign for a small group of friends. One of the features I'm trying to incorporate is a system in which players can harness nuclear transmutation to spontaneously turn one element into another at will, solving problems, attacking enemies, etc... by doing so. The catch is that once they pick a handful of an element, they can only reduce an element's atomic number by one. So, for instance, if a player a player selects oxygen gas from the atmosphere, they can only transform the oxygen atoms into nitrogen atoms. Right now I'm considering only the 2nd and 3rd period elements just to get a feel for what I'm getting into.
I'm hoping this kind of ability isn't too overpowered. Ignoring factors like gamma radiation from the nuclear transmutation and other yucky stuff like that, what kind of chemical havoc could my players cause?
Transforming the oxygen in the air into nitrogen sounds harmless, but would the spontaneous existence of a handful of N2 molecules held together by a preexisting double-bond cause any further reactions? Would they be exothermic or endothermic? The number of electrons within a molecule is unaffected by the transmutation. After the change, would there be any electrical discharge from the event?
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