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« on: <06-10-16/2114:57> »
While I don't think it's listed anywhere I don't imagine it isn't something that couldn't be made/bought/used etc. Would y'all do 25¥ just like the other flashlights or change it somehow?

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« Reply #1 on: <06-11-16/0305:03> »
ya UV used to be a thing in 3rd Edition I think flashlights are 10 for short 25 for long I mean I have a uv flashlight on my desk so it shouldnt be too hard to get mostly used for finding hard to spot bodily fluids and the like >_>

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« Reply #2 on: <06-11-16/0613:06> »
Depends on where you look; SR5 has a flat 25¥ cost for all flashlights, whereas Run & Gun introduced a 50¥ cost for a weapon-mountable standard flashlight, 200¥ for low light, and 400¥ for infrared.

If using the former as a guideline I would keep the price of a UV flashlight at 25¥. If the latter, I'd say UV light has more in common with infrared in that they're more rarely used, and so I'd use the 400¥ cost.

I'd also include a UV light in a forensics tool kit/shop/facility.

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« Reply #3 on: <06-11-16/2002:01> »
ya UV used to be a thing in 3rd Edition I think flashlights are 10 for short 25 for long I mean I have a uv flashlight on my desk so it shouldnt be too hard to get mostly used for finding hard to spot bodily fluids and the like >_>
Or piss off something with Allergy(Sunlight)

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« Reply #4 on: <06-11-16/2039:15> »
Got that tetrachromatic vision, did you? :D

That said, I wouldn't say it works on folks with a sunlight allergy, if it's for supernatural reasons, as in the case of a vampire.  Sunlight has more supernatural implications than that.

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« Reply #5 on: <06-11-16/2315:58> »
Got that tetrachromatic vision, did you? :D

That said, I wouldn't say it works on folks with a sunlight allergy, if it's for supernatural reasons, as in the case of a vampire.  Sunlight has more supernatural implications than that.

Actually...

Quote from: Run Faster, page 134, "Walking In Shadows"
Artificial UV lighting is also uncomfortable. While not usually enough to cause a full anaphylactic reaction, many security systems incorporate high-intensity ultraviolet lighting as part of their systems if they’re looking to protect themselves against the Infected. These lights can cause enough of a reaction to cause discomfort and prevent the use of the Infected character’s powers.

The earlier page also states that the same high intensity UV lights can force a vampire out of mist form.  So, while they don't do damage, and a normal flashlight isn't enough to force them out of mist form, they probably still are irritating.  Itchiness, or like an uncomfortably warm sensation, I'd bet.  Like 忍 said; just enough to piss someone off.
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« Reply #6 on: <06-12-16/1102:44> »
I'm not sure I'd equate "high-intensity ultraviolet lighting" with "flashlight"; to my mind, that's more of an internal light system thing, or floodlights, not a handheld maglight type device. That's just my opinion, though, seeing as how that's a fluff piece with no actual mechanical rule except for what each individual GM infers from the text.

Essentially, I'd equate that to a normal human having a flashlight pointed in their direction; at worst you get a glare penalty, which I agree might piss someone off.

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« Reply #7 on: <06-12-16/1258:44> »
I wonder just how intensive that UV light has to be....

We currently use high wattage UV light in city water purification systems. But those lights are so intense, you get a 3rd degree sub-dermal burns after 15 seconds on exposure....
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« Reply #8 on: <06-12-16/1310:48> »
That'd do, Reaver. What kind of bulb sizes are we talking? Small enough to fit a flashlight?

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« Reply #9 on: <06-12-16/1334:35> »
That'd do, Reaver. What kind of bulb sizes are we talking? Small enough to fit a flashlight?
Any version that's liable to work on a civic scale is probably fragging huge.

However, the home version can get very small.

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« Reply #10 on: <06-12-16/1358:39> »
I'm guessing the home version won't actually give you a 3rd degree sub-dermal burns after a 15 second exposure time, though?

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« Reply #11 on: <06-12-16/1433:57> »
Probably not.

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« Reply #12 on: <06-12-16/2051:41> »
That'd do, Reaver. What kind of bulb sizes are we talking? Small enough to fit a flashlight?

Its an arrangment of 36 blubs, each 48 inches in lenght that surround a clear section on pipe....

In such a rig, UV radiation is able to clean about 100,000 liters of water an hour, per intake.

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So, your flashlight would be 4 feet wide with one of these blubs :P
And mind you, these are specialized blubs! You place orders for them 6 months in advance for manufacture.... not run to Home Depot to buy.
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« Reply #13 on: <06-12-16/2257:29> »
I'm guessing the home version won't actually give you a 3rd degree sub-dermal burns after a 15 second exposure time, though?
That probably wasn't pointed at someone with an allergy to UV light though...

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« Reply #14 on: <06-12-16/2310:09> »
Clearly, there is only one solution.

Reaver, dear, we shall need you to acquire a stop watch and an albino, then measure how long it takes for the albino to die upon exposure to this light bulb.