Getting this back on topic by actually asking a question for the FAQ....
Running Silent says that you resist being spotted with Logic + Sleaze. So does running silent count as a Sleaze action, and thus start your overwatch score?
Also, only cyberdecks have a Sleaze attribute, so how do commlinks and other devices that are running silent resist being spotted?
No, a defense test isn't an action.
They add their Sleaze attribute of zero to the dice pool. =i)
Hi Aaron, I appreciate you answering our questions, but I very much dislike this answer specifically.
Strength is used for a few athletics type tests, but I think it's safe to say that damage is the main point of the strength attribute. I get the idea behind nerfing critical strike -- in 4e you could pretty easily get small humans that could punch a tank. But attribute boost isn't really the same sort of thing and is not subject to the same abuses (it takes an action, it has limited duration and drain) and if an adept boosts her strength.....well, they're going to hit harder.
It's also not how I would have parsed the rule itself....my assumption is that they were making boosts not affect limits and the like so that these didn't have to be recalculated on the fly. I.e. it was an ease of play rather than a game balance issue.
In the end, strength boost that doesn't affect damage just seems fairly pointless. I think you'll also see a lot of unarmed adepts that wind up getting bioware or cyberware to compensate, and that just seems un-fluffy.
I understand where you're coming from. My answer hinges entirely on the text of the power, which includes the words "This only affects your dice pools," and I don't think melee damage is a dice pool. It's possible that the errata could change this, but in the meantime, I can only really go by the book.
Spell Shaping allows you to create 1-meter-radius spherical "bubbles" within an area spell's area of effect that is unaffected by the spell: if you don't get the 3 hits needed, and your spell scatters, does the bubble (which will typically be used to protect you or your allies from the blast) scatter with it?
Since you have to declare your use of spell shaping when you cast the spell, plus the bubble is created within the area of your spell and not independent of it, I think the bubbles scatter with the area of effect. Of course, this only applies to area indirect combat spells, since all other spells are targeted with more precision.
If I use to multiple attack action for SS weapons, then I don't use it anymore, does the recoil still progress? or only when I use said multiple attack action?
I'm not sure what you mean. The SS fire mode description (p. 178) doesn't seem to allow for multiple attacks. Am I misunderstanding your question?