[pariah3j]

I searched but didn't find the info I'm looking for so I'll ask here. My main question is how do non-deckers search the matrix ? I'm assuming that comlinks can do this function since they are something of a personal computer/smart-phone all rolled into one. I'm starting a 5th ed campain and I was trying to write up some notes on the possible difficulty for search the players will need to make, but I got to looking and the only thing I see for matrix search says its Computer + Intuition[Data Processing] - I understand how the decker gets his/her [Data processing] number(at least I think) but I don't see where it says how a normal comlink would handle this ?

[firebug]

Commlinks have a Data Processing and Firewall attribute equal to their Device Rating.

[pariah3j]

Commlinks have a Data Processing and Firewall attribute equal to their Device Rating.

Thank you - I was thinking it was something like that but realized that some of the better comlinks would have better stats then cyberdecks so I started to second guess myself.

[firebug]

Commlinks have a Data Processing and Firewall attribute equal to their Device Rating.

Thank you - I was thinking it was something like that but realized that some of the better comlinks would have better stats then cyberdecks so I started to second guess myself.

That is the case.  Commlinks can be much cheaper but have high Data Processing and Firewall, but still lack an Attack or Sleaze action and can't run Cyberprograms or Agents.

[Reiper]

Commlinks have a Data Processing and Firewall attribute equal to their Device Rating.

Thank you - I was thinking it was something like that but realized that some of the better comlinks would have better stats then cyberdecks so I started to second guess myself.

That is the case.  Commlinks can be much cheaper but have high Data Processing and Firewall, but still lack an Attack or Sleaze action and can't run Cyberprograms or Agents.

Kind of like a tablet, you can get some good functionality with it with certain things, but you don't have all of the options you would have with a real computer.