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SRM FAQ 1.3 Discussion
Hobbes:
I haz a sadz about Special Gear not being Char Gen legal. :'(
Edit: Special Modifications.... derp....
Fedifensor:
Some thoughts about Better Than Bad...
Blight, by default, is an injection vector toxin. If administered via injection, the target (unless it fully resists a Power 12 toxin) loses their connection to the manasphere. When Blight is combined with DMSO, it gains a contact vector, and the target makes a Drain Resistance test (instead of Toxin Resistance) versus Power 12, and damage taken is treated as Stun Drain.
Is the contact vector effect instead of the injection vector effect, or in addition to it? What happens if something that doesn't have powers or abilities that cause Drain (certain Awakened creatures) is hit?
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So, Dead SIN gives 20 Karma, and the only thing you have to do is not use the free Fake SIN and Licenses that it also gives? Or is there some other way this negative quality comes into play? I'm guessing it is supposed to be like having a real SIN, except you'll eventually get caught and have to pay back the 20 Karma loan you got at character creation. A good deal for the person who needs the points now, and is willing to pay later. Maybe Missions could have the character pay back 10 of the 20 points, and the other 10 get turned into a criminal SIN...
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A pre-Initiative Data Spike from Instinctive Hack, especially if the decker had marks on the target in advance of hostilities, could break combats initiated by boxed text. "The assassin shoots at your Mr. Johnson...except he can't, because the decker just bricked his cybereyes."
fseperent:
@Fedifensor
Dead SIN, erg, you take that and you better pray that you don't get connected to your fake SIN.
Otherwise, being arrested for faking your death will be the least of your worries.
Imagine being mistaken for a Shedim.
People will want to make sure you're dead dead.
Have to say, at 2 karma, Instinctive Hack is overpowered.
As for Blight mixed with DMSO, it would be contact only.
Stainless Steel Devil Rat:
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Is the contact vector effect instead of the injection vector effect, or in addition to it? What happens if something that doesn't have powers or abilities that cause Drain (certain Awakened creatures) is hit?
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It does call out the effect on dual natured beasties, which may partially answer your question.
As for "what dice pool do you use" when the target is not a spellcaster by nature... probably treat it like adepts treat drain (BOD + WIL irrespective of tradition). But it'd be interesting to hear an official answer, for sure.
--- Quote ---So, Dead SIN gives 20 Karma, and the only thing you have to do is not use the free Fake SIN and Licenses that it also gives? Or is there some other way this negative quality comes into play? I'm guessing it is supposed to be like having a real SIN, except you'll eventually get caught and have to pay back the 20 Karma loan you got at character creation. A good deal for the person who needs the points now, and is willing to pay later. Maybe Missions could have the character pay back 10 of the 20 points, and the other 10 get turned into a criminal SIN...
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Probably going to just be left to SRM Blanket Rule #4: In Gamemaster We Trust. Sure there's the potential for table variation... but honestly if you take that quality you really shouldn't be surprised by whatever the negative impact is to your character when biometrics linked to a supposedly dead person turns up at a crime scene.
--- Quote ---A pre-Initiative Data Spike from Instinctive Hack, especially if the decker had marks on the target in advance of hostilities, could break combats initiated by boxed text. "The assassin shoots at your Mr. Johnson...except he can't, because the decker just bricked his cybereyes."
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The only problem I have with this quality is you have to pay karma to get it; it should just be an ability every hacker can do for free. (but let's be real.. it doesn't cost much and from now on every hacker WILL have it)
It's not likely to break a script; in order for the decker to brick the cybereyes or gun the hacker first had to spot the icon(s) in the first place. 9 times out of 10 the hacker only gets his matrix spotting test done before the first pass. The requirement to spot icons before you can target them is one of the single biggest things that keeps combat hacking from being viable- so this quality goes a long way towards making combat hacking viable.
--- Quote from: fseperent ---As for Blight mixed with DMSO, it would be contact only.
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The drain isn't the effect of the toxin when mixed with DMSO, it replaces the resistance test. If you mix with DMSO yes it gains the contact vector. Instead of a regular toxin resistance test you make a drain test. And if you fail to resist the toxin, then you suffer the same effect as if it weren't mixed with DMSO (becoming a mundane).
Marcus:
--- Quote from: Hobbes on ---I haz a sadz about Special Gear not being Char Gen legal. :'(
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There there. I feel your pain.
Maybe someday they will reconsider and let us have one of them.
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