I'm going to address things in the order received. If I miss anything please let me know. Apologies for my absence yesterday. Between a tattoo appointment and my son's "choir recital" -- if you can call "singing" by four-year-old's such a thing -- pretty much ate up my day.
Before I begin, I remember that the last house rule I wanted to talk about was keying Intimidation off of either BOD or STR, should a char wish to do so. Thoughts?
@Tec, I like your idea for seeing how much the data in the case has been degraded. I was toying with something similar, so that's what we'll go with. While the dice pools don't necessarily reflect it, we should reach out to Zwei's char ICly for help on that front.
Additionally, nice healing on the Good Sister. I appreciate the IC concern, even if Poindexter isn't here to do so himself.
@bangbang, thanks for the char flavor. I feel like I have a good idea who Flickr is, but I still need to know his past in terms of hunting. How long has he been in the vampire hunting game? How did he come to it? What are his motivations? What are his long-term goals? What enemies has he made, and who does he consider a friend -- or at the very least "asset"?
@bangbang and @mal, yes, we have already house-ruled summoning for low power Spirits. The armor on the other hand will not be house-ruled. Specifically, while most masks and helmets only offer +2 AV, the Full Body Armor Helmet gives +3. I have a hard enough time envisioning someone with 1 STR wearing Full Body Armor that I will not not be adjusting Encumbrance in that regards. Keep in mind 1 STR means someone who isn't even capable of Running or Swimming without training.
@Zwei, we're going to call the Encryption rating on the blasted case a Rating 3. Happy Cracking.
@Zwei and @Mal, we will be using Missions FAQ errata on the Rain Forest Carbine, making it 11P -2AP, I believe.
@bangbang, to get the Text Only formatting on a Chummer file, go to Print, Text Only, and then Save as HTML. From there you'll be able to open the text only document as a web page, copy, and paste on the forums.
@Tec, et al, feel free to push forward ICly. You should expect the vampires and their thralls to be on the hunt, but the firefight at the Sunrise Office didn't give them much to go on -- good on you guys. However paranoid your chars may be ICly, no one is going to be busting down any doors in the next few days -- at least your doors.
@bangbang, don't underestimate the power of Suppressive Fire. No Recoil is a biggie, and even without a large pool you can still shut down a good number of the opposition simply by laying down lead.