Message no. 1

From:	Travis Phillips <tmphill@******.COM>
Subject:	Remote Control Deck
Date:	Mon, 20 Jul 1998 19:56:43 -0600

Apone wrote:

> Hey a good one there ! Why not a Gear Card which allows any Rigger to use their
> Drones from the Safehouse ?
>
> Something like :
>
> Remote Control Deck / Gear / X
> X = 3 + Number of Drones which can be controlled through RCD at the same time.
> (A rigger can only use a number of drone equal to his piloting skill.)
> May only be deployed on Rigger with piloting 2+.
> Allow user to assist a Shadowrun with his Drones from the Safehouse. User counts
> as a participant shadowrunner.
>
> I find the penalty a bit tough. How about :
> Roll D6 after each Combat and add the current dammage of the Drone.
> On 5+ , Communication is lost and drone is unusable until end of turn.
> On 7+, Drone is trashed.
>

I think it would make more sense to subtract a D6 from the drones
current body (taking damage into account) and set up the effects based
on that. That way, the tougher the drone, the less likely to have your
connection severed. Maybe try:

Roll D6 after each combat and subtract from current body (taking damage
into account). -1 or less, Drone is trashed. 0-2, Communication is lost
and drone is unusable until end of turn. 3+, no effect.

This style doesn't really have precedent, I can't think of any cards
that use negative numbers, but I think it would most accurately portray
the effect. To save space, you could just price it at say 5 Nuyen (I'd
still use it) and leave out the line about how many drone a rigger can
use at once since that's already part of the rules. Which leaves:

Remote Control Deck / Gear / 5
Play on a rigger with piloting 2.
User can assist a Shadowrun with his Drones from the Safehouse and
counts as a participant shadowrunner.
Roll D6 after each combat and subtract from current body (taking damage
into account). -1 or less, Drone is trashed. 0-2, Communication is lost
and drone is unusable until end of turn. 3+, no effect.

Maybe I only like this method better because I use Doberman Patrol
Vehicals and would hate to think that they could become unusable as
quickly as a Lone Star Drone. I love the idea of remote piloting
though. Any ideas for remote conjuring of spirits by Shaman? Now that
would rock!

Just my thoughts.

Travis


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