| From: | shadowrn@*********.com (Marc Renouf) |
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| Subject: | Masks and Cameras |
| Date: | Wed Feb 13 11:00:02 2002 |
> Well Mask wouldn't fool a camera. Physical Mask would and in that case I
> don't know if someone in a guard station watching the security monitors
> would even get a chance to resist since it's just a projected image not the
> illusion itself... Basically it falls onto how you read the rules, physical
> mask is suppose to work versus technological devices (cameras and monitors)
> but would it affect someone watching a monitor...Personally I'd say Physical
> Mask fools the camera thus someone watching the monitor doesn't get the
> spell resistance check basically security would see what the camera sees.
If you're going to run it that way, then the target number to
affect the camera should be its Object Resistance Rating (SR3, p. 182).
Since cameras are highly technological, the target number would probably
be an 8 (which includes electronic equipment). If the camera were highly
sophisticated and did on-board image processing or incorporated pattern
recognition software (i.e. was more complex than just a simple camera),
I'd rule it a "Highly Processed Object (computer)," which has a target
number of 10+. Otherwise, cameras are too easy to fool.
But even if you can fool the camera into relaying the physical
image, you still have to fool the guy on the other side of it. Part of
the Resistance in Mask (IMHInterpretation) is getting the illusion to be
believable. It's little things like shading the contours of the skin
correctly, getting the movement and lay of the clothes right, adding
little details like pores, razor stubble, or little droplets of sweat.
Even if the camera is fooled into realying the image, someone watching the
camera still has a chance to notice that the shadow that you cast isn't
right, or that the clothes seem to defy gravity. Depending on the
resolution and capabilities of the camera, you may have some bonus
or penalty to your rolls, but that's up to the GM to decide.
Marc Renouf (ShadowRN GridSec - "Bad Cop" Division)
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