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Message no. 1
From: The Deb Decker <RJR96326@****.UTULSA.EDU>
Subject: Matrix Plus
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1993 15:48:31 -0500
Wow, Carter and Huth finally agreed on something. Maybe Israel and Syria
will unite tomorrow under one flag. :)

Well, I skimmed through the whole post. I'll comment in detail
tomorrow, after I've had time to re-read the FASA rules and do some
number running, but here's what has struck me thus far:

Why is Combat Pool based on Reaction, rather than skill or some attribute?

Node Autosuccesses--> I was under the impression that autosuccesses were
passe' in SR2. Does the node still need to achieve at least one success.
If not, then the security scale just went way up.

The Decker is not restricted to persona bod rating when resisting damage.
No one else gets to ignore this limitation. Is this the sign of a kinder,
gentler Huth? :) No, really, I mean it :):):)

Finally, just a tenny question: At one point a TN was "Force-Hardening".
Isn't that a holdover from the illustrious Nightstalker's Mage Daze? :)

J Roberson
Message no. 2
From: "Jason Carter, Nightstalker" <CARTER@***.EDU>
Subject: Re: Matrix Plus
Date: Wed, 21 Jul 1993 14:01:53 -0700
Response to J Roberson's questions.
>>Wow, Carter and Huth finally agreed on something. Maybe Israel and Syria
>>will unite tomorrow under one flag. :)

Actually I did most the work, but Steve helped me with the very important
groundwork.

>>Well, I skimmed through the whole post. I'll comment in detail
>>tomorrow, after I've had time to re-read the FASA rules and do some
>>number running, but here's what has struck me thus far:

I'll be waiting.

>>Why is Combat Pool based on Reaction, rather than skill or some attribute?

First of all, Reaction is an attribute. Now the reason I made the Matrix Combat
Pool based off of Reaction is because the old Hacking Pool was Computer +
Reaction so Computer went to Hacking Pool and Reaction to Combat Pool.

>>Node Autosuccesses--> I was under the impression that autosuccesses were
>>passe' in SR2. Does the node still need to achieve at least one success.
>>If not, then the security scale just went way up.

This is to reflect Node Threshold. Instead of telling the decker he as to
ignore his first x successes, I just added them to the system or IC roll.

>>The Decker is not restricted to persona bod rating when resisting damage.
>>No one else gets to ignore this limitation. Is this the sign of a kinder,
>>gentler Huth? :) No, really, I mean it :):):)

No defensive test in shadowrun restricts the number of pool dice that may be
used.

>>Finally, just a tenny question: At one point a TN was "Force-Hardening".
>>Isn't that a holdover from the illustrious Nightstalker's Mage Daze? :)

What ?!?

See Ya in Shadows,
Jason J Carter
The Nightstalker

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