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Message no. 1
From: Brett Borger <bxb121@***.EDU>
Subject: Rebuttal/Free Bennies
Date: Thu, 12 Feb 1998 16:28:27 EST
> Please, folks(not just Spike), the man said to EMAIL HIM!
> I have enough crap in my email box to have people quoting Adam
> and
> then saying "OOOO, me!"

Hey! I wasn't saying OOOOO! I was creating valuable (ahem)
Off-Topic Humorous Etherial Ramblings!

In OTHER words, you can't blame me for that. (for a lot of other
stuff, yes....)

In a final effort to avoid being thwapped off the list, here is a
quick On Topic question:

How many "Bennies" do you offer your runners? I allow my runners
that have middle lifestyle or better to simply declare "I have the
call routed through a few different nodes" or something. The
understanding is that they can take basic efforts that would fool the
ignorant (For example, John Smith non-trained corp guy on the other
end using the Trak-Em(tm) call tracer he picked up at the local store
would get frustrated. Anyone with skill or real tools has no
problems.)

Do you think I'm being too nice? How do you do it?
Message no. 2
From: s c rose <scrose@****.COM>
Subject: Re: Rebuttal/Free Bennies
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 04:59:15 -0600
Brett Borger wrote:
<snip>
> How many "Bennies" do you offer your runners? I allow my runners
> that have middle lifestyle or better to simply declare "I have the
> call routed through a few different nodes" or something. The
> understanding is that they can take basic efforts that would fool the
> ignorant (For example, John Smith non-trained corp guy on the other
> end using the Trak-Em(tm) call tracer he picked up at the local store
> would get frustrated. Anyone with skill or real tools has no
> problems.)

Walking the fine line line of making the game move along and blowing off
to many test. Is something that every GM has to decide for themselves.
It depends a great deal on the tasks at hand so to speak. One of things
I use is if you spent the money a good fake SIN it works. If you are
doing normal things like routine traffic stops
or standard building security etc. The system accepts the SIN without
question after all you paid good money for it. All the information is
complete and accurate far as the system is concerned. An Expensive fake
SIN will fool a cheapo detecter every time and vice versa dice rolling
not required. This is for routine things not something out of the
ordinary.



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Message no. 3
From: Lehlan Decker <decker@****.FSU.EDU>
Subject: Re: Rebuttal/Free Bennies
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 10:26:33 -0500
On Thu, Feb 12, 1998 at 04:28:27PM -0500, Brett Borger wrote:
> > Please, folks(not just Spike), the man said to EMAIL HIM!
> > I have enough crap in my email box to have people quoting Adam
> > and
> > then saying "OOOO, me!"
>
> Hey! I wasn't saying OOOOO! I was creating valuable (ahem)
> Off-Topic Humorous Etherial Ramblings!
>
> In OTHER words, you can't blame me for that. (for a lot of other
> stuff, yes....)
>
> In a final effort to avoid being thwapped off the list, here is a
> quick On Topic question:
>
> How many "Bennies" do you offer your runners? I allow my runners
> that have middle lifestyle or better to simply declare "I have the
> call routed through a few different nodes" or something. The
> understanding is that they can take basic efforts that would fool the
> ignorant (For example, John Smith non-trained corp guy on the other
> end using the Trak-Em(tm) call tracer he picked up at the local store
> would get frustrated. Anyone with skill or real tools has no
> problems.)
>
> Do you think I'm being too nice? How do you do it?

Hmm...Way I've handled it in the past, if I've had their own decker
or a hired one, set up 1,2 etc relays. Every so often, they have
to pay and have it done again, to make sure its safe.
Cost depends on complexity, and I usually give the "relay nodes" some
level, depending on how much time/money is expensive.
usually something like 1 die per every 500/1000 nuyen. (Obviously
hacking Seattle's phone system, is far easier then the Tir, or Pueblo).
Not sure if it makes sense, but no one has complained yet.
Oh the level is used to resist traces, etc.


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