| From: | "J.D. Falk" <jdfalk@****.CAIS.COM> |
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| Subject: | Information-gathering character |
| Date: | Sun, 6 Nov 1994 18:23:45 -0500 |
as a decker-type to earn some cash and stay away from some legal
entanglements. I set this guy up because my characters usually end up
being the person to initiate Matrix research -- and, sometimes, any type
of research at all. (This is perhaps because I'm the only player with any
experience doing Gopher -- and now WWW -- types of information gathering.)
For reasons not worth rehashing, though, we tend to avoid my
doing any _serious_ decking -- just research.
As I was reading through Grimthingy II, I began to understand the
research and surveillance potential avaliable to conjuring mages --
especially through judicious use of Watcher spirits. So, I can't help
but think that a very good combination of talents for doing research in
the shadows would be a Conjuring adept with a high enough Computer skill
to get information from the Matrix as well.
Now, I know some of you are just _itching_ to start arguing about
mages in the matrix -- well, I'm not talking about creating a mage
character who can effectively combat black IC and such, or even crack into
major systems. This guy would only rarely actually have to jack in except
possibly to speed up the creation of smartframes or some such.
Any thoughts, suggestions, or pitfalls to watch out for?
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