| From: | Mon goose <landsquid@*******.COM> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Encephalon / pool use + otaku / frames |
| Date: | Sat, 6 Dec 1997 00:19:11 PST |
>In my game, we changed it to NOT using a soft....as that's how Task
>pool works normally. We always figured it for either a typo, or a
>bad understanding of Task pool on the part of the VR 2.0 designer.
>The general consensus before this was that chipped skills mean no
>pool. Besides, it's way easier to get Chipped Computer 10 than
>Natural computer 10.
>
>-=SwiftOne=-
>
Well, yeah, thats the basic effect in our game too- you need the natural
skill to use ANY pool (hacking, combat, or handling- we're nazi's) and,
to use the task pool in your hacking pool, you nead a computer soft
equal to your skill (actually, it CAN be lower, but you loose one task
for each point lower). Why? Well, the Encephalon mentions
"multitasking"- we figure that boosts your intellegence, but also allows
you to shift some dutties over onto the chip. For less time intensive
tasks, its not so big a deal, the encepahlon alone can handle the load
and supply the task pool dice. For task pool as hacking, you need
"Hackmeister Helper".
Query- could an Otaku with headware mememory (and maybe an encephalon)
load a normal frame, down load it to the net, and opperate it? The
frame doesn't take up active memory on anormal deckers deck, 'cause it
runns in the matrix. That would seem to make frames an ideal tools for
Otaku. I know, they have "sprites", and maybe an ego about normal
decker software, and its expensive to buy a good frame.
Also, is it possible to take control of somebody elses frame?
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