| From: | Alfredo B Alves <dghost@****.COM> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: VR2.0 |
| Date: | Sun, 31 May 1998 02:27:52 -0500 |
writes:
>In a message dated 5/31/98 12:07:24 AM US Eastern Standard Time,
>dghost@****.COM writes:
>
><snipped comments on Channels Ratings for Beginning Otaku>
>> uh, guy ;) I don't think it can be done with the priority system in
the
>> BBB, but it can be done using the BP system in SRCo ... But after I
>> switched to using Wordman's progressive BP costs, I couldn't (at
least
>> not reasonably ...)
>Actually, we used the SR-Comp to try and pull this stunt off. It
-still-
>couldn't make things they way you are suggesting. Remember that the
number of
>points is spread out amongst the Channels, not placed in any kind of
initial
>priority system. Also remember that regardless of the resources that
are
>aquired via the SR-Comp, the Otaku character does NOT gain that money,
hence
>the limitation to beginning cyberware.
The cyber was max ever ... actually, now that I think about it ... I
forgot about the Intelligence bonus bringing the task bonus up to +11 and
12 days worth of programming per day ... also you can allocate points
from skills to the channels and that's how you can Max them out ...
>It is the one place where the SR-Comp does NOT work effectively as a
>comparison for a given "Archetype". There was a discussion on the list
a
>while back about "Otaku" using the "Magicians" priority table in
the
SR-Comp,
>and the "Force Points" for spells (Full Magician requirement in this
case)
>being the "Form Points" for the character.
Yeah ... I thought about that ... could work ... I'm sure most of the
list members are sick of it :) so could you e-mail a (short) summary
privately, if it's not too much trouble :)
>> Ewwwww GROSS! ;) this would basically make the PhysAd like an Otaku
>> (different, but similar) ... the target number for decking be the
>> subsystem after utilities wouldn't it? I reiteriate ... Ewwwww
GROSS! ;)
>>
<SNIP My Sig>
>Sort of it would, yes. Except that if you are using First Ed rules
crossover
>concerning magical types and the matrix, it doesn't work that well. A
PAD
>would never make a good decker under those conditions.
But according to Gurth, IRC the penalty was based on Magical theory ...
so if the PhysAd never learns Magical Theory he's allright ... (what's he
need it for anyway?)
>Please note that the Enhanced Centering was also simplified in the
example I
>gave (hence, the "Programming" option). It normally would work towards
a
>Whole Category of skills (Technical, B/R, etc...). Just imagine putting
>Enhanced Centering (Technical) into the fray of the decker who isn't in
a
>Combat Situation...
>
>=K
Yup yup ... how about Enhanced Centering (Technical) for the group's
PhysAd / Rigger / Decker? What's the centering skill? whistling ...(o/~
Wistle while you work ... o/~)
BTW, If an Otaku is a Cyberadept, does the +1 apply to the Complex form
_AND_ the options? (ie the Otaku pays for & programs a Attack 5 skulk 3,
does the Otaku Get Attack 6 Skulk 4, Attack 6 Skulk 3, or choice of
[Attack 6 skulk 3 or Attack 5 skulk 4?])
Also does a cyberadept's bonus apply to programming Sprites?
D.Ghost
(aka Pixel, Tantrum, and RuPixel)
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