| From: | dghost@****.com dghost@****.com |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Note to Mongoose |
| Date: | Thu, 4 Mar 1999 22:34:55 -0600 |
writes:
>See the thing is i cant help it, in my runs there is a merc team and a
>decker with a deck in his cyber-forearm
>it is combat based and the decker cant do the decking well enough to be
>worth it
This is probably more your problem than the validity of deckers as PCs.
>he is also the rigger which he does much better
>so... well... i dunno, what would a merc team need with matrix overwatch
in
>the middle of madagasgar?
A decker's dominion may be the matrix but that doesn't mean that outside
of the matrix they are useless. A decker can hack sites for maps,
security rosters, security shift schedules, financial records, etc. And
even if a site is cut off from the matrix, a decker can hack in from a
terminal on-site. Before Corp Security Handbook, deckers could also hack
a site to screw with security (they still can but they are at a serious
disadvantage in what should be their home turf...). These are just some
plain vanilla uses of deckers. Blackadder mentioned using them to
coordinate. Get creative. I'm sure that if you put your mind to it, you
can come up with some uses for that wicked graphics processor built into
the PC's fore-arm.
>and most of the time my PC's end up just using there "Freelance Decker"
>contacts anyway.
There are things most freelance deckers won't do. On-site decking is one
of them.
>i dont see much need for deckers in my campaign, although if i were
playing
>in a standard SR2 campaign i mayve put more stock in them
No offense intended, but you are just not looking hard enough.
--
D. Ghost (Who is still waiting for FASA to do for deckers what Rigger 2
did for Riggers.)
(aka Pixel, Tantrum, RuPixel)
"You, you're like a spoonful of whoopass." --Grace
"A magician is always 'touching' himself" --Page 123, Grimoire (2nd
Edition)
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