| From: | Gurth gurth@******.nl |
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| Subject: | Big Bag O' Questions |
| Date: | Wed, 7 Jul 1999 13:20:39 +0200 |
the street was...
> 1) Unless I'm mistaken, the physical damage done to a decker from black IC
> is done through an energy feedback through the decker's connection.
> Wouldn't it be simple to create a sort of fuse or circut breaker on the
> line to prevent damage from black IC?
Something like that already exists in VR 2.0: the intrusion counter-
counter-measures (ICCM) filter. It gives a TN bonus when trying to jack
out from black IC and allows more resistance tests against damage from
black IC.
> 2) Datasofts can be utilized with either a datasoft link or a display
> link. Does this mean that the two pieces of cyberware are functionally
> interchangeable? Sure, one lets you "know" info while the other makes you
> read it, but is that it?
In SR3, a datasoft link is called a knowsoft link. The difference between
a knowsoft link and a display link is that the former allows you to use
knowledge skillsofts (knowsofts -- hence the name, "knowsoft link" :)
while a display link only allows you do read the data that's on the chip.
"Reading" a knowsoft wouldn't help you -- all you'd get would be the raw
code projected onto your retina; it'd be like opening an executable file
in a hex editor. Likewise, using a knowsoft link to access a data chip
won't help, because the knowsoft link wants to "execute" the data, which i
can't. In modern computer terms, it'd be like trying to execute a text
file.
> 3) About how big is a standard medkit? Could it be installed in a
> cyberarm?
With a Concealability of 3, I'd say it's about the size of a stack of RPG
books (5 or so of them). Putting it into a cyberarm would be very
difficult, though I have been thinking of expanding the possibilities of
medkits in my game -- making many more ratings available, with a lower
rating indicating a smaller medkit. That way, a rating 1 should be small
enough to put into a cyberarm.
> 4) What is the barrier rating of 1 inch of orichalum?
No idea, but as it consists of rather soft metals (gold, silver, copper,
mercury), I wouldn't count on it being very strong. BTW, how expensive do
you think a 2.5 cm thick plate is going to be? A single alchemical unit of
orichalcum weighs 10 g and costs 88,000 nuyen. Assuming it has a density
around that of gold (as good a guess as any), that'd give a 10 g unit a
volume of roughly half a cubic centimeter. A 10 x 10 x 1 cm plate of the
stuff would then cost a mere 17,600,000...
> 5) What do people like better, point-based character generation (ala SR
> Comp and SR3) or priority-based character generation (ala SR2)?
SR3 has a priority-based system as standard; only the Companion (both
issues) have the point system. I myself prefer the priority system over
the points-based one.
> 6) Is there a group somewhere in the Mankato, MN area?
Probably, but don't ask me where :)
> I'll ask more when I think of them. Oh yeah, one more:
>
> 7) How much wood could a woodchuck chuck if a woodchuck could chuck wood?
How many Wolfchildren could a carp thwap if a carp could thwap?
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