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Why wouldn't it be?
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Moving Target ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 386 Joined: 27-February 12 From: Nebraska, USA Member No.: 50,732 ![]() |
Why wouldn't it be? Cause if you get knocked out, you just hope to hell your team can find you? Edit: Had it happen in D&D with a ring of invis, got caught in a fireball, brought me to -1, party had no idea...bled out (IMG:style_emoticons/default/frown.gif) |
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Moving Target ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 250 Joined: 22-December 09 Member No.: 17,988 ![]() |
Plus, if their commlink is subscribed to a Tacnet, the team should still know where they are at.
QUOTE Edit: Had it happen in D&D with a ring of invis, got caught in a fireball, brought me to -1, party had no idea...bled out Blood pool should have helped... unless there was a lot of that. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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Moving Target ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 386 Joined: 27-February 12 From: Nebraska, USA Member No.: 50,732 ![]() |
Plus, if their commlink is subscribed to a Tacnet, the team should still know where they are at. Blood pool should have helped... unless there was a lot of that. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) well..bled out is kind of a general term...i was actually downed by a big fraggin blast of fire, that charred the entire area (including me) and the HP just kinda ticked down slowly as i lay there smoldering along with everything else (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif) |
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Moving Target ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 386 Joined: 27-February 12 From: Nebraska, USA Member No.: 50,732 ![]() |
Plus, if their commlink is subscribed to a Tacnet, the team should still know where they are at. Problem is, yeah...they can find you...but if you need quick help, its going to be touch and go, they still can see you so they will have to work based on feel, then they have to hope that they know what to remove, or just take everything off you by feel (which could be both awkward AND fun! ) |
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Great Dragon ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 5,542 Joined: 30-September 08 From: D/FW Megaplex Member No.: 16,387 ![]() |
As I've said above, I'm not that big a fan of sustaining foci at all. If you're wanting Improved Invisibility so you aren't seen by cameras you'll need a Force 6 foci, which is prohibitively expensive in both nuyen and karma. It can be a good idea nonetheless for normal Invisibility unless your team fails the rolls to see through your spell and the enemy does not, in which case your team will not be able to save you as easily if you go down.
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Moving Target ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 944 Joined: 24-January 04 From: MO Member No.: 6,014 ![]() |
I would say yes for item number 1. No for item number 2. The reason for the no on #2 is the focus is sustaining the spell, not the caster. As such, it is keeping the mana flow active. The sustaining foci would continue so long as the mage was in contact, even if he is unconscious. If he is dead though, then the foci becomes inactive. Thats why mages get APDS rounds instead of GEL... mages must die. |
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Prime Runner ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 3,507 Joined: 11-November 08 Member No.: 16,582 ![]() |
Cameras are OR 3 and vehicles are OR 5+. There has been some discussion whether you need to beat OR 3 or OR 5+ to disappear for vehicles, since vehicles perceive the world through cameras.
The sustaining foci would continue so long as the mage was in contact, even if he is unconscious. If he is dead though, then the foci becomes inactive. Thats why mages get APDS rounds instead of GEL... mages must die. Or they get more gel/SnS. If you can see him while he is still standing you will still be able to see him, when he is unconscious. |
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Neophyte Runner ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Validating Posts: 2,492 Joined: 19-April 12 Member No.: 51,818 ![]() |
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Prime Runner ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 3,507 Joined: 11-November 08 Member No.: 16,582 ![]() |
... I like it for Healing spells. You can drop the spell through a sustaining focus, then go do somethign else (possibly, Heal another wounded ally). Not really that good an idea unless you are willing to spend a lot of Karma and nuyen on it. Usually you cast Heal at maximum force (either at MAG or 2*MAG if you are willing to take physical drain) so you do not lose hits. Since most magicians start with MAG 5 a Force 5 or 10 focus will be very expensive. |
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Prime Runner Ascendant ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 17,568 Joined: 26-March 09 From: Aurora, Colorado Member No.: 17,022 ![]() |
As I've said above, I'm not that big a fan of sustaining foci at all. If you're wanting Improved Invisibility so you aren't seen by cameras you'll need a Force 6 foci, which is prohibitively expensive in both nuyen and karma. It can be a good idea nonetheless for normal Invisibility unless your team fails the rolls to see through your spell and the enemy does not, in which case your team will not be able to save you as easily if you go down. Cameras are only OR 3 Neraph... Therefore, only a Force 3 Sustaining Focus is required. EDIT: Dakka Dakka beat me to it... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/frown.gif) |
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Neophyte Runner ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Validating Posts: 2,283 Joined: 12-October 07 Member No.: 13,662 ![]() |
But *IF* the camera is part of a sensor suite... say Camera + motion sensor... then the OR goes up to 5.
That's the reason drones get the higher resist on their sensors... that and magic doesn't let you break the drone down into it's constituent parts. (with some exception for material specific direct spells... shape metal would allow you to reshape metal bits of the drone without affecting the electronics for example). |
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Prime Runner Ascendant ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 17,568 Joined: 26-March 09 From: Aurora, Colorado Member No.: 17,022 ![]() |
But *IF* the camera is part of a sensor suite... say Camera + motion sensor... then the OR goes up to 5. That's the reason drones get the higher resist on their sensors... that and magic doesn't let you break the drone down into it's constituent parts. (with some exception for material specific direct spells... shape metal would allow you to reshape metal bits of the drone without affecting the electronics for example). Which I do not agree with. In our Game, Cameras, whether on a drone or not, are OR3. You are not targeting the Camera/Sensor array. You are setting up a condition that the Camera/Sensor array then perceives. That is a VERY big Difference. |
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Neophyte Runner ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 2,236 Joined: 27-July 10 Member No.: 18,860 ![]() |
Umi... actually the rules are clear on whether drugs and other stuff stacks or not. Most of them include text saying not cumulative with any other IP booster or not cumulative with certain types... Adept - improved ref... cannot be combined with technological or other magical increases to initiative (drugs aren't excluded by this) Questionable. Or what category would "drug" be? QUOTE ("DakkaDakka") Not really that good an idea unless you are willing to spend a lot of Karma and nuyen on it. Usually you cast Heal at maximum force (either at MAG or 2*MAG if you are willing to take physical drain) so you do not lose hits. Since most magicians start with MAG 5 a Force 5 or 10 focus will be very expensive. Depends on how you handle the heal spell. If you just heal "hits" points of damage, it is probably not such a bad idea to cast it at a lower force. Anyhow: Sustaining foci below 4 are useless anyway. (Due to BC) |
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Prime Runner Ascendant ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 17,568 Joined: 26-March 09 From: Aurora, Colorado Member No.: 17,022 ![]() |
Questionable. Or what category would "drug" be? Chemical... QUOTE Depends on how you handle the heal spell. If you just heal "hits" points of damage, it is probably not such a bad idea to cast it at a lower force. Anyhow: Sustaining foci below 4 are useless anyway. (Due to BC) No, they are not... |
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Neophyte Runner ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Validating Posts: 2,283 Joined: 12-October 07 Member No.: 13,662 ![]() |
Which I do not agree with. In our Game, Cameras, whether on a drone or not, are OR3. You are not targeting the Camera/Sensor array. You are setting up a condition that the Camera/Sensor array then perceives. That is a VERY big Difference. Invisibility is NOT invisibility in the classic DnD way... remember it's sort of a fading/shimmering... it's more akin to blur/better blur/eventual invisibility. At least against living targets. The point of a sensor suite is it has extra sensors working in concert which have a greater chance to see through the invisibility... the motion sensor would still detect the invisible target. It would then direct the camera to pay more attention looking for odd things (such as heat shimmers or similar bits which would allow the camera to see the target). Yes OR is all or nothing... but that doesn't mean you can't fluff it up a bit. So no, the RAW here does make some sense to me. To me I've always viewed this as... the ultrasound motion sensor picks up something... the camera then looks to corroborate the motion sensor... if you got 5 or more successes... the camera doesn't corroborate so the sensor doesn't detect you. As opposed to something which is only a camera which has no extra corroboration (sorta like a much more limited version of a single node tacnet). |
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Prime Runner Ascendant ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 17,568 Joined: 26-March 09 From: Aurora, Colorado Member No.: 17,022 ![]() |
I do understand that Falconer... But Motion is not covered by Invisibility anyways, which is why the Invisibility Spell would fail against that particular Sensor, regardless of whether it was OR1 or OR 1000. It does not cover Motion Sense, nor Ultrasound, nor UWB Radar, etc. Invisibility is only effective agaisnt visual sight.
A Sensor Suite gives you MORE varied ways of penetrating the Invisibility, but it is not harder to cast the spell whether those sensors are on a Vehicle or a box mounted to the wall, it is the same sensor suite. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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Neophyte Runner ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 2,236 Joined: 27-July 10 Member No.: 18,860 ![]() |
@Tymeaus Jalynsfein
QUOTE Chemical... So Gentech and Bioware are biological? @Falconer QUOTE Invisibility is NOT invisibility in the classic DnD way... remember it's sort of a fading/shimmering... it's more akin to blur/better blur/eventual invisibility. At least against living targets. Nope, it is perfect. You can't see the target. Or their would be sensor/perception tests against it. What you are talking about is camoflage. QUOTE vTo me I've always viewed this as... the ultrasound motion sensor picks up something... the camera then looks to corroborate the motion sensor... if you got 5 or more successes... the camera doesn't corroborate so the sensor doesn't detect you. As opposed to something which is only a camera which has no extra corroboration (sorta like a much more limited version of a single node tacnet). If somebody got you with ultrasound, he got you with ultrasound. |
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Great Dragon ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 5,542 Joined: 30-September 08 From: D/FW Megaplex Member No.: 16,387 ![]() |
Cameras are only OR 3 Neraph... Therefore, only a Force 3 Sustaining Focus is required. EDIT: Dakka Dakka beat me to it... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/frown.gif) Did they re-errata that? Just checked by SR4A book and it lists Electronics as OR 4. |
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Prime Runner Ascendant ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 17,568 Joined: 26-March 09 From: Aurora, Colorado Member No.: 17,022 ![]() |
@Tymeaus Jalynsfein So Gentech and Bioware are biological? Genetech and Bioware are Bioware Augmentations per the RAW. They are Technological in nature. Drugs are not classified. You COULD count them as Technological (I know many that likely do so), but you could argue otherwise as well. Some could be natural, some could be biological, etc. I chose the term Chemical, because I thought it was funny. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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Prime Runner Ascendant ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 17,568 Joined: 26-March 09 From: Aurora, Colorado Member No.: 17,022 ![]() |
Did they re-errata that? Just checked by SR4A book and it lists Electronics as OR 4. Used an Old SR4A didn't you? All mine, including the PDF and the Precious, Use 1,2,3,5 for the OR table. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Cameras are OR 3 per that progression. |
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Prime Runner ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 3,507 Joined: 11-November 08 Member No.: 16,582 ![]() |
Well unless the drug dose occurs naturally (which none do AFAIK) at least some technology is needed to make them, so you could argue that drugs are included in technological initiative enhancers.
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Neophyte Runner ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 2,236 Joined: 27-July 10 Member No.: 18,860 ![]() |
Genetech and Bioware are Bioware Augmentations per the RAW. They are Technological in nature. Drugs are not classified. You COULD count them as Technological (I know many that likely do so), but you could argue otherwise as well. Some could be natural, some could be biological, etc. I chose the term Chemical, because I thought it was funny. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) My point is, if you are talking magical, technological the only thing left out is natural. |
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Neophyte Runner ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Validating Posts: 2,283 Joined: 12-October 07 Member No.: 13,662 ![]() |
Irion:
I see your point... drugs could be technological... good catch. Also good catch in the invisibility... I was confusing it with camouflage. Sometimes I confuse myself with prior editions as well. I just don't see a problem with higher OR on certain systems than others. IF the camera is built into a commlink the commlink is OR5... just like the drone... what about redundant process manufacturing... I disagree that casters should be able to pick and choose certain systems out of a complex technological system and not have to beat the full OR. Why is it I can fool the drones camera with an OR3 roll of an improved illusion given TJ's house rule, but I can't target that same camera seperately from the drone using powerbolt to blind the drone permanently? It's a logical inconsistency in the approach. Like I said, if I have multiple sensors and a processing node behind the camera... the camera has more sources of information and might notice more. The higher threshold also helps keep mages in line... as it keeps riggers/drones as their achilles heel and otherwise I feel it does make things a bit too easy. Yeah there's a camera on the wall... great you beat it... but that patrolling drone.. it still saw you because you didn't make your infiltration roll (you relied only on magic and didn't avoid the drone). |
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Prime Runner Ascendant ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() Group: Members Posts: 17,568 Joined: 26-March 09 From: Aurora, Colorado Member No.: 17,022 ![]() |
Why is it I can fool the drones camera with an OR3 roll of an improved illusion given TJ's house rule, but I can't target that same camera seperately from the drone using powerbolt to blind the drone permanently? It's a logical inconsistency in the approach. Because your Illusion DOES NOT ACTUALLY TARGET THE DRONE OR THE CAMERA. it establishes an effect that the Camera Perceives. That Improved Illusion Spell NEVER targets the camera, it targets that which you wish to make invisible. Why would a drone mounted camera all of a sudden get more "protection" from that spell than one mounted to a wall? Simple case: It wouldn't. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) The benefit of a Drone is taht it can have MORE than a simple camera, most of the time. Because of that , it will have sensors that are likely unaffected by the Spell. |
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