 Hearing a drone |
 Jan 17 2005, 07:04 PM
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Great Dragon  Group: Members Posts: 5,430 Joined: 10-January 05 From: Fort Worth, Texas Member No.: 6,957  |
Is there a published way to set the TN for listen checks trying to hear a drone?
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Jan 17 2005, 10:28 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,430 Joined: 10-January 05 From: Fort Worth, Texas Member No.: 6,957 |
Yes, finding an aircraft's location in the sky can be difficult, especially if its behind a building. But finding a drone's location on the other side of the door (the only place it could possibly come from) is not as hard. Tying it directly to sig means that it is harder to find the location of an aircraft if it is behind a door than it is to find it in the sky.
I agree that signature is a good place to start, but just blindly using sig ends up with some pretty dumb things happening. I was hoping there would be a bit more discussion of the issue in a book I don't have (like Rigger 3) so I could just say: "this is howit works". I can of course say that, as I'm the GM, but I prefer to use actual rules when they exist. :) And oh yeah: Hi SBF! I was wondering when I'd see you here. |
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James McMurray Hearing a drone Jan 17 2005, 07:04 PM
Jrayjoker Signature, I would guess, is a good starting point... Jan 17 2005, 07:05 PM Tarantula Yes, the sig. Jan 17 2005, 07:07 PM James McMurray So there's no published method? Jan 17 2005, 09:15 PM Fortune As far as I know, the published canon method is to... Jan 17 2005, 09:18 PM Jrayjoker SIG Jan 17 2005, 09:19 PM ShortBusFury The SR3 mainbook says that the signature of a stan... Jan 17 2005, 09:41 PM Jrayjoker Yes, by canon. Noone here says it makes any sense,... Jan 17 2005, 09:42 PM Tarantula Sig isn't only audibility. Its a combonation ... Jan 17 2005, 09:46 PM ShortBusFury Well, it is the 21st century... maybe they have s... Jan 17 2005, 09:47 PM Fortune There's more to signature than just noise. Jan 17 2005, 09:50 PM James McMurray Admittedly I don't have my book with me, but I... Jan 17 2005, 09:52 PM Fortune You specifically asked about Drones. People are a ... Jan 17 2005, 09:56 PM ShortBusFury QUOTE There's more to signature than just nois... Jan 17 2005, 09:57 PM Puck Wildhorse, M.D. You might also consider that while you can hear th... Jan 17 2005, 10:16 PM Fortune That's where all the Perception TN modifiers c... Jan 17 2005, 10:31 PM James McMurray Fortune: the TN modifiers are what makes it incred... Jan 17 2005, 11:28 PM Corporate Raider I have to agree that using signature to indicate t... Jan 18 2005, 12:08 AM Entropy Kid From SR3, p. 133
"The Signature Rating indica... Jan 18 2005, 12:47 AM Tarantula So entropy, the TN to hear my electric micro drone... Jan 18 2005, 01:05 AM James McMurray Yes, it starts at 4. But there are no guidelines a... Jan 18 2005, 01:05 AM Fortune Then why ask if you knew the answer (or had a spec... Jan 18 2005, 01:17 AM James McMurray How do you use common sense to determine target nu... Jan 18 2005, 01:28 AM Tarantula While true that the sig can lead to outlandishly f... Jan 18 2005, 01:34 AM Fortune Make a ruling. As long as you are consistent on su... Jan 18 2005, 01:35 AM
ShortBusFury With a human's signature of 6 as comparison, I... Jan 18 2005, 02:03 AM |
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