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[Xykal]

Given the amount of character creation goodness in Runner's Companion, I was kinda surprised to not see a free sprite pc race option in Unwired. Anyone put together any rules yet for PC free sprites?

And... I'm new here so please be nice. =) I checked search and didn't see anything.

Xykal

[Muspellsheimr]

Free Sprites are quite different from Artificial Intelligences - that is why they have two separate sections in Unwired. This is also the reason simply replacing Rating with Resonance & Program with Complex Form will not work.

The reason there are not rules for Free Sprites, as previously pointed out, is probably due to how they increase their abilities - they do not function well in a Karma advancement system because they do not use Karma.

[Ol' Scratch]

The reason there are not rules for Free Sprites, as previously pointed out, is probably due to how they increase their abilities - they do not function well in a Karma advancement system because they do not use Karma.

Neither do Artificial Intelligences... unless they're player characters.

What? You think that if they did include rules for Free Sprites they'd be the only characters in the entire game that didn't rely on Karma to advance? Absorbing sprites or whatever else would simply be the flavor description of how they're obtaining and improving themselves with Karma. Hell, their sleep cycle would probably be assumed to be doing that very thing.

But, yeah, fuck that. They have their own chapter in Unwired, so that's completely relevant to how they should be treated as a PC! I mean, it's not like Free Spirits are completely different as a PC over an NPC either, particularly how they obtain and advance through the use of Karma. Best to just plug one's ears and hum loudly until some convoluted set of house rules show up that make little sense, are overcomplicated, and utterly unbalanced (either overpowered or grossly underpowered) as most house rules created in these situations are wont to be.

[Xykal]

Neither do Artificial Intelligences... unless they're player characters.

What? You think that if they did include rules for Free Sprites they'd be the only characters in the entire game that didn't rely on Karma to advance? Absorbing sprites or whatever else would simply be the flavor description of how they're obtaining and improving themselves with Karma. Hell, their sleep cycle would probably be assumed to be doing that very thing.

But, yeah, fuck that. They have their own chapter in Unwired, so that's completely relevant to how they should be treated as a PC! I mean, it's not like Free Spirits are completely different as a PC over an NPC either, particularly how they obtain and advance through the use of Karma. Best to just plug one's ears and hum loudly until some convoluted set of house rules show up that make little sense, are overcomplicated, and utterly unbalanced (either overpowered or grossly underpowered) as most house rules created in these situations are wont to be.

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[Platinum Dragon]

I fully believe you needed more hugs as a child. You may be right, but your bedside manner sucks.

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