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post Aug 26 2004, 03:06 PM
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One of my players recently got her character geeked and needs a new runner. She came up with a new concept after a quick perusal of some internet resources. During her research she came across the following spell - VCR emulation.

VCR Emulation

Now this is clearly a custom spell and not canon, but it raised an interesting question. If there are magical deckers (Otaku), where are the magical riggers? Every other aspect of magic in SR apears to come in pairs:-

Spirits/Elementals
Nature&Man spirits/Insect Spirits
Toxic/Non-Toxic
Mages/Adepts
Hermetics/Shamans
Astral Plane/Matrix

If the VCR emulation is deemed a permissible spell how would it be implemented as an Adept ability? We have compared similar items in terms of game balance cost, these were Increased Reflexes and VCR cyberware, both of which have the same essence cost to install. So if we took the same powerpoint cost for Increased Reflexes and used it for the new power VCR Emulation it would cost

2.00 - Level 1 emulation
3.00 - Level 2 emulation
5.00 - Level 3 emulation

As to the general rules concerning this new type of adept, we were thinking of initial play-testing using the Adept of the Magician's Way archetype switching the Magic Point power for VCR emulation power.

Do any of you have some CONSTRUCTIVE CRITISM, better ideas or just a decent name? Migger (Magical Rigger) is starting to get on my tits.
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- Botch   If there are otaku, where are the miggers   Aug 26 2004, 03:06 PM
- - Bigity   I'd pick a different term to call it, first of...   Aug 26 2004, 03:12 PM
- - Botch   The interest we have in it is how the concept is t...   Aug 26 2004, 03:29 PM
- - Demonseed Elite   Don't go so far as to conclude otaku are magic...   Aug 26 2004, 04:00 PM
- - Botch   QUOTE Otaku are "supernatural", in that ...   Aug 26 2004, 04:29 PM
- - tjn   QUOTE (Demonseed Elite) And while technoshaman ota...   Aug 26 2004, 04:31 PM
- - Demonseed Elite   But despite the analogous terms in the rule books,...   Aug 26 2004, 04:37 PM
- - Bigity   My feeling is, that if some kind of magic/tech int...   Aug 26 2004, 04:47 PM
- - Botch   QUOTE But despite the analogous terms in the rule ...   Aug 26 2004, 04:56 PM
- - Bigity   Not so magical when you recall the Program Carrier...   Aug 26 2004, 04:57 PM
- - GunnerJ   I once made a custom adept power for a "menta...   Aug 26 2004, 05:07 PM
- - Botch   QUOTE (Bigity) Not so magical when you recall the ...   Aug 26 2004, 05:10 PM
- - Botch   Nice idea there GunnerJ, but that is just a good d...   Aug 26 2004, 05:14 PM
- - Herald of Verjigorm   An AI can make an otaku out of any random metahuma...   Aug 26 2004, 05:16 PM
- - Demonseed Elite   QUOTE Am I correct in thinking that in the creatio...   Aug 26 2004, 05:17 PM
- - Cochise   QUOTE (Botch)Am I correct in thinking that in the ...   Aug 26 2004, 05:18 PM
- - prettz   Personally I don't think it is a good idea to ...   Aug 26 2004, 05:39 PM
- - Ancient History   FOr those adepts who want to be riggers, I suggest...   Aug 26 2004, 05:43 PM
- - Botch   QUOTE (Demonseed Elite) Back to the original quest...   Aug 26 2004, 05:47 PM
- - Demonseed Elite   QUOTE Admittedly the essense cost for a VCR is ma...   Aug 26 2004, 06:02 PM
- - Botch   QUOTE (prettz) Personally I don't think it is ...   Aug 26 2004, 06:08 PM
- - Kagetenshi   QUOTE (Botch) Am I correct in thinking that in the...   Aug 26 2004, 06:20 PM
- - Botch   QUOTE (Demonseed Elite @ Aug 26 2004, 07:02 P...   Aug 26 2004, 06:21 PM
- - Wireknight   When something in one's mind snaps, and one de...   Aug 26 2004, 06:21 PM
- - Demonseed Elite   QUOTE Am I missing the point? Deckers, Otaku, Ri...   Aug 26 2004, 06:26 PM
- - prettz   Botch "With the level of cyberware and common...   Aug 26 2004, 06:30 PM
- - Botch   We picked "Magical Rigger" because we wa...   Aug 26 2004, 06:51 PM
- - Kagetenshi   QUOTE (Botch) Totems allow shamanic people to alte...   Aug 26 2004, 06:59 PM
- - Demonseed Elite   QUOTE Why not a Ghost-in-the-Machine/Mater Mundi b...   Aug 26 2004, 07:07 PM
- - GunnerJ   QUOTE (Botch) Nice idea there GunnerJ, but that is...   Aug 26 2004, 07:12 PM
- - Ancient History   Nobody liked my idea, eh? Works for otaku too!   Aug 26 2004, 07:22 PM
- - prettz   This is what I came up with as a starting point, b...   Aug 26 2004, 07:39 PM
- - Edward   I don’t see the need for it or the desire. ...   Aug 26 2004, 11:47 PM
- - Crimsondude 2.0   QUOTE (Demonseed Elite) Such a thing doesn't r...   Aug 27 2004, 12:47 AM
- - Ancient History   Why do people not listen to me? All an otaku needs...   Aug 27 2004, 12:50 AM
- - Herald of Verjigorm   No one listens because your answer is too easy. T...   Aug 27 2004, 12:56 AM
- - Ancient History   Yeaaah...   Aug 27 2004, 01:13 AM
- - Herald of Verjigorm   However, I will try the psuedo-rigging otaku next ...   Aug 27 2004, 01:16 AM
- - prettz   Well at that the eco-terrorists would love that al...   Aug 27 2004, 03:39 AM
- - mfb   i've been using the Rigger Emu Module / Remote...   Aug 27 2004, 12:58 PM


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