Custom List, Homebrew Gear/Spells/Ware/Etc Options

[Neraph]

Either way, obviously it should be stressed that this thing could not be built with currently existing technology. Much like...everything in Shadowrun. (Ares Redline, 'nuff said.)

We're getting close, actually.

[Neurosis]

The original write-up only talks about ice and doesn't mention anythink about it being super duper frozen.

So it has an AP -Half-2, holy hell thats almost as good as the gauss rifles AP.

Ice is generally pretty frozen, by virtue of being ice.

The *intent* was to use the elemental effects of cold, but not half armor. Just Impact - 2.

Is it possible to combine the properties of flechette and cold damage? That might actually be ideal for this application. For an astonishingly confusing AP of -half + 5 and a damage code of 7P.

We're getting close, actually.

Holy crap that's awesome.

[Yerameyahu]

Do Freeze Foam grenades not already exist? :/ Can you not put Freeze Foam into Capsule Rounds? (Yes, I think it's illogical, but hey.)

[Mäx]

Ice is generally pretty frozen, by virtue of being ice.

Generally not anywhere near -200 Celsius.

[Neraph]

Generally not anywhere near -200 Celsius.

On earth, that is. Those ice meteors are around -300 to -500 or something though (not sure if that is C or F though).

[Tymeaus Jalynsfe...]

On earth, that is. Those ice meteors are around -300 to -500 or something though (not sure if that is C or F though).

Kelven? Yeah, probably not, Negative Kelven is just wrong. Probably C.

[Neraph]

Kelven? Yeah, probably not, Negative Kelven is just wrong. Probably C.

That's why I don't buy some of the "American UFO Flying Disc Theories" - they have some element or another in a rotation dish at negative 300 Kelvin. Soon as I heard that I was like "this is all fake."

[ZeroPoint]

Do Freeze Foam grenades not already exist? :/ Can you not put Freeze Foam into Capsule Rounds? (Yes, I think it's illogical, but hey.)

yes, Freeze Foam grenades are possible with splash grenades which was the very first thought i had when i saw them but Neraph beat me to posting it. And

i guess you could put freeze foam in a standard capsule round but i don't think you would be able to put enough in it to effectively cover a person in foam like you could from a shotgun shell. you would have to full auto someone with capsule rounds to cover them...which i guess would be possible.

But yeah, Freeze Shot is just a Capsule round with freeze foam but limited to shotgun shells.

Some other things I've added in my game are White Phosphorus Shotgun rounds and a Bioware Suite that makes the adrenaline pump worthwhile.

I'll have to post them later though since I don't have i with me on this computer.

[Mäx]

Kelven? Yeah, probably not, Negative Kelven is just wrong. Probably C.

Umm, F is Fahrenheit not Kelvin(witch is quite unsurprisingly K) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool.gif)

[Tymeaus Jalynsfe...]

Umm, F is Fahrenheit not Kelvin(witch is quite unsurprisingly K) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool.gif)

Yes, I know...

[Neraph]

Umm, F is Fahrenheit not Kelvin(witch is quite unsurprisingly K) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/cool.gif)

He was offering possibly Kelvin and not Fahrenheit or Celsius.

[HunterHerne]

yes, Freeze Foam grenades are possible with splash grenades which was the very first thought i had when i saw them but Neraph beat me to posting it. And

i guess you could put freeze foam in a standard capsule round but i don't think you would be able to put enough in it to effectively cover a person in foam like you could from a shotgun shell. you would have to full auto someone with capsule rounds to cover them...which i guess would be possible.

But yeah, Freeze Shot is just a Capsule round with freeze foam but limited to shotgun shells.

Some other things I've added in my game are White Phosphorus Shotgun rounds and a Bioware Suite that makes the adrenaline pump worthwhile.

I'll have to post them later though since I don't have i with me on this computer.

I reduced the nuyen cost of the Adrenaline pump to about 20% of the actual price. Honestly, nothing about it tells me it's particularily dangerous surgery (it goes in the largest and most spacious parts of the body), and the effect seems pretty subpar for the essence and nuyen cost. No one gets it, still, but it looks more attractive, and lets me justify putting it in gangers as a situational muscle replacement.

[Tymeaus Jalynsfe...]

I reduced the nuyen cost of the Adrenaline pump to about 20% of the actual price. Honestly, nothing about it tells me it's particularily dangerous surgery (it goes in the largest and most spacious parts of the body), and the effect seems pretty subpar for the essence and nuyen cost. No one gets it, still, but it looks more attractive, and lets me justify putting it in gangers as a situational muscle replacement.

It's the drawbacks that suck. Unresisted Stun from 1d6 to 3d6. It could kill you.

[ZeroPoint]

Thats what my bioware suite addresses. It looks like I didn't keep the fluff i wrote on it, but i have the spreadsheet with some of my pricing and stuff. Basically, contains an adrenal pump with specially created muscle toner and augmentation, synthecardium, and a trauma dampener. The other parts are better able to withstand the stress put on the body by the adrenaline and thus you only take 1 point of stun per adrenal pump rating (instead of 1 point per round its active).

An elite version also adds in a suprathyroid gland.


WP Shotgun ........6P/3P.......-half.......I.......12F.......120 (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nuyen.gif)

[whatevs]

Sometimes less is more. I like to try getting smaller things past a gm. Like splash grenades filled with dye to help locate an invisible mage. Or a customized splash grenade filled with bleach and random human dna samples to avoid forensic tracking later. Something magical could even be added to that brew to confuse the astral side.

[Neraph]

Something magical could even be added to that brew to confuse the astral side.

FAB.

[Makki]

New Quality

Essence Loss
Bonus: 5BP/rating (max 5)

The character has lost some or more Essence points in his past. This can
be from implants he later had removed or he might have had terrible
disease. Maybe he was an addict at burnout level and luckily kicked the
habit. Even darker possibilities include getting essence drained from Infected
or evil spirits.
No matter how, the character starts with 6 - rating Essence. This effects
maximum Magic and Resonance, of course, and can be healed via gene
treatment. In this case the quality has to be bought off with 10 karma
per point restored.

[Neraph]

New Quality

Essence Loss
Bonus: 5BP/rating (max 5)

...In this case the quality has to be bought off with 10 karma
per point restored.

Freaking ouch.

[Makki]

New Metamagic

Clandestine Magic
Prerequisite: Masking

This technique allows the initiate to better hide his use of Magic.
While using magical skills at high force is usually obvious to
perceivers (see Noticing Magic, SR4A p.179), knowledge of this
metamagic suppresses the emersion of noticable mundane effects.
The threshold for Noticing Magic is increased by the magic users
initiate grade.

[Tias]

"Rage Swans" (paracritters)
Location: Confirmed, the archipelago in southeast Brooklyn/Queens, unconfirmed: Large shallow ponds and wide slow rivers in northwestern and central North America. Can be migratory, up to Canada.
Size: up to 70 inches long and weighing 38 lbs.
Stats: As large bird + flight (don't have my Running Wild here)
Powers: Confusion, Natural Weapon (Sharp beak)

A collection of awakened Trumpeter Swans I whipped up on the fly when my troupe has to follow a target into the Brooklyn/Queens wetlands. With the ability to cause confusion with their shrieks and with all the natural orneryness of real swans, they should be able to pose a distraction, to say the least (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)

[snowRaven]

New Quality

Essence Loss
Bonus: 5BP/rating (max 5)

New Metamagic

Clandestine Magic
Prerequisite: Masking

Oooh! Nice ones - I'm definately stealing these for my games =)

[Tanegar]

New Metamagic

Clandestine Magic
Prerequisite: Masking

This technique allows the initiate to better hide his use of Magic.
While using magical skills at high force is usually obvious to
perceivers (see Noticing Magic, SR4A p.179), knowledge of this
metamagic suppresses the emersion of noticable mundane effects.
The threshold for Noticing Magic is increased by the magic users
initiate grade.

You're a bit late.

[Makki]

You're a bit late.

you know, I based my version on this. I just couldn'find it anymore.

[Tanegar]

Mine has a cooler name. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/wink.gif)

[bibliophile20]

*yoinks* various stuff, adds to homebrew page on wiki. And here's some of my contributions:

New Qualities:

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Athletic Body
Cost: 20 BP
The Athletic Body quality indicates that an unaugmented character is physically fit, possibly even beyond the norm for his metatype. This quality grants the character a +2 Body attribute modifier, with is not cumulative with any other Body or Damage Resistance enhancement (obviously excluding armor), be it technological or magical.

Supple Form
Cost: 20 BP
The Supple Form quality indicates that an unaugmented character is highly dextrous, possibly even beyond the norm for his metatype. This quality grants the character a +2 Agility attribute modifier, with is not cumulative with any other Agility enhancement, be it technological or magical.

Strong Back
Cost: 15 BP
The Strong Back quality allows an unaugmented character to execute feats of tremendous strength. This quality grants the character a +2 Strength attribute modifier, with is not cumulative with any other Strength enhancement, be it technological or magical.

New Augmentations

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Evo Discerning Senses Cyberware Suite
Recognizing that cybereyes and cyberears are the most common cybernetics, Evo has created a cyberware suite designed for the metahuman off the street featuring these two fundamental cybernetic systems. Also, in line with Evo's transhumanist viewpoints, both the cybereyes and cyberears feature additional capacity for further optimization and customization (see retailer for details).

• Rating 3 Cybereyes with eye recording unit, image link, thermographic vision, low light vision, vision enhancement (rating 2), and vision magnification (has four points of capacity remaining).
• Rating 3 Cyberears with ear recording unit, sound link, datajack (pair, one by each ear), audio enhancement (rating 2), increased sensitivity, select sound filter (rating 3), and spacial recognizer (has three points of capacity remaining)

Grade
Essence
Avail
Cost
Standard
0.72
6
14,625
Alphaware
0.576
8
29,250
Betaware
0.504
10
58,500
The Deluxe Five Discerning Senses cyberware suite adds the following:

• Olfactory Booster (rating 2)
• Taste Booster (rating 2)
• Touch Link

Grade
Essence
Availability
Cost
Standard
1.17
8
20,025
Alphaware
0.936
10
40,050
Betaware
0.819
12
80,100



Swimmer Suite
While very much a niche item, there are those whose lives or livelihoods seem to have them in the water more than out of it, and there are enough of them to make having researched this cyberware suite a profitable option.

• OXSYS Cybergill
• Cyberfins
• Orientation System
• Ultrasound Sensor
• Internal Air Tank
• Cybereyes with Low Light, Vision Enhancement 2 and Eye Light System

Grade
Essence
Availability
Cost
Standard
1.44
10
19,260
Alphaware
0.12
12
38,520
Betaware
0.96
14
77,040

New Gear

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High Speed Camera: Most video cameras, including the digital cameras included in all but the cheapest commlinks, typically have a framerate of less than 100 frames per second and even professional video cameras are rarely capable of speeds of over a few hundred frames per second, being designed for more general use than true high speed photography, although quite capable of the more common half-speed "slow mo" popularized by instant replays. Even most cybereyes rarely have framerates over 45 frames per second, due to the speed of nerve impulses and the natural "refresh rate" of metahuman vision (although this is typically a software limitation that is adapted to higher speeds when an individual is implanted with cybernetics or bioware that grants additional initiative passes).

True high speed video cameras are specialty items, found either as dedicated units or as hardware/software upgrades to traditional video cameras, such as those found in drones, commlinks, cybereyes. They are popular with scientists, naturalists, sports analysts, martial arts instructors and soldiers.

High Speed Cameras (HSC) are rated from Rating 1 (500 frames per second) to Rating 6 (500,000,000 frames per second), with each increase in rating increasing the maximum framerate by one order of magnitude. Due to the area requirements of the light sensitive surfaces and the reality that "jitter compensation" for the biological platform's movement is required, high speed cybereyes are built and rated differently (500 fps per rating point) and are not available as retinal modifications.

High speed cameras give a bonus equal to their rating to Perception tests to notice high speed events, although, due to the limits of the metahuman attention span, this is typically for after-the-fact analysis of recorded footage. Additionally, high speed cybereyes give a +1 to Perception checks when the character possesses additional initiative passes, as the higher framerate can "keep up" with the character and grants higher fidelity. This bonus only applies when the heightened reflexes are active (although, in the case of Wired Reflexes, the trigger to activate the wires is typically also set to trigger the high speed cameras as well). Additionally, due to the required sensitivity of the photoreceptors, a high speed camera or cybereye effectively has low light vision when being used at "normal" (i.e. not heightened) speeds. To have Low Light vision at heightened speeds, the cybereye must have a rating equal to or exceeding the number of Initiative Passes of the character.

A high speed camera paired with a gun smartlink reduces range penalties by 1 for second shots at targets in the same range bracket, as the camera allows the smartlink to watch the fired bullet with tremendous accuracy and then further compensate.

High Speed Camera:
Rating 1-3: Capacity: [Rating], Avail: Rating x 4. Cost: Rating x 400
Rating 4-6: Capacity: [Rating+1], Avail: Rating x 4. Cost: Rating x 1000
High Speed Cybereye Upgrade:
Rating 1-5: Capacity: [Rating x 2], Avail: Rating x 5. Cost: Rating x 1000

New Software
Skill Group Tutorsoft, Rating 1-4, Cost: Rating x 1250¥

New Magic

New Spells

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Hive Cleaner [Insect Spirit] (direct, area)
Type: P * Range: LOS * Damage: P * Duration: I * DV: (F/2) + 1
A spell designed for those who frequently come into contact with Insect Spirits. It is is designed with the Very Restricted target option limiting it to Bugs only, which allows one to cast it around team mates and allied spirits without fear. The spell is physical and is resisted by body to get around a Queen's Hive mind power. Only affects Flesh and True forms and Manifested Spirits.

(Possible variant is to change damage to Stun, which would lower drain to DV: (F/2). It would not kill the bug spirits but it could still disrupt them taking them out of the fight all the same. Killing the Queen later should prevent them from returning)


Vertigo [Mental]
Type: M * Range: LOS * Duration: I * DV: (F/2)
Intended to take a target out of the fight without harming them, though also useful for interrogations or embarrassing someone by making them vomit all over themselves. Resistance is a straight check. If the target succeeds, there is no effect. If they fail, they are subject to the effects of nausea as described on p. 245, SR4. This is a manipulation spell rather than illusion because it actually rattles the body causing a physical effect rather than simply the illusion of one.

Variant: Area effect with DV:(F/2)+2.


Quicksand [Manipulation, Environmental]
Type: P Range: LOS (A) Duration: S DV: (F/2)+3
This spell liquefies a materially contiguous targeted area, typically a patch of the ground or a wall, turning it into a liquid approximately as viscous as warm tar. The spell's Force is the radius of the targeted area in meters and the spellcaster must make enough hits to overcome the ground's Object Resistance; additional hits increase the fluidity of the fluid by a factor of the net hits (i.e. 2 net hits makes it twice as liquid, 3 net hits equals three times as liquid and so forth).


Nature's Call (Realistic, Single-Sense)
Type: M | Range: LOS | Duration: S | DV: (F/2)-2
Halftime (Realistic, Single-Sense, Area)
Type: M | Range: LOS (A) | Duration: S | DV: (F/2)
This spell induces the strong feeling of the need to use the bathroom. While it's great for pranks at school or camp, this spell is also a great way to distract your enemies. Each net hit scored by the caster applies a -1 dice pool modifier to all of the target's actions as they contemplate a potty dance. At the gamemaster's discretion, a character who suffers a dice pool modifier higher than his Willpower is convinced of their need and may leave their post (if any).
Nature's Call affects a single target, Halftime is area effect.

New Mentor Spirits

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Scholar:
Scholar is the repository of vast wells of knowledge and knows many things; he is the custodian of all accumulated knowledge and the patron to magical researchers. Magicians serving this mentor spirit tend to follow the Hermetic traditions. Although exceptions abound, as a group, they tend to revere the testing of logical reasoning as a form of ritual devotion in its own right, and distrust intangible resources like intuition, faith, and superstition.
Advantages: +2 for Detection spells, +1 to known Knowledge skill tests
Disadvantages: Scholar magicians are easily distracted by new and/or unusual knowledge. When faced with something he has never seen before the Scholar magician must make a Willpower + Charisma (3) Test to resist examining the information/news/tome/etc at length. The magician will not put his life in danger just to learn/study the information, but he will take the next safe opportunity to do so.


Philosopher:
Philosopher is the keeper of dreams and revealer of secrets; he is the custodian of all interpreted conceptual designs and the patron to seers, visionaries, and dreamers. Magicians serving this mentor spirit tend to follow the Shamanic traditions. Although exceptions abound, as a group, they tend to revere the interpretation of imagery and impressions as a form of ritual devotion in its own right, and as a means toward understanding the world beyond the limitations imposed by merely collecting facts, files, names, and numbers.

Advantages: +2 for Summoning spirits associated with Detection, +2 for Assenssing Tests
Disadvantages: When exposed to new and/or unusual knowledge, Philosopher magicians must seek deeper meanings and patterns, embracing the chaos beneath the order. When faced with something he has never seen before the Scholar must make a Willpower + Charisma (3) Test to resist evaluating the information/news/tome/etc at length. This evaluation can take the form of artistic expression, meditative contemplation, communion with spirits, or heated debates with other characters. The magician will not put his life in danger just to evaluate the information or express his opinions on it, but he will take the next safe opportunity to do so.

Dolphin
The popular image of the dolphin is a playful and helpful free spirit of the water, frolicking and playing through the surf, as well as coming to the aid of people in need at sea.
Pros: +2 dice for Health Spells, +2 dice for spirits of water or spirits of beasts (choose one)
Cons: Dolphin magicians are constantly playful and rarely serious; they must make a Willpower+Charisma (3) test to stop joking around and take things seriously.

Fox
There is a reason Fox is always a trickster in folklore. Because it is true. His wits are what Fox lives by; not the strongest, or fastest or toughest in nature, he compensates by being the wiliest. Things are never as they seem when a Fox is around, and false trails, false clues and false leads are what to expect when going up against a Fox. However, Fox knows that he is not the strongest or most powerful; therefore, doing battle, especially on the terms of others, is foolishness. Best to be quit of the potential for harm and damage, and come back another time to outwit ones' foes anew.
Pros: +2 dice for Illusion spells, +2 dice for tests for Stealth group skill of choice (choose one)
Cons: Must make a must make a Willpower +Charisma (3) Test to not immediately flee or seek cover whenever caught in a combat situation. If there is nowhere to flee, then she is forced to fight.