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post May 18 2010, 05:21 AM
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Long time fan and collector of Shadowrun, not so long time GM.

I have an Elf Technomancer with 7 Charisma, positive qualities to boost, max stats, right out of character creation....

Spends almost 3 days compiling and registering sprites...gets six sprites or seven sprites of differing types...rating 6.

Goes to probe and then hack into DocWagon facility and is rolling a dice pool of around 31 or 33.

He has sprites aiding his rolls, threading, etc...

The rest of my players are rolling average dice pools around 12 to 16.

What am I doing wrong? Are they really that broken?

Have I missed a rule that limits how they can use sprites to augment their rolls?

Please help.
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- Sharkman   Am I broken or is the technomancer?   May 18 2010, 05:21 AM
- - Da9iel   Normally, GMs only allow 1 sprite at a time to boo...   May 18 2010, 05:46 AM
- - Ryu   At that dicepool, you are likely missing that thre...   May 18 2010, 06:12 AM
- - Mantis   In my experience, yea they are that broken. Person...   May 18 2010, 08:30 AM
|- - Aerospider   QUOTE (Mantis @ May 18 2010, 09:30 AM) It...   May 18 2010, 09:11 AM
- - hermit   QUOTE TMs are potentially terrifically overpowered...   May 18 2010, 09:32 AM
|- - Aerospider   QUOTE (hermit @ May 18 2010, 10:32 AM) On...   May 18 2010, 09:50 AM
||- - Harbin   QUOTE (Aerospider @ May 17 2010, 11:50 PM...   May 18 2010, 12:57 PM
|- - Rasumichin   QUOTE (hermit @ May 18 2010, 09:32 AM) On...   May 18 2010, 01:35 PM
- - Jaid   hmmm... i'm going to go out on a limb here and...   May 18 2010, 09:37 AM
- - Ryu   We handle it as 2*Resonance total, no matter how. ...   May 18 2010, 09:56 AM
- - Sengir   QUOTE (Sharkman @ May 18 2010, 05:21 AM) ...   May 18 2010, 09:57 AM
- - Aerospider   QUOTE (Sharkman @ May 18 2010, 06:21 AM) ...   May 18 2010, 10:03 AM
- - Johnny Hammersticks   If this character is right out of chargen with a C...   May 18 2010, 11:20 AM
|- - Tymeaus Jalynsfein   QUOTE (Johnny Hammersticks @ May 18 2010, 04...   May 19 2010, 03:11 AM
- - graywulfe   It's amazing to me how much any "Broken...   May 18 2010, 11:24 AM
|- - Aerospider   QUOTE (graywulfe @ May 18 2010, 12:24 PM)...   May 18 2010, 04:29 PM
- - hermit   QUOTE Who cares what a character can do online whe...   May 18 2010, 12:24 PM
|- - Johnny Hammersticks   QUOTE (hermit @ May 18 2010, 07:24 AM) As...   May 19 2010, 12:06 AM
|- - Tymeaus Jalynsfein   QUOTE (hermit @ May 18 2010, 05:24 AM) As...   May 19 2010, 03:20 AM
- - hermit   QUOTE Why would an emotitoy be bad? Honestly? Woul...   May 18 2010, 01:26 PM
|- - TommyTwoToes   QUOTE (hermit @ May 18 2010, 08:26 AM) Wo...   May 18 2010, 01:40 PM
|- - last_of_the_great_mikeys   QUOTE (hermit @ May 18 2010, 06:26 AM) Wo...   May 19 2010, 02:27 AM
- - Harbin   And what if it looks like an metal cat earring? Or...   May 18 2010, 01:42 PM
|- - Karoline   QUOTE (Harbin @ May 18 2010, 09:42 AM) An...   May 18 2010, 02:01 PM
- - Yerameyahu   Emotitoys are fine for fluff. It's The Future™...   May 18 2010, 02:16 PM
|- - Ascalaphus   QUOTE (Yerameyahu @ May 18 2010, 03:16 PM...   May 18 2010, 02:27 PM
|- - Mäx   QUOTE (Yerameyahu @ May 18 2010, 04:16 PM...   May 18 2010, 02:35 PM
|- - Karoline   QUOTE (Mäx @ May 18 2010, 10:35 AM) Actu...   May 18 2010, 03:10 PM
- - hermit   QUOTE The cheese stigma attached to these things i...   May 18 2010, 02:28 PM
- - Prime Mover   I've always ruled emotitoy software can be run...   May 18 2010, 02:36 PM
- - Yerameyahu   Prime Mover, of course it can be run on a commlink...   May 18 2010, 03:14 PM
- - Aerospider   Wow, didn't this get wildly off-topic all of a...   May 18 2010, 04:17 PM
- - Eratosthenes   The Empathy software thing really becomes a contes...   May 18 2010, 04:32 PM
- - hermit   QUOTE I've just realised I had slightly the wr...   May 18 2010, 05:13 PM
|- - Mäx   QUOTE (hermit @ May 18 2010, 07:13 PM) So...   May 18 2010, 06:11 PM
- - Yerameyahu   It's just a sensor. Everything is connected. T...   May 18 2010, 06:21 PM
|- - Mäx   QUOTE (Yerameyahu @ May 18 2010, 08:21 PM...   May 18 2010, 06:42 PM
|- - Karoline   QUOTE (Mäx @ May 18 2010, 01:42 PM) nope...   May 18 2010, 07:57 PM
- - Yerameyahu   Right, it's a sensor feed. The Empathy softwar...   May 18 2010, 08:12 PM
- - Kanada Ten   These days it seems like every Johnson has a parro...   May 18 2010, 08:50 PM
- - jimbo   Wow, so a bunch of Guardian spirits using Counters...   May 18 2010, 09:23 PM
- - hermit   QUOTE Wow, so a bunch of Guardian spirits using Co...   May 18 2010, 10:12 PM
|- - MindandPen   QUOTE (hermit @ May 18 2010, 05:12 PM) It...   May 18 2010, 10:46 PM
|- - Teryn180   QUOTE (hermit @ May 18 2010, 02:12 PM) It...   May 18 2010, 10:54 PM
- - hermit   Agreed. He needs certain echos, and he is a reason...   May 18 2010, 11:05 PM
|- - Sengir   QUOTE (hermit @ May 18 2010, 11:05 PM) Wi...   May 19 2010, 09:23 AM
- - Sharkman   Here is the breakdown of what he was using.... # ...   May 19 2010, 02:07 AM
|- - Karoline   QUOTE (Sharkman @ May 18 2010, 09:07 PM) ...   May 19 2010, 03:47 AM
|- - Tymeaus Jalynsfein   QUOTE (Karoline @ May 18 2010, 08:47 PM) ...   May 19 2010, 03:56 AM
- - Furluge   QUOTE (Sharkman @ May 18 2010, 12:21 AM) ...   May 19 2010, 02:16 AM
- - Yerameyahu   It's the future and it's cyberpunk. And th...   May 19 2010, 02:59 AM
- - Teryn180   When I play my Technomancer, I am always 'on s...   May 19 2010, 03:27 AM
|- - Tymeaus Jalynsfein   QUOTE (Teryn180 @ May 18 2010, 08:27 PM) ...   May 19 2010, 03:31 AM
|- - Teryn180   QUOTE (Tymeaus Jalynsfein @ May 18 2010, 07...   May 19 2010, 03:38 AM
|- - Tymeaus Jalynsfein   QUOTE (Teryn180 @ May 18 2010, 08:38 PM) ...   May 19 2010, 03:52 AM
- - Karoline   6 Program 7 Skill (aptitude) 2 Spec 2 codeslinger ...   May 19 2010, 04:05 AM
|- - Udoshi   QUOTE (Karoline @ May 18 2010, 09:05 PM) ...   May 19 2010, 08:00 AM
|- - Eratosthenes   QUOTE (Karoline @ May 18 2010, 11:05 PM) ...   May 19 2010, 05:42 PM
- - Banaticus   ou're not understanding threshold. Hacking a ...   May 19 2010, 05:17 AM
|- - Dread Moores   QUOTE (Banaticus @ May 19 2010, 01:17 AM)...   May 19 2010, 06:49 AM
||- - Tymeaus Jalynsfein   QUOTE (Dread Moores @ May 19 2010, 12:49 ...   May 20 2010, 12:37 AM
|- - Mäx   QUOTE (Banaticus @ May 19 2010, 07:17 AM)...   May 19 2010, 08:11 AM
||- - Da9iel   QUOTE (Mäx @ May 19 2010, 02:11 AM) ... ...   May 19 2010, 08:29 AM
||- - Karoline   QUOTE (Da9iel @ May 19 2010, 03:29 AM) Ye...   May 20 2010, 12:19 AM
||- - Teryn180   QUOTE (Karoline @ May 19 2010, 05:19 PM) ...   May 20 2010, 12:33 AM
|- - Aerospider   QUOTE (Banaticus @ May 19 2010, 06:17 AM)...   May 19 2010, 09:36 AM
|- - Cardul   QUOTE (Aerospider @ May 19 2010, 04:36 AM...   May 19 2010, 11:22 AM
- - Yerameyahu   Wait, what? An Extended Test of 1+6=7. 7 hits (ah ...   May 19 2010, 06:03 AM
- - hermit   QUOTE The hacker, on the other had, is faster and ...   May 19 2010, 12:53 PM
|- - Tymeaus Jalynsfein   QUOTE (hermit @ May 19 2010, 06:53 AM) Be...   May 20 2010, 12:52 AM
- - hermit   QUOTE I'm not sure what the #6 sprite bonus is...   May 19 2010, 12:53 PM
|- - Sengir   QUOTE (hermit @ May 19 2010, 12:53 PM) As...   May 19 2010, 04:02 PM
- - Yerameyahu   I think that you can only get as many IPs as you *...   May 19 2010, 02:39 PM
- - Cardul   QUOTE (Sengir @ May 19 2010, 04:23 AM) Sk...   May 19 2010, 03:08 PM
- - hermit   QUOTE Unwired, page 145, Biowires Echo: "Howe...   May 19 2010, 03:45 PM
- - Yerameyahu   Gut-check it: should a single Echo give me free Wi...   May 19 2010, 03:58 PM
- - Caadium   The way I read things, Mesh Reality is useful for ...   May 19 2010, 05:59 PM
|- - MindandPen   QUOTE (Caadium @ May 19 2010, 12:59 PM) T...   May 19 2010, 06:19 PM
|- - Sengir   QUOTE (Caadium @ May 19 2010, 05:59 PM) M...   May 19 2010, 06:25 PM
|- - Caadium   QUOTE (Sengir @ May 19 2010, 11:25 AM) Ev...   May 19 2010, 06:44 PM
- - Yerameyahu   Well, say VR instead of Matrix. AR is physical, of...   May 19 2010, 06:22 PM
|- - MindandPen   QUOTE (Yerameyahu @ May 19 2010, 01:22 PM...   May 19 2010, 06:40 PM
- - hermit   QUOTE Gut-check it: should a single Echo give me f...   May 19 2010, 09:46 PM
- - hermit   QUOTE Guess I was wrong. It doesn't stipulate ...   May 20 2010, 10:44 AM
|- - Sengir   QUOTE (hermit @ May 20 2010, 10:44 AM) Oh...   May 20 2010, 11:06 AM
|- - Tymeaus Jalynsfein   QUOTE (hermit @ May 20 2010, 03:44 AM) Un...   May 21 2010, 03:19 AM
- - hermit   And his agents are limited by the node they are in...   May 20 2010, 11:13 AM
- - Sengir   Sure, just handwave away a task with a high probab...   May 20 2010, 11:27 AM
- - hermit   Reread what i wrote (or what the thread is all abo...   May 20 2010, 11:39 AM
|- - Sengir   QUOTE (hermit @ May 20 2010, 12:39 PM) Re...   May 20 2010, 11:43 AM
|- - Cardul   QUOTE (hermit @ May 20 2010, 06:39 AM) Re...   May 20 2010, 11:45 AM
- - hermit   Sengir, your maths is off (and why assume everyone...   May 20 2010, 11:53 AM
|- - Sengir   QUOTE (hermit @ May 20 2010, 11:53 AM) Se...   May 20 2010, 12:08 PM
- - Johnny Hammersticks   not to further an argument here, but in reading an...   May 20 2010, 12:11 PM
- - Sharkman   Thanks for the many replies I guess what I am real...   May 20 2010, 07:25 PM
|- - DireRadiant   QUOTE (Sharkman @ May 20 2010, 02:25 PM) ...   May 20 2010, 09:10 PM
- - hermit   Talk to the player about house rules (Ryu's ar...   May 20 2010, 07:40 PM
- - Jaid   i'm just curious... why would anyone assume th...   May 20 2010, 11:55 PM
- - Saint Sithney   Here's a nasty thought. The Acceleration Echo...   May 21 2010, 03:56 AM
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