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RunnerPaul
post Oct 23 2005, 01:34 AM
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Under previous editions, the only form of Reaction and/or Initiative Enhancement that counted when you were in control of a vehicle was the vehicle control rig. Other Reaction/Init enhancements in the forms of magic, adept powers, and implants, were not allowed to be counted when controlling a vehicle.

Try as I might, I can't seem to find anything that states this is still the case in SR4. Has the philosophy behind this changed under the new edition, or am I just missing some disclaimer somewhere?
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post Oct 23 2005, 02:21 AM
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not sure as i dont have a book to refrence but from what i gather here on the forum it seems that as long as your in AR rather then VR then physical ractions count, be them wired or not. go VR and only the type of sim your running counts. atleast thats how it looks to me so far...
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post Oct 23 2005, 02:33 AM
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yup which means the drivbing adept can be significantly better than a rigger now
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post Oct 23 2005, 02:35 AM
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well, as both will max out at x number of initiative passes, the only diff will be who can go first...

hmm, that makes me think how they will present move-by-wire in the new system. even more initiative passes?
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post Oct 23 2005, 02:48 AM
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okay the adept will max out at 4 initiave passes and from what i have read the rigger maxes out at 3

the adept can also have more dice
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post Oct 23 2005, 02:54 AM
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QUOTE (hobgoblin)
well, as both will max out at x number of initiative passes, the only diff will be who can go first...

hmm, that makes me think how they will present move-by-wire in the new system. even more initiative passes?

The book states all over that the max is 4 for init passes. Makes me wonder if they will even make it....
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post Oct 23 2005, 03:00 AM
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4 init passes with extra actions in the first and second init passes :P
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post Oct 23 2005, 06:15 AM
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QUOTE (Kremlin KOA)
okay the adept will max out at 4 initiave passes and from what i have read the rigger maxes out at 3

the adept can also have more dice

nasty truely nasty.

but as i said, im base my view of things on the stuff i have read so far on this forum, not on the text in the book itself...
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post Oct 24 2005, 04:34 PM
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QUOTE (Kremlin KOA)
okay the adept will max out at 4 initiave passes and from what i have read the rigger maxes out at 3

the adept can also have more dice

However the rigger with a control rig will need 1 less success for any test with a threshold >1, which equates to about a +4 die bonus.
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post Oct 24 2005, 06:00 PM
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+3 bonus dice surely.


Anyway, about 4 being the absolute limit for initiative passes (which has nothing much to do with this thread) - does that mean that the option of using an Edge point to get another pass is no longer an option for someone with, for example, Wired Reflexes 3? Or is it one of those "limits" that's not really a limit.

MBW would be interesting, and I'd imagine they'll add it in somehow. Although extra actions seems a bit too powerful, considering everyone else is banned from having more than 4 (or 5 perhaps).

Apologies for perpetuating the thread hijacking. :)
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post Oct 24 2005, 06:10 PM
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QUOTE (page 134)
No character can act in more than 4 Initiative Passes
in a Combat Turn (even if they spend Edge).


A possibility for Move-By-Wire is that it pushes the character up to the always-first tier of initiative, but that's pretty damn powerful given that normally you have to spend a point of Edge every time you want to get that.

Maybe an extra Free Action? Although that is likely going to be a relatively rare use. *shrug*

P.S. DSF is one big thread highjack. ;)
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post Oct 24 2005, 06:23 PM
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QUOTE (Zeel De Mort)
+3 bonus dice surely.
Depends on how you look at it. If you look at it from the law of averages, it's +3. If you look at it from the standpoint of spending dice to buy an automatic hit, then a -1 to Threshold is worth the 4 dice you would have had to spend to get 1 hit.

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Apologies for perpetuating the thread hijacking. :)

I'm the one who started this thread, and I don't consider it hijacked in the least. I wanted to spark off a discusion of this particular change in the game, and tangently related subjects, like initiative.
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post Oct 24 2005, 06:32 PM
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Aha, fair enough. 4 passes is the absolute limit no matter what. At least that's definite. I shall read my books more closely in future.

Point taken about +3/+4 dice as well.
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post Oct 25 2005, 12:19 AM
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Move-by-wire could easily just push your actions up... IP 1:act once at normal Initative, act again after everyone else, IP:2 Act at normal initiative, act again after everyone else. IP:3 no more actions for Mr.Move-by-Wire...

This could end up being a drawback sometimes, though, but that may be the price you pay for acting before you even have the time to react, much less think twice about what you are doing...

(Anyway, not really a suggestion - just a thought)
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post Oct 25 2005, 01:32 AM
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Vehicle drivers use their physical initiative. There's nothing about that being limited to unaugmented initiative.

As for Move By Wire, they may have it provide additional dice for the Athletics Skill Group and for Infiltration. Fine control added, but not game breaking.
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post Oct 25 2005, 02:13 PM
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QUOTE (Clyde @ Oct 24 2005, 09:32 PM)
As for Move By Wire, they may have it provide additional dice for the Athletics Skill Group and for Infiltration.  Fine control added, but not game breaking.

Could also bump up movement rates a little.
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post Oct 25 2005, 09:54 PM
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Or we can just break the rule. After all, it was made in the main rule book, where there is no Move by wire. Move by wire is the thing, and the ONLY thing, that can give you that last extra initiative pass. Take that, Adepts!
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post Oct 26 2005, 01:22 PM
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QUOTE (PlatonicPimp)
Or we can just break the rule. After all, it was made in the main rule book, where there is no Move by wire. Move by wire is the thing, and the ONLY thing, that can give you that last extra initiative pass. Take that, Adepts!

Oh, I don't think the Adepts will be too terribly put off when 6 months down the line the M-B-W guy dies of one or more of the nasty brain disfunctions that piece of hardware induces. Though it is 2070 now, maybe they've finally worked the bugs out.
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post Oct 26 2005, 02:35 PM
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I don't think they would have, after all, there has to be a good drawback if it breaks the rules. See my cyberware thread for how I put Move by wire into SR4.
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