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Would you gain dice bonuses from cyberears or improved senses other than sight, since they're helping you locate the target?
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Feb 24 2006, 12:34 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 297 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 248 |
IMHO only for locating the target, not for firing at it.
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Feb 24 2006, 03:11 PM
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Genuine Artificial Intelligence Group: Members Posts: 4,019 Joined: 12-June 03 Member No.: 4,715 |
Hey, if a player wants to buy off a flaw, fine. Either make them wait until they've bought it off to get the cybereyes, or just put them into karma-debt. (I've done that before) Or, if you don't want them getting away with that for a few sessions, then when their karma debt is paid off then their physical therapy is over and their brain has relearned how to interpret visual data. In the meantime, the shiny new cyber eyes don't work. It seems logical to me that there would be a difference between scooping out somebody's working eyes and trying to get cybereyes to work in someone who's been blind for years. The brain does reallocate unused neurons after a time. |
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Feb 24 2006, 03:52 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,635 Joined: 27-November 05 Member No.: 8,006 |
If it was a Flaw or a Negative Quality, sure. But in this case it isn't. It is more backstory.
No on a couple of fronts. It would have to be a different tradition than Hermetic, because they use Logic. Unless you just mean the huge number of Knowledge skill points during chargen? If you are thinking of the bonus of Intuition while avoiding the -6 die penalty by going astral then no again. That would switch them back to Agility. |
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Feb 24 2006, 07:19 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,479 Joined: 6-May 05 From: Idaho Member No.: 7,377 |
Heh, got mixed up. To clarify: I can see special traditions that use Intuition for drain playing blind characters, but then again, that would really be pointless now wouldn't it?
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Feb 24 2006, 07:22 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 99 Joined: 20-February 06 From: Media PA Member No.: 8,288 |
this string has gone on way to long LOL being blind isnt useful at all. Shadowrunners shouldnt be blind imo its self defeating....almost regret posting this LOL
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Feb 24 2006, 07:27 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 59 Joined: 19-February 06 Member No.: 8,279 |
Okay, then on a different note, suppose I shot at a physically invisible character, and I had cybereyes with vision mags and a laser sight or smartlink. Would I get my bonuses?
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Feb 24 2006, 07:27 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,479 Joined: 6-May 05 From: Idaho Member No.: 7,377 |
Two words: Blind Fury.
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Feb 24 2006, 07:45 PM
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panda! Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242 |
say what? |
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Feb 24 2006, 07:45 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 829 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 770 |
Hmm...well, at the very least you would still lower or negate any vision penalties as normal (i.e. poor lighting, smoke, glare, range etc.) due to the vision mods. Lasersights and smartlinks don't stack (especially since a lasersight is integral to the smartlink anyway) but should you get the bonus? I don't really see why not...after all, I don't see anything that would even forbid taking a called shot on an invisible target in the RAW. Of course the final decision is going to be the GM's - so you should really run it past him/her before trying it. |
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Feb 24 2006, 08:37 PM
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Midnight Toker Group: Members Posts: 7,686 Joined: 4-July 04 From: Zombie Drop Bear Santa's Workshop Member No.: 6,456 |
Zatoichi did it first. Zatoichi did it better.
Astral Perception is a sense that is completely contined within the Astral Body. You don't need a brain to process the sensory data and can Astraly Percieve just fine if you leave your brain along with the rest of your meatbod. |
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Feb 24 2006, 09:35 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,556 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Seattle Member No.: 98 |
You know the other way players end up playing blind characters? One of their teammates decides to "help out" in a gunfight in a steam tunnel by putting his shotgun over the (now blind) character's shoulder and getting his two cents (or two nuyen, given ammo costs) into the conversation.
That's also a good way to end up playing a deaf character, at least on that side. These are, of course, repairable. But they'll definitely get your attention. |
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Feb 25 2006, 11:02 AM
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panda! Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242 |
oops, that that brain=mind connection, my bad... |
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