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 Apr 26 2006, 02:10 AM
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Runner  Group: Members Posts: 2,526 Joined: 9-April 06 From: McGuire AFB, NJ Member No.: 8,445  |
Edward, you are very trusting if you think a hacker/TM hasnt tried to hack your stuff immediatly after meeting you. I wouldnt be surprised if she already hacked all the stuff in the area already and loaded backdoors and IC.
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Apr 26 2006, 02:32 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 684 Joined: 8-April 06 From: My dorm room Member No.: 8,438 |
Nope! I actually haven't. :D But that's pretty much only because Emo threw a bunch of bugs at me before he even gave me the chance to act.
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Apr 26 2006, 02:40 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,526 Joined: 9-April 06 From: McGuire AFB, NJ Member No.: 8,445 |
So GM Fait saved your team mates from alot of melicious tampering on your part, smart GM. :spin:
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Apr 26 2006, 03:44 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 207 Joined: 3-November 05 From: KCMO Member No.: 7,922 |
TMs still need a commlink to store the SIN & other data they must broadcast in certain areas of town. Also, a lot of these topics have been hashed & rehashed some already. Do a search for technomancer to find most of them... |
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Apr 26 2006, 10:23 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,405 Joined: 23-February 04 From: Honolulu, HI Member No.: 6,099 |
Show them pictures of a naked celine dion. That should fark them up for a good half day.
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Apr 26 2006, 10:47 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 65 Joined: 30-May 02 From: South Jersey Member No.: 2,798 |
Why have you seen naked pictures of Celine Dion?
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Apr 26 2006, 01:49 PM
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Running, running, running Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,220 Joined: 18-October 04 From: North Carolina Member No.: 6,769 |
i've seen her clothed, and it farks me up...
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Apr 26 2006, 02:02 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,002 Joined: 22-April 06 From: Canada Member No.: 8,494 |
Bring back the mage mask. But other then that it should be pointed out that Technomancers are a huge rarety in the SR4.0 universe. They are the evolution of the Otaku and as such are a smaller or equal sized group. The fact that they are in the main book I feel is a error on the publishers. They should have been introduced in the matrix add on source book (like Otaku were introduced in 2nd and 3rd). Any GM worth his weight in snack food should enforce a ask first before playing rule (ie if you don't get permission to play you can't play that character). Technomancers will make up less then 1% of the population and they don't make good shadowrunners. They tend to stay in tribes (like the Otaku did) and operate outside of society. They are better suited for NPCs.
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Apr 26 2006, 03:30 PM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,430 Joined: 10-January 05 From: Fort Worth, Texas Member No.: 6,957 |
Every character is a "if you don't get permission you can't play it" character. It's in the chargen rules. What may be true for your games (technomancers make poor shadowrunners) is most likely not true in most other games.
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Apr 26 2006, 10:40 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 207 Joined: 3-November 05 From: KCMO Member No.: 7,922 |
Did we read the same book? TMs are NOT just the evolution of the otaku. There are many TMs out there who were never otaku, they just happened to get caught up in the madness of the crash & when they woke up, they had these extra abilities.... Therefore there should be more TMs in the world than there were otaku.
Also, where did you get the idea that they run in tribes? 'Cause I have not read or heard that anywhere.... |
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Apr 26 2006, 10:50 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 684 Joined: 8-April 06 From: My dorm room Member No.: 8,438 |
I could see TMs forming groups in order to help each other understand their mutual conditions, but not necessarily "tribes" per se.
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Apr 26 2006, 11:01 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,556 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Seattle Member No.: 98 |
Honestly, it seems like the whole "a reasonable number of Otaku ended up becoming TMs, but not all of them by any means" was really more of a "Hey, uh, here's how to convert your Otaku over into SR4, since we're not supporting them any more" than anything else.
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Apr 27 2006, 02:11 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,002 Joined: 22-April 06 From: Canada Member No.: 8,494 |
My evidence to state that TMs will most likely form "tribes" is the fact that TMs can only teach other TMs complex forms. TMs are unique and thus in the SR universe segregated. And while there may be some exceptions a lot of otaku did become TMs and they formed tribes.
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Apr 27 2006, 02:19 AM
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Beetle Eater Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,797 Joined: 3-June 02 From: Oblivion City Member No.: 2,826 |
Yeah, but because it's wireless, the "tribe" is always with you, neh? It might even help them keep a lower profile and garner individual protection to join up with runner teams.
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Apr 27 2006, 02:21 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 5,430 Joined: 10-January 05 From: Fort Worth, Texas Member No.: 6,957 |
So the ex-Otaku may even still have some tribal connections, but it's doubtful that every TM, or even the majority of them, feels a sudden need to join a tribe.
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Apr 27 2006, 02:35 AM
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Dragon Group: Members Posts: 4,589 Joined: 28-November 05 Member No.: 8,019 |
Why did Otaku form tribes in the first place?
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Apr 27 2006, 02:40 AM
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Beetle Eater Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,797 Joined: 3-June 02 From: Oblivion City Member No.: 2,826 |
Birds of a feather, for the most part. Other otaku are the only people who really understand where you're coming from, the only people who will not envy you for your talents or alienate you for being different. They are the people you naturally click with. Plus, they were mostly kids, thus forming support groups. And then the need to find Pools.
I think technomancers will form groups, like mages do, but these will be virtual connections, shadow chat rooms, and the like. Not really physical places so much. Technomancers are always on, so the physical needs can be dealt with and one has no need to leave the virtual tribe to fulfill them. |
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Apr 27 2006, 04:59 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 207 Joined: 3-November 05 From: KCMO Member No.: 7,922 |
My TM uses sprites to learn from....
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Apr 27 2006, 11:32 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 106 Joined: 10-April 06 Member No.: 8,447 |
Just put a jammer on them, and they're blocked.
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Apr 27 2006, 11:46 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,556 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Seattle Member No.: 98 |
I wonder if hitting a TM with a jammer gives them headaches...
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Apr 28 2006, 01:33 AM
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panda! Group: Members Posts: 10,331 Joined: 8-March 02 From: north of central europe Member No.: 2,242 |
depends. physicaly hitting them or figurativly?
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Apr 28 2006, 03:15 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,002 Joined: 22-April 06 From: Canada Member No.: 8,494 |
Using a WIFI negator or jammer near a TM will be like a mage astrally perceiving in space.
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Apr 28 2006, 06:03 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,000 Joined: 17-November 05 From: Halifax, Canada Member No.: 7,975 |
Actually the proper analogy would be like a mage trying to perceive through a high background count. Jammers, like white noise generators flood the area with noise to scatter any signals. |
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