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What do you default for hacking and computer
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post Jun 20 2006, 01:02 PM
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With a lot of the actual hacking stuff, the roll is skill + program rating. So, defaulting to the attribute (if you can max it out in a frightening way) would actually be an effective strategy, assuming your GM doesn't set you on fire for doing it.

Of course, you lose out some on the stat + skill combos that are possible, but a big chunk of the core uses of hacking doesn't use stat + skill.


That ranks right up there with switching to AR mode in the middle of a fight with Black IC so you become immune it even though you've lost the ability to log off. The rules don't explicitly say that you can't do that, but they sure as heck imply it.

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They both try to hack the same node.
Logisto rolls 8(Log-1)+Exploit 5. This results in 13 dice
Homogeneous rolls 7(Hacking 5+2 Spec) + Exploit 5. This results in 12 dice.
This would result in 10 dice with no specialization.

Then they both try to hack the same wired mainframe by exploiting access.
Logisto rolls 8(Log-1). This results in 8 dice.
Homogeneous rolls 7(Hacking 5+2Spec) + 5 Exploit. This results in 12 dice
This would result in 10 dice with no specialization.


My Clarification ( This Doesn't Even rank as a houserule)
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Whatever is linked to the skill is what the skill defaults to.

Swinging a sword is Agility + Blades dice.
Blades is linked to Agility by the fact that those are the dice you roll with the skill.
It defaults to (Agility - 1) dice if you don't have the skill.

When you roll Program + skill dice the skill is linked to the program.
In the case of Exploit + Hacking then hacking skill is linked to the Exploit program.
So to default, the runner would roll (Exploit - 1) Dice if he didn't have the hacking skill.

The rules don't explicitly say this is how it works. But they sure as heck imply it.
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Dv84good
post Jun 20 2006, 07:33 PM
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It certain makes sense to default program+skill but the att+skill unifies the game mechanics better. It would have been nice for them to add that simple sentence.

Thanks for the input.
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