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JongWK View Member Profile	Feb 22 2007, 11:29 AM Post #1
Shooting Target Group: Validating Posts: 1,618 Joined: 29-January 03 From: Montevideo, Uruguay. Member No.: 3,992	I have a new group of ~~victims~~ players who want to give SR4 a try, so I offered them a few scenarios: 2070, '64, '59, etc. The idea of finding out what happened to the Arcology caught their attention, so now I have a bit of a problem. I can use deckers with a few modifications, but Otaku might pose a problem. I don't think any of them will play one, but still... Has anyone come up with some house rules for them?

Aaron View Member Profile	Feb 22 2007, 12:41 PM Post #2
Mr. Johnson Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 3,148 Joined: 27-February 06 From: UCAS Member No.: 8,314	How about running them as technomancers without wireless capability? Perhaps balancing that with allowing them to have a datajack implant without Resonance loss?

JongWK View Member Profile	Feb 22 2007, 01:00 PM Post #3
Shooting Target Group: Validating Posts: 1,618 Joined: 29-January 03 From: Montevideo, Uruguay. Member No.: 3,992	That's a possibility I've considered, though where do we draw the line? One implant? As many as possible?

Rotbart van Dain... Rotbart van Dainig View Member Profile	Feb 22 2007, 01:51 PM Post #4
Hoppelhäschen 5000 Group: Members Posts: 5,807 Joined: 3-January 04 Member No.: 5,951	Otaku were even free to turn into CZ without suffering any direct defects to their special abilities...

Demonseed Elite View Member Profile	Feb 22 2007, 02:01 PM Post #5
Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,078 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 67	If the players don't play any, then you don't have to worry about balancing as much, since anyone who works for Deus is pretty much expected to be badass. In that case, you could use the technomancer mechanics and just allow them to implant cyberware without Resonance loss. If balancing is a concern, I'd limit it to just networking cyberware that has no impact on Resonance, like datajacks.

JongWK

Feb 23 2007, 02:14 PM

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If the players don't play any, then you don't have to worry about balancing as much, since anyone who works for Deus is pretty much expected to be badass. In that case, you could use the technomancer mechanics and just allow them to implant cyberware without Resonance loss.

If balancing is a concern, I'd limit it to just networking cyberware that has no impact on Resonance, like datajacks.

My only worry is one of the players, who had an otaku in my previous SR3 campaign. She might want to play the same character now.

If no one plays an otaku, it'll be less of a problem. Deus always liked to experiment with its subjects... ;)

Mistwalker View Member Profile	Feb 23 2007, 04:11 PM Post #7
Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 668 Joined: 4-September 06 Member No.: 9,304	I started a campaign in the Arcology. It was great. All the players were in the mall when it went down, most as mundanes, with no cyberware. They ended up with a lot of delta grade cyberware, by way of Deus experimenting. They worked as part of the resistance. Once it all ended, they were perplexed by some periods of black out that they all suffered. :D

bibliophile20

Feb 23 2007, 06:56 PM

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I started a campaign in the Arcology. It was great. All the players were in the mall when it went down, most as mundanes, with no cyberware.

They ended up with a lot of delta grade cyberware, by way of Deus experimenting. They worked as part of the resistance.

Once it all ended, they were perplexed by some periods of black out that they all suffered. :D

Oh god... you didn't make them part of the Network, did you?

Mistwalker View Member Profile	Feb 23 2007, 06:59 PM Post #9
Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 668 Joined: 4-September 06 Member No.: 9,304	What else would they be part of? grin luckily, none of them knew what the network was, at least at the begining. Towards the end, they knew, and were trying to determine if they were Deus controlled or not (mind blank, can't remember the name of the other AI that was mixed up in the network, Maegra?). Game ended, due to people moving, so they never did find out who the were "supporting"

bibliophile20

Feb 23 2007, 09:34 PM

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What else would they be part of?
grin

luckily, none of them knew what the network was, at least at the begining.

Towards the end, they knew, and were trying to determine if they were Deus controlled or not (mind blank, can't remember the name of the other AI that was mixed up in the network, Maegra?).

Game ended, due to people moving, so they never did find out who the were "supporting"

Dayam... and I thought that I've had evil GMs...

That's a nice trick, though.

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