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 Apr 2 2007, 04:28 PM
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Target  Group: Members Posts: 78 Joined: 26-February 07 From: Hildesheim, Germany Member No.: 11,107  |
Another Question:
Commlinks: How do they project the AR on your eye ? Do you need Visual Enhancements, like Contactlenses or Goggles? |
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Apr 3 2007, 03:48 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 633 Joined: 23-February 06 Member No.: 8,301 |
You need something with image link, which could be glasses, contacts, goggles, cybereyes, etc. Or you need a method of direct neural interface, like a datajack or trodes.
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Apr 4 2007, 05:39 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 101 Joined: 30-December 06 Member No.: 10,493 |
They specifically come with dataglasses. Look at the picture. Although, oddly, they're not just glasses: You actually need to walk around carrying a little box which holds the computer hardware. |
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Apr 4 2007, 05:56 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 615 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 1,895 |
By default the come with 'holo projector' touch screen (think 2070 verision of the laser keyboard now, that project a keyboard on any flat surface that you can then type on). (or any good sci-fi movie). Display Link is certainly a good option with a cheap pair of glasses, or if you have a Sim module and a DNI (to include an internal commlink), then you could display them just 'in your vision'. Otherwise RAW it is the 'touch projector screeen' or someother device to which it is subscribed that has a display link. |
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Apr 6 2007, 02:12 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,251 Joined: 11-September 04 From: GA Member No.: 6,651 |
I know its obvious but if looking for a more damaging spell use a Direct combat spell so it bypasses armor or a <Elemental> combat spell so it hits invisible targets. Lastly, multiple spells can be cast at once so multiple Stun Ball spells can put some serious damage out there.
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Apr 6 2007, 02:23 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 244 Joined: 8-June 06 Member No.: 8,681 |
That's not really that odd. Consider Bluetooth phone earpieces. One actual communication device (the phone) one display device (the earpiece). Change phones and you can keep the same earpiece, or vice versa, and in theory the earpiece (or glasses, or whatever) can be the display unit for more than one source device at a time. |
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Apr 17 2007, 02:02 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 78 Joined: 26-February 07 From: Hildesheim, Germany Member No.: 11,107 |
Well another Rule Question:
Physical Barrieres (Spell) How EXACTLY is it working? Is the Powerniveau / Damage Value of a weapon of interest if you shoot at a magical barriere? Does only the amount of projectiles shot during one combat turn count? E,g., my Barrier has a barrier-rating of 3: Does it protect for 3 Bullets /Rockets /Nukes;) in one Turn, no matter how high their DV is? Can a bullet penetrate a barriere without letting it collapse? (Normal Barriers can be shot through, like wooden doors for the purpose of hitting a target behind it, right? Can i do so with magical barriers, too ?) |
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Apr 17 2007, 10:18 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,251 Joined: 11-September 04 From: GA Member No.: 6,651 |
Like a wall. Read "Barriers" on BBB p157.
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Apr 18 2007, 03:26 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 7,116 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 1,449 |
Remember that mages also have two other options when casting a spell: overcasting, and spending Edge. |
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Apr 18 2007, 06:54 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 78 Joined: 26-February 07 From: Hildesheim, Germany Member No.: 11,107 |
And another one:
Drones/Riggers/Signals: Where is written down, what the signal strength of a drone is? I suppose the Signal of the Rigger is his Commlink-Signal, but a Drone has to respond to his commands or be able to send Status-Reports back to the Rigger, so the Signalstrength of the drone can be really important. But i don't find them in the statistics. Same with things like "do fly-spy-drones have nightvision-functions in their camera [...] And: There are NO RULES regarding modding/repairing your drones/vehicles as a rigger. do i have to wait for the rigger-sourcebook? |
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Apr 18 2007, 06:55 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 78 Joined: 26-February 07 From: Hildesheim, Germany Member No.: 11,107 |
oh and just out of interest;) : why is the SR-Logo a Skull of a goat (or whatsoever) =
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Apr 18 2007, 07:39 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 633 Joined: 23-February 06 Member No.: 8,301 |
Because skulls are fuckin' METAL. :D
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Apr 18 2007, 08:54 PM
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The Dragon Never Sleeps Group: Admin Posts: 6,924 Joined: 1-September 05 Member No.: 7,667 |
There's a common object ratings table somewhere. Drones will be signal 3 unless they are security rated, in which case they are 4 |
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May 3 2007, 11:30 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 78 Joined: 26-February 07 From: Hildesheim, Germany Member No.: 11,107 |
Thanks
Another Set of Questions: 1. Recoil and Vehicles: When i mount a LMG on a Van or a Doberman, does that give any extra recoil compensation? I figure, that there can't be a lot of recoil, when the LMG/HMG is installed on a turret of a van.... 2. The "Slime-Spell": There is written, that you can turn someone into slime... can he be turned back to a (Meta-)human? And when the CW won't change: Will it still be at the right place, if not taken from the slime, after transforming the victim back? 3. Called Shots (Headshots): Well what about Headshots? I can't really find a good solution in the called shots sections. |
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May 3 2007, 02:31 PM
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Canon Companion Group: Members Posts: 8,021 Joined: 2-March 03 From: The Morgue, Singapore LTG Member No.: 4,187 |
3. There are no headshots in terms of game mechanics. Only shots that do more damage or bypass armor that in-character is a headshot.
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May 4 2007, 04:35 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 78 Joined: 26-February 07 From: Hildesheim, Germany Member No.: 11,107 |
Well, thanks, but can't anyone help me with 1. and 2. ?
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May 4 2007, 04:56 AM
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Cybernetic Blood Mage Group: Members Posts: 3,472 Joined: 11-March 06 From: Northeastern Wyoming Member No.: 8,361 |
You are just better off forgetting about Turn to Goo, because RAW makes a special point of saying that cyberware paid for with Essence is treated as a part of the body far as magic is concerned, but yet this spell somehow manages to get arround that little fact of magical theory without nary a whisper. (The spell's singlar achievement of ignoring the fact that Cyberware is paid for with Essense and thus becomes part of the target's pattern should either be House Ruled out of existance or be the subject of instense study in every Magical R&D lab in the world.)
But yes, Turn to Goo is a sustained spell so the moment the mage drops the spell the target goes back to normal, minus any damage taken while 'goo' of course. |
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May 4 2007, 08:28 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 19 Joined: 1-May 07 Member No.: 11,575 |
I am new to Shadowrun, and I've been pondering a few things about some gears.
Thankfully, the licenses have been addressed. I was planning on buying 92 licenses total for my 4 fake SINs, and I'm hoping that my GM will go along the thinking of grouping stuff together for licenses. Regarding Datajacks, do you buy each one seperately, paying Essence each time if you want another port or does it come with a set of ports? I'd like to keep my Comlink, Goggles, and one extra port open for surveliance/cyberware maintenence. On a smaller note, is there a certain cost for Fiberoptic cable? I'm used to the whole deck system somewhat (From reading a certain book) but I am a bit lost on the whole simrig/sim deck/comlink connection. My character is supposed to be a hacker/rigger, and I know that you need a SimRig to rig up drones, but is that a whole body type deal or an expansion to your commlink? I was looking into skinlinks. Say for example if someone steals a skinlinked gun from you, could you have the gun default back to wireless so you could attempt to hack it and stop it from firing? I apologize for my lack of knowledge. |
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May 5 2007, 12:28 AM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 19 Joined: 1-May 07 Member No.: 11,575 |
Also, would doubling the price of a Doberman drone be a sufficent cost to have the technology shrunk down to fit into a drone the size of a cat? I was looking for middleground between the Doberman and the Crawller drone, something that could still have a light weapon mount but still wrap around my neck.
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May 5 2007, 05:14 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,251 Joined: 11-September 04 From: GA Member No.: 6,651 |
Weapon Mounts require a Body on the drone of 3 which means something too large for a cybered war-troll's neck. |
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May 5 2007, 08:22 AM
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Shadow Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 3,737 Joined: 2-June 06 From: Secret Tunnels under the UK (South West) Member No.: 8,636 |
Yep. But a GM might let you put a narcojet in there, hold out pistol with stick and shock, or somesuch. Wouldn't exactly be a weapons platform, but would be good when there were a burglar in your house. I wouldn't double the cost for it, by the way. I'd probably reduce it. Such drone undoubtedly exist in SR2070. |
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May 5 2007, 01:24 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,251 Joined: 11-September 04 From: GA Member No.: 6,651 |
House rules are the exception, but then again I'm partial to RAW when I run and when I play.
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May 5 2007, 01:54 PM
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Shadow Cartographer Group: Members Posts: 3,737 Joined: 2-June 06 From: Secret Tunnels under the UK (South West) Member No.: 8,636 |
Oh, come on! There's a big difference between a light machine gun and a hold out pistol or a dart launcher. It's silly to say that a doberman drone can carry an LMG but that something a bit smaller can't carry anything. And I hope that Arsenal will carry some cannon examples. |
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May 5 2007, 02:25 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,883 Joined: 16-December 06 Member No.: 10,386 |
I don't think a doberman is really the appropriate analog for what you're trying to rig together. What I think you're really looking for is a modified Smart Firing platform, since I think it'd be fair to say that much of the way standard drones aim is by properly oriention itself and moving around to create firing lanes, something they could never do while strapped to your back or neck. Whereas a smart firing platform aims by operating with in a fixed 180 degree arc. Still, I don't really think there's a way to make either idea really practical. Dobermans are already street legal and affordable as it is, and I doubt you'll ever manage to make having a weapons platform strapped onto your character discreet or practical enough to really be noteworthy. It's not that I really think that it can't be done, I just doubt it'd be worth doing, once you consider the alternatives available. Anyway, yeah... I do hope there will be some small dart and toxin loaded drones available in arsenal though. Nothing so fancy and undetectable enough to necessarily be overpowered, just something like a relatively large minidrone loaded up with enough narcoject to put a horse into a coma. Would be real fun for wetwork. And I think it'd definitely be possible to have even microdrones loaded up with particularly nasty toxins, although I think a wise GM would probably be better served limiting truly tiny but deadly drones to scary NPC groups like Chimera. |
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May 5 2007, 04:08 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,251 Joined: 11-September 04 From: GA Member No.: 6,651 |
knasser, my fave thing in SR3 was small drones with viper sliverguns but SR4, while a bit more artificial with its ruleset, is more balanced and good balance reduces twink.
Is it legal by RAW to put a reduced size of dispensor of foam explosive 15 on a Flyspy? It'd make sense but not necessarily be balanced. YMMV. :-) |
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