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 Radar Scanner / Ultrasound and others.., What bonuses exactly? |
 Aug 14 2007, 09:47 AM
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Runner  Group: Members Posts: 2,925 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 948  |
OK, I have the following on one runner - lets call him Radar for simplicity.
Cyberlimb with the following Radar Scanner 4 Cyberware Scanner 4 Orientation System Ultrasound sensor He also has a second cyberarm with a cyberhand drone MAD Scanner 3 Cyberware Scanner 6 Motion Sensor Additional Ware Attention Co-Processor 3 Reception Enhancers 3 Now, what bonuses would he actually get? +6 for perception ware and a less negative adds for ultrasound, but what about the others? Would the combination of the radar, motion sensor, cyberware scanners and all reveal almost anything to him? He would basically: See through people See all their clothing See all their loose gear See all their weapons See all cyberware See through concrete walls And he would have a radar HUD that tells him of possible movements around him and the ability to track people within 100 meters. |
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Aug 14 2007, 03:31 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,219 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Lofwyr's stomach. Member No.: 1,320 |
Sounds good. He sees all those things. Tell the character what he sees. What else do you want?
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Aug 14 2007, 04:54 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 225 Joined: 13-July 07 Member No.: 12,235 |
Yeah, it's true. There is kind of a ridiculous number of ways for characters to improve their pathetic little meat senses. Enjoy. |
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Aug 14 2007, 06:27 PM
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Old Man Jones Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,415 Joined: 26-February 02 From: New York Member No.: 1,699 |
Now, make it so he can't turn off any of his new senses, put him in a complex maze with plenty of clutter to trip on, and tell him he needs to get out of the maze in 90 seconds or it will blow up.
:D -karma |
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Aug 14 2007, 07:26 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,925 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 948 |
Well since I'm the one who would be playing him I was just wondering what I could claim that I see. It makes for an interesting concept as the sensors/radars would probably be customizable to edit out things you dont want to see. The drawback would be the following. Radar & Cyberware scanners would probably show up on drone sensors as their basic sensors are a form of radar, unless the user chooses to use passive radar and listen for drones (would probably be effective as well). Ultrasound would be from several sources of the character. This could be a disadvantage, but the added benefits of seeing everything and increased ability to handle all that sensory data is well worth it. |
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Aug 14 2007, 07:27 PM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,925 Joined: 26-February 02 Member No.: 948 |
Would be simple. The radar would pick out a map and he would use the Orientation system to map it out and the Wallspace program to create a nice AR trideo map without unneeded clutter. |
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Aug 14 2007, 07:40 PM
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Old Man Jones Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 4,415 Joined: 26-February 02 From: New York Member No.: 1,699 |
I was more referring to the humor inherent in trying to maneuver a complex path at speed when everything around you appears semi-transparent.
Keep your logic out of my humor, dammit. -karma |
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Aug 14 2007, 07:41 PM
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Neophyte Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,159 Joined: 12-April 07 From: Ork Underground Member No.: 11,440 |
Toss in some of the Intuition test enchancing yummyness, some of the nice things in Augmentation and you can add IIRC about +3 dice to Intuition based tests,,,ie Perception.
Yea so what you have the personality of wet boot, but heck you see alot of things. :D |
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Aug 14 2007, 11:59 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,246 Joined: 8-June 07 Member No.: 11,869 |
You might be able to save some money/capacity/essence on a couple of things. You could dump the millimeter wave radar (cyberware scanner) because the radar sensor does the same job, or did you want the higher rating of the seperate millimeter wave radar in your hand? Also you could get rid of the ultrasound sensor since the radar sensor does the same thing, or were you worried about jamming?
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Aug 15 2007, 07:02 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 37 Joined: 9-February 07 Member No.: 10,958 |
*Boggle* And I thought my character went overboard on perception mods.
The way that I play it on my character is that I can only handle one form of input at a time. If I'm using ultrasonic, then I'm not using low light or thermooptic. However, I do have my sensor set to passive and it will tell me if it encounters an ultrasonic source (I'm covert ops, so knowing there's an active ultrasonic sensor around the corner is important). |
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