OOC: Phoenix Rising, Out of Character thread for the runners Options

[bmcoomes]

Nope, no one got in to her commlink. They would have to hack the node that it send the information through.

Brent

[Shalimar]

I'm not sure that concealment hides people from Astral Perception. If it does though, the spirit might also want to conceal the car as well so that the car and those in it can get away once Etoile is in, since it can conceal 3 things at a time and changing what it conceals costs a service.

[bmcoomes]

it does, it's any perception test. That would mean DD would of had the for Matrix perception tests too. True more bang for the buck.

Brent

[Shalimar]

it does, it's any perception test. That would mean DD would of had the for Matrix perception tests too. True more bang for the buck.

Brent

I wouldn't think that Mana and Technology would mix like that. I guess I was just viewing Concealment as an All Senses Invisibility spell, and people would be viewable as normal in the astral, it makes more sense the way you described it though.

[bmcoomes]

"Concealment
Type: P • Action: Simple • Range: LOS • Duration: Sustained
This power refers to a critter’s ability to mystically hide
itself or others, or alternatively to hide something that people
are looking for. Concealment subtracts a number of dice equal
to the critter’s Magic from any Perception Tests to locate the
concealed subject. Concealment can be used on a number of
targets simultaneously equal to the critter’s Magic; concealed
subjects can see each other if the critter allows it."

To me any means all perception tests that's from my Navy days and the hell bent manuals we had to work out of.

[bmcoomes]

Ok that's it for now, I'm off to bed and I head out for hunting in the morning I won't be back until the 10th. See ya

[Fuchs]

Good Hunting!

[DWC]

Indeed. Enjoy the trip.

[Tarantula]

Not to try to kill etoile or anything... but concealment is a physical power, so it doesn't affect anything on the astral plane... such as astral perception (which happens to have assensing tests, not perception tests).

[crizh]

I wouldn't worry about it, it's not gonna survive another burst of fire from that drone.

[DWC]

Doubt it'll come to that. Noowan will probably put it down.

Kind of funny to remember back to older editions of SR when shooting at a spirit was nothing more than a hideous waste of ammo.

[Fuchs]

DD's still going for the sprinkler hack - if she found a node.

[Fuchs]

Doubt it'll come to that. Noowan will probably put it down.

Kind of funny to remember back to older editions of SR when shooting at a spirit was nothing more than a hideous waste of ammo.

Not with a panther assault cannon.

[crizh]

To be fair a Wide Full-Auto burst from a fully compensated LMG qualifies as 'Grade-A bang-bang.' We would have had a hell of a job doing it any damage at all with an SMG or an Assault Rifle.

[Oenone]

Which is why Etoile wants herself some heavy weapons skill badly. Plus an assault rifle with underslung grenade launcher to give her a sane chance of harming a spirit if she throws edge at it.

Doubt it'll be able to kill her now anyway. It's going to struggle to get enough hits to challenge a 17 DP dodge pool.


@Brent - Actually I'm fairly sure Concealment doesn't work in the matrix as they're not looking for the person, they're searching for your matrix persona which can't be the target of a spell and thus can't gain the benefit.

At least from my understanding of the rules that is, if I'm wrong it makes a Pixie adept hacker one of the most awesome things ever to use a commlink. Although I guess if you were in an UV node it might well work the way you're saying which would be exceptionally weird....

[Tarantula]

The matrix is not in the physical world, so again, concealment doesn't apply.

[Oenone]

@Jakes post about the water spirit. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rotfl.gif)

[Coldhand Jake]

@Jakes post about the water spirit. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/rotfl.gif)

Thought that'd get some laughs.

[Shalimar]

Thought that'd get some laughs.

Randy old pervert (IMG:style_emoticons/default/nyahnyah.gif)

[Coldhand Jake]

30's not that old... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/frown.gif)

[Oenone]

30's not that old... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/frown.gif)

It is for an ork, if I'm not mistaken about the difference metahuman lifespans.

(Edit - And even more so for a Shadow Runner. They tend to die young after all.)

[Coldhand Jake]

Well, it helps that I got smart and got out of the business for a decade after a hellhound got my left hand on my first run. Went bartender/fixer until just recently, and now I'm back in the pool.

[DWC]

Jake's forearm was bitten off. Truth got his shot off. Riptide lost his somehow. If I were DD, I'd invest in some pretty hefty armored sleeves.

[Oenone]

Jake's forearm was bitten off. Truth got his shot off. Riptide lost his somehow. If I were DD, I'd invest in some pretty hefty armored sleeves.

And maybe shock frills on them too.

[Coldhand Jake]

Nope, didn't -lose- the forearm, just the hand. My original replacement left hand was a Strength 8 surplus designed for a troll. Fit terribly, mismatched, looked all wrong. I kept ruining countertops with it. When I made enough money on my first run back on the job, I replaced it, and willingly had the forearm taken off. Now my new arm's custom-fitted and fine-tuned to match my meat hand. Got a storage compartment in the palm, datajack on the wrist, and a warmer. Mei thought it was funny having an ice-cold hand sometimes...but the bit got old fast. She's the one who nicknamed me "Coldhand"...'cause I'd grope her, or do worse, with it after holding it in the freezer.