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  Sep 13 2010, 09:21 AM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 153 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Albany, NY Member No.: 1,757  |
I was curious, since Mages have an Metamagic to add to there Drain pools by there Initiation grade, how come Technomancers don't have any echo's that resemble it even though there similarly the exact system?
Furthermore, besides just boosting your Willpower, is there anything else that can help a Technomancer's Fading roll? |
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Sep 13 2010, 09:47 AM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,000 Joined: 30-May 09 From: Germany Member No.: 17,225 |
Well... since Techomancer ALREADY have a near-endless (for practical purposes) pool against fading they really don't need more. Granted... it totally rapes their karma gain and WILL never be as high as the correspondent pool of the mage it also saves them a lot. (I mean Their limiter, all dice pools AND fading resistance ALL base on resonance).
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Sep 14 2010, 06:20 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 153 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Albany, NY Member No.: 1,757 |
Near endless if you plan on spending a few years in a campaign spending your Karma on nothing else except Resonance... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/ohplease.gif)
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Sep 14 2010, 06:46 AM
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Great Dragon Group: Members Posts: 7,089 Joined: 4-October 05 Member No.: 7,813 |
to just come out and straight up say what the other two are hinting at... technomancers resist fading with resonance (and another stat). increase resonance, and you increase their fading resistance (along with a bunch of other stuff). thusly, technomancers don't need a centering echo, because one of their fading resistance stats can be increased (at an increasing cost each time) every time they submerge.
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Sep 14 2010, 02:23 PM
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Prime Runner Group: Members Posts: 3,996 Joined: 1-June 10 Member No.: 18,649 |
It would be like Mages having a drain resistance test of magic+tradition stat
Instead of willpower+Tradition Stat |
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Sep 14 2010, 04:37 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 212 Joined: 17-January 10 From: Sweden Member No.: 18,046 |
TMs can dump an entire stat that mages simply can't. Already in massive favor for TM in that regard (However TM stuff tend to give a little more drain so it evens out, but no need to fiddle with imba echos)
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Sep 14 2010, 04:54 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 172 Joined: 26-July 10 Member No.: 18,852 |
I agree. NO need for extra fade resistance for TM
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Sep 14 2010, 06:06 PM
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Runner Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,946 Joined: 1-June 09 From: Omaha Member No.: 17,234 |
I tend to agree, further mages tend to take drain a lot more then TM's take fading.
On the whole comparing a TM to a mage is laughable. One can warp reality itself, the other can hack computers with his mind. It's no contest in 90%+ of cases. The two don't have to be exactly equivalent. Further TM's get sprite link which thank god mages don't have the equivalent. |
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