 Technos and black ice, Why dont i usually see it on builds discussed in the forums? |
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 Jul 18 2011, 04:09 PM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 734 Joined: 4-November 09 Member No.: 17,844  |
As it says on the tin, why dont we see them as CFs or is it just one that ppl thread since the stealth rolls are usually so high you can avoid a fight?
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Jul 18 2011, 04:15 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 271 Joined: 5-July 11 From: Firebase Zulu Member No.: 32,769 |
My GM is making detection rolls cumulative just because I can thread Stealth up to 8 or 9, so I intend to pick up some Black ICE soonest.
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Jul 18 2011, 04:33 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 734 Joined: 4-November 09 Member No.: 17,844 |
ok another (retarded) question: i seem to remember they can but cant find a ruling: technomancer cfs and options yes or no?
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Jul 18 2011, 04:43 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 271 Joined: 1-September 09 From: Denmark Member No.: 17,583 |
QUOTE (onlyghostdanceswhiledrunk @ Jul 18 2011, 06:33 PM)  ok another (retarded) question: i seem to remember they can but cant find a ruling: technomancer cfs and options yes or no? Yes they can. It's in Unwired. Can't remember the page, but I'd suspect it's under the Technomancer section. As I recall, each option takes a success on the Threading roll. |
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Jul 18 2011, 04:43 PM
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Advocatus Diaboli Group: Members Posts: 13,994 Joined: 20-November 07 From: USA Member No.: 14,282 |
IC are agents. You have Sprites. ("Agents, IC, and autosofts may not be learned or used by technomancers.")
Options have their own rules, but yes, they can be CF-purchased, and threaded. Unwired p136 and p148. |
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Jul 18 2011, 05:13 PM
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Prime Runner Ascendant Group: Members Posts: 17,568 Joined: 26-March 09 From: Aurora, Colorado Member No.: 17,022 |
QUOTE (Yerameyahu @ Jul 18 2011, 10:43 AM) IC are agents. You have Sprites. ("Agents, IC, and autosofts may not be learned or used by technomancers.") Options have their own rules, but yes, they can be CF-purchased, and threaded. Unwired p136 and p148. But Blackout and BlackHammer are just Black programs, so they are perfectly useable. Not sure he really meant IC. Could be wrong, though. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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Jul 18 2011, 05:18 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 734 Joined: 4-November 09 Member No.: 17,844 |
so i can do a Data bomb cf with biofeedback and psychotropic options (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/vegm.gif)
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Jul 18 2011, 05:18 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 734 Joined: 4-November 09 Member No.: 17,844 |
QUOTE (Tymeaus Jalynsfein @ Jul 18 2011, 10:13 AM) But Blackout and BlackHammer are just Black programs, so they are perfectly useable. Not sure he really meant IC. Could be wrong, though. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) yeah meant the progs not IC technically sry. |
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Jul 18 2011, 05:22 PM
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Prime Runner Ascendant Group: Members Posts: 17,568 Joined: 26-March 09 From: Aurora, Colorado Member No.: 17,022 |
QUOTE (onlyghostdanceswhiledrunk @ Jul 18 2011, 11:18 AM) so i can do a Data bomb cf with biofeedback and psychotropic options (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) (IMG:style_emoticons/default/vegm.gif) Correct... A "Black Pit" CF is acceptable... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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Jul 18 2011, 05:22 PM
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Prime Runner Ascendant Group: Members Posts: 17,568 Joined: 26-March 09 From: Aurora, Colorado Member No.: 17,022 |
QUOTE (onlyghostdanceswhiledrunk @ Jul 18 2011, 11:18 AM) yeah meant the progs not IC technically sry. What I thought... No Worries... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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Jul 18 2011, 08:42 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,973 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Fairfax, VA Member No.: 13,526 |
QUOTE (Tymeaus Jalynsfein @ Jul 18 2011, 01:22 PM) Correct... A "Black Pit" CF is acceptable... (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) Not only is it acceptable, it's probably second only to HMMVV when it comes to guaranteed kills. Threading a data bomb up to R9 means the poor sod who triggers it gets to take 9d6 boxes, for an average of 31 boxes of physical damage. You Hand of God or your die. |
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Jul 18 2011, 08:47 PM
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Advocatus Diaboli Group: Members Posts: 13,994 Joined: 20-November 07 From: USA Member No.: 14,282 |
As if Data Bombs weren't already incredible overpowered. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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Jul 18 2011, 09:00 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 271 Joined: 5-July 11 From: Firebase Zulu Member No.: 32,769 |
Yeah gods but Data Bombs are scary for Technomancers.. getting hit by one of those.. even if it is just a Plain Jane Matrix Damage bomb.. is going to HURT!
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Jul 19 2011, 05:39 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 734 Joined: 4-November 09 Member No.: 17,844 |
QUOTE (Miri @ Jul 18 2011, 02:00 PM) Yeah gods but Data Bombs are scary for Technomancers.. getting hit by one of those.. even if it is just a Plain Jane Matrix Damage bomb.. is going to HURT! send in the cannon fodd... ahem sprites first is my motto. |
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Jul 19 2011, 05:41 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 734 Joined: 4-November 09 Member No.: 17,844 |
QUOTE (Yerameyahu @ Jul 18 2011, 01:47 PM) As if Data Bombs weren't already incredible overpowered. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) yes but then again i tend to have the mo of swatting flies with automatic grenade launchers... gotta be sure you got them after all (IMG:style_emoticons/default/biggrin.gif) |
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Jul 19 2011, 05:46 AM
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Runner Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,946 Joined: 1-June 09 From: Omaha Member No.: 17,234 |
Well as a techno you can't really databomb, databomb has to remain ont he system it's running on, since the only system you can run things on is you databombs complex formsare really only going to be useful against other resonant beings trying to hack your biological node.
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Jul 19 2011, 05:48 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 734 Joined: 4-November 09 Member No.: 17,844 |
QUOTE (LurkerOutThere @ Jul 18 2011, 10:46 PM) Well as a techno you can't really databomb, databomb has to remain ont he system it's running on, since the only system you can run things on is you databombs complex formsare really only going to be useful against other resonant beings trying to hack your biological node. I read it as being able to leave one on a file just as a normal one? After all sprites etc can run on other nodes. They just differ in how they are created. |
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Jul 19 2011, 06:13 AM
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Runner Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,946 Joined: 1-June 09 From: Omaha Member No.: 17,234 |
A sprite is it's own specialized ball of fun. It's like your personna. Databombing files is the one thing that is actually by the rules closed to you, realistically it's closed to almost everyone as is order to leave a databomb on something you have to be able to upload a copy of the databomb application tot he target system and leave it running.
Think of it this way, databomb is the equivalent of leaving a physical bomb behind, as a technomancer none of your stuff with the exception of sprites stays behind or even works outside of the presence of your virtual avatar. Therefore nod databomb complex form. |
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Jul 19 2011, 07:40 AM
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Runner Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,946 Joined: 1-June 09 From: Omaha Member No.: 17,234 |
Ya know i actually went and read through the book, and I'm spinning a yarn up there. By the rules there's nothing to prevent anyone from setting an unlimited number of databombs wherever. So a complex form of Data Bomb should cover things nicely. I'm a little disappointed by this fact.
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Jul 19 2011, 12:52 PM
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Prime Runner Ascendant Group: Members Posts: 17,568 Joined: 26-March 09 From: Aurora, Colorado Member No.: 17,022 |
QUOTE (LurkerOutThere @ Jul 19 2011, 12:40 AM) Ya know i actually went and read through the book, and I'm spinning a yarn up there. By the rules there's nothing to prevent anyone from setting an unlimited number of databombs wherever. So a complex form of Data Bomb should cover things nicely. I'm a little disappointed by this fact. Don't worry about it. There is really no reason that the Technomancer Databomb should not work the same way as a Hacker Databomb. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) There are already enough differences that you don't have to go inventing new ones. *shrug* |
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Jul 19 2011, 01:10 PM
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Runner Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,946 Joined: 1-June 09 From: Omaha Member No.: 17,234 |
It's not so much a matter of the technomancer, more that there's no by the book limitations on where and when you can set a databomb. Lets say i hack into a system, by the rules I hack into said system I can lay a databomb on the system itself. Then when i trigger an ARC the oncoming security hackers hit the databomb, if they don't know the password I set and don't prescan their own system they likely hit the databomb I set. That has the potential to turn databomb from a defensive trap to an offensive weapon.
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Jul 19 2011, 01:13 PM
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Prime Runner Ascendant Group: Members Posts: 17,568 Joined: 26-March 09 From: Aurora, Colorado Member No.: 17,022 |
QUOTE (LurkerOutThere @ Jul 19 2011, 06:10 AM) It's not so much a matter of the technomancer, more that there's no by the book limitations on where and when you can set a databomb. Lets say i hack into a system, by the rules I hack into said system I can lay a databomb on the system itself. Then when i trigger an ARC the oncoming security hackers hit the databomb, if they don't know the password I set and don't prescan their own system they likely hit the databomb I set. That has the potential to turn databomb from a defensive trap to an offensive weapon. Which applies to both Normal Hackers and Technomancers, regardless of location. In fact, this is standard practice for Corps in our campaign. Corp personnel (who have access to the node) have the codes, and anyone else does not. Any hacking attempt usually ends badly for the hacker if he forgets to check for any Databombs and disable them. |
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Jul 19 2011, 01:19 PM
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Advocatus Diaboli Group: Members Posts: 13,994 Joined: 20-November 07 From: USA Member No.: 14,282 |
I'm sure Technos can use a Databomb CF. The Databomb program leaves databomb files behind, so there's no issue of 'the program not working while you're gone'; the program was already used.
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Jul 19 2011, 01:20 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,019 Joined: 10-November 10 From: Annapolis Valley, Nova Scotia Member No.: 19,166 |
QUOTE (Tymeaus Jalynsfein @ Jul 19 2011, 09:13 AM) Which applies to both Normal Hackers and Technomancers, regardless of location. In fact, this is standard practice for Corps in our campaign. Corp personnel (who have access to the node) have the codes, and anyone else does not. Any hacking attempt usually ends badly for the hacker if he forgets to check for any Databombs and disable them. Not a bad idea. I've largely been overlooking Databombs, they seemed too weak (single use program) |
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Jul 19 2011, 01:30 PM
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Prime Runner Ascendant Group: Members Posts: 17,568 Joined: 26-March 09 From: Aurora, Colorado Member No.: 17,022 |
QUOTE (HunterHerne @ Jul 19 2011, 06:20 AM) Not a bad idea. I've largely been overlooking Databombs, they seemed too weak (single use program) With the Pavlov Option, they go off, and then reset. Now they are no longer a Single Use program. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif) |
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