Question about the Area Program Option |
Question about the Area Program Option |
Jan 22 2012, 07:13 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 676 Joined: 11-June 10 From: Thunder Bay, ON, Canada Member No.: 18,696 |
So the description of the Area Program Option says,
QUOTE ("UW: 116") The program may engage a number of targets equal to the Area option rating. So is this a typo? Should this have said rating +1? with the 1 being the initial target? Seems kinda stupid to have a rating 1 work the same way as the attack program without the option, and you got to pay for it too. 2 Karma for a Techomancer or 750¥ for a hacker is the cost to get a rating 1 that would do nothing based on the current way it's written. I'm sure this has to be a typo, or just something the author missed. |
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Jan 22 2012, 07:15 AM
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Advocatus Diaboli Group: Members Posts: 13,994 Joined: 20-November 07 From: USA Member No.: 14,282 |
Maybe it's a speed bump, to reduce the power. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/smile.gif)
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Jan 22 2012, 09:50 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 676 Joined: 11-June 10 From: Thunder Bay, ON, Canada Member No.: 18,696 |
Well you roll one dice pool against all selected targets and you get a -1 to the pool for each target beyond the first.
So it does have a albeit small, speed bump already built in. It just seems strange the way it's written. That the first rating point is virtually meaningless, other than a necessity to get the second rating point. |
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Jan 22 2012, 09:55 AM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 881 Joined: 13-November 11 From: Vienna, Austria Member No.: 43,494 |
I think they just forgot to add "additional"
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Jan 23 2012, 06:55 AM
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Runner Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,801 Joined: 2-September 09 From: Moscow, Russia Member No.: 17,589 |
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Jan 23 2012, 06:25 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 676 Joined: 11-June 10 From: Thunder Bay, ON, Canada Member No.: 18,696 |
yeah
The program may engage an additional number of targets equal to the Area option rating. sounds a lot better. |
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