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Title: Technomancers
Post by: Rapier on <09-09-19/1024:37>

Is it just me or Technomancers appear competitive with Deckers this edition?

Title: Re: Technomancers
Post by: Finstersang on <09-09-19/1149:30>

They are for sure. I can´t say that I´m 100% on board with everything about them¹ in 6th Edition, but they certainly can compete with hackers now without relying too much on sprites and diagnostics cheese like in 5th Edition.

BTW: I really like the Technobabble Edge Action. That is some nice piece of Fluff and Crunch ;D
Would love to see a return of the Charisma-based Technomancer Streams and Paragons from 4th Edition (Networkers, Idoru...). Would be quite fitting if some of these offer a perk that interacts with Technobabble :P

¹Personally, I would have preferred a redesign where complex forms play a bigger role and have a scope that´s similar to mage spells in a High-Tec environment. In their current form, TMs are a bit too similar to deckers for my taste. This might lead to some tedious number-chrunching discussions about balancing etc. But hey, it´s still a huge improvement, and there´s still a lot of room for cool stuff in the future!