[Bewilderbeast]

Siren, i dont understand the reroll due to failure. My understanding on edge was that it gave extra dice, not extra rolls. Also, shouldnt you be rolling with ur skill plus attribute? Concrete shows his skill plus linked attribute and then adds his modifier (olfactor boosters for example). The module was drawn up before the game even started and trust me you passed the very low threshold, but maybe someone can explain the mechanics to me here on what was happening.

Ren broke down the Edge question better than I ever could. But basically, yeah, spending Edge to reroll failures (but with no Rule of Six applied) is a legit use of Edge.

Regarding her skills, I tend to just lump skills and attributes together, and only point out situational modifiers I'm aware of (like Fame). Specifically, Siren's dice pool of 17 for Con and Negotiation come from:
5 from Skill
7 from Charisma
2 from Improved Ability
3 from Kinesics

[Gustovness]

You basically have three possibilities when using Edge to enhance a roll:
1. You declare the use of Edge prior to rolling. In this case, you roll additional dice equal to Edge (eg. INT + Perception + Edge) and Rule of Six applies to all dice.
2. You declare the use of Edge after rolling the test. Now you have two possibilities:
2a. You roll additional dice equal to Edge, and Rule of Six applies to these additional dice.
2b. You reroll all dice of the test that were not a success. There is no Rule of Six for this method.

So basically, if you have a large dice pool, you usually go with 2b. If you have a smaller dice pool and higher Edge, 2a. might be your best choice. 1. is usually chosen if you think the test is very important and you want Rule of Six to all your dice.

Other uses of Edge are detailed in SR4 Anniversary Rulebook p.74.

Thanks for breaking it down! There are things that don't "stick" from the book until you see it in action.

[Reiper]

You basically have three possibilities when using Edge to enhance a roll:
1. You declare the use of Edge prior to rolling. In this case, you roll additional dice equal to Edge (eg. INT + Perception + Edge) and Rule of Six applies to all dice.
2. You declare the use of Edge after rolling the test. Now you have two possibilities:
2a. You roll additional dice equal to Edge, and Rule of Six applies to these additional dice.
2b. You reroll all dice of the test that were not a success. There is no Rule of Six for this method.

So basically, if you have a large dice pool, you usually go with 2b. If you have a smaller dice pool and higher Edge, 2a. might be your best choice. 1. is usually chosen if you think the test is very important and you want Rule of Six to all your dice.

Other uses of Edge are detailed in SR4 Anniversary Rulebook p.74.

Thanks for breaking it down! There are things that don't "stick" from the book until you see it in action.

Same here, I didn't really remember it until two weeks ago when my sniper got shot and would have been knocked unconscious until someone in the group reccomend me to burn my edge, went from taking 10 damage to 1.

[Gustovness]

Might be a minute before i move things along for Lord as im not sure how matrix stuff works and i need to re read the rulebook

[Gustovness]

Alright guys, i spent the better part of my morning studying matrix rules. Sorry for the lack of posts this weekend.

[Bewilderbeast]

I don't blame you, the Matrix feels like one of those things I'll never quite understand.

[Gustovness]

Yeah if i misinterpret matrix rules feel free to point them out here.

[Bewilderbeast]

Oh, and if anybody's annoyed about Siren forking over 200 without consulting the team first, she's taking it out of her cut. If the street sams pay for their bullets, faces gotta pay for their bribes...

[Gustovness]

Trog, Siren just bought you a 5 minute window with the bouncers before she'll have to excuse herself from the office. No time for a full indepth interrogation. You're on a time table. Ask what you must and keep it short.

[Ren]

Wasn't annoyed about you spending on bribes without consulting us first. In our games we usually spend first, split later with some spendings deemed as personal. 200 is relatively low (comparable to bullets) but should it happen that you have to pay 1000 and there's no way around, i don't think that should come from your share.

[Reiper]

sorry I missed a day of posting, I fell asleep Sunday and didn't wake up until about 1pm today.

And @ Siren, 200 is dirt cheap, I don't mind the paying. Hell my face routinely puts up 500 to 1k in my other run without consulting the team, but we have a joint account for things like that too.

[Ren]

sorry I missed a day of posting, I fell asleep Sunday and didn't wake up until about 1pm today.

You're lucky, today was workday for me. Never enough sleep on one of these.

[Padawan]

Did we get a pic of Maria from Massimo or Ashley?

[Gustovness]

Did we get a pic of Maria from Massimo or Ashley?

Yes you did. If i didn't explicitly say so earlier, sorry about that. Let's say everyone has the same picture from Massimo.

[Bewilderbeast]

Haven't heard from Gorean/Lord in a while. He still with us?