Please. I have almost zero resistance against magic, and something as simple as a Powerbolt would end my run real fast. I'm strong in combat, and can serve as backup for a couple roles, but magic is definitely my Achilles heel. I'm average at best when it comes to hacking/counterhacking. So in the four main areas a character needs to worry about (combat, matrix, magic, social), I'm bad-ass in one, decent in two, and suck against the other. What I took offense at was the blanket assumption that he would know the Nadeshiko was a drone, or would go through that much effort to poke into her node, unless he was going to do it to EVERYONE in the group. And I stand by my point that when the hacker in the group starts poking into people's nodes without permission, it is no different from the mage using mental manipulation on the group or the infiltrator stealing from other party members, the face using social skills against other players, and so on. Doing those kinds of things can legitimately get you shot.
And mtfeeney, the first time a mage looks at me in the astral, it will show that the drone is a drone. But for anyone without astral sight, it is not that simple, unless she takes off her clothes, which reveals the seams in the 'skin' for maintenance, or if she takes 6 damage or more, which will give the 'Terminator' effect with the drone body showing underneath the skin.
