[Chrona]

Thanks xenon

[JackVII]

Can I spot a wireless non-silent running device on the other side of a wall if i use AR?

Yes, as long as that wall isn't part of a Faraday cage.

Aaron, what if the devices in question are part of a Host WAN that you haven't yet entered. I guess my question is: does the Host buffer supercede the 100 meter deal.

[rumanchu]

How long does the noise increase from Pulse Storm last? 

[Xenon]

How long does the noise increase from Pulse Storm last?

Either it should be duration "sustained" (or "permanent") and need an errata or the rule as written is correct and in that case it is instant.

Instant for resonance library mean that it happens instantly with no lasting effects.

If instant is intended than it is very situational.... Unless maybe it can be used on a persona to jam them high enough to cause them to lose wireless connectivity and be dumped out of the Matrix, taking dump shock damage if being in cold-sim or hot-sim VR....?

[Razhul]

Can I spot a wireless non-silent running device on the other side of a wall if i use AR?

Yes, as long as that wall isn't part of a Faraday cage.

Aaron, what if the devices in question are part of a Host WAN that you haven't yet entered. I guess my question is: does the Host buffer supercede the 100 meter deal.

Please everyone remember that Host WAN is NOT also INSIDE Host. That means, the guards' devices can be slaved to a host but not be in the host. In the BK bank heist example, the Maglock is slaved to the Host's WAN but is not actually an icon inside the host (if you traveled there).

[JackVII]

Please everyone remember that Host WAN is NOT also INSIDE Host. That means, the guards' devices can be slaved to a host but not be in the host. In the BK bank heist example, the Maglock is slaved to the Host's WAN but is not actually an icon inside the host (if you traveled there).

But it certainly could be. Not that it's all that relevant to the question. Well, not really relevant to the question I meant to ask. Sorry, my using WAN was unnecessary and needlessly complicated the matter.

The real question is whether icons that are within a host (devices, files, personas, whatever) are visible to someone who is not in the host. From implications in the book, you can't see an icon if it is inside a host unless you also enter that host. So if a guard's pistol icon was hanging out in his employer's host (whether or not it's slaved to the host in a WAN), you definitely wouldn't be able to spot it if it was physically further than 100 meters away from you since you can't spot things inside of a host. What I don't know is whether the 100-meter signal range supercedes that quality.

[Xenon]

assuming that decvices can enter a host (not sure they can)

(and if they can then we are back to the concept of hiding your electronic devices inside a host when going on a shadowrun since they would be impossible to detect and attack)

[Aaron]

I thought this was supposed to be the "quick answer" thread. =i)

In a host, you can see the icons that are also in the host. Also, you can see the devices that are slaved to the host from inside the host, as if they were within 100m out on the grid.

[Xenon]

Are you allowed to take Assensing as a skill if you have a rating 4 qi focus tattoo that give you 1 power point worth of astral percetion?

[Aaron]

Are you allowed to take Assensing as a skill if you have a rating 4 qi focus tattoo that give you 1 power point worth of astral percetion?

Short answer: yes.

Long answer: yeeeeeeessssss. (That never gets old.)

Actual long answer: all you need for Assensing is the ability to astrally perceive. If you start learning the skill after you get the focus (or at chargen, when the assumption is that you got the focus first), you're good to go.

[Rotor]

Could a non-hacker replace (temporarily) his commlink by a cyberdeck to run wrapper and present his smartgun as a medikit (rather than running it silent and risking to attract enemy deckers attention when they do a perception check)? Or do you need certain skills to use a cyberdec at all?

[Xenon]

Could a non-hacker replace (temporarily) his commlink by a cyberdeck to run wrapper and present his smartgun as a medikit (rather than running it silent and risking to attract enemy deckers attention when they do a perception check)? Or do you need certain skills to use a cyberdec at all?

Anyone can Change Icon on a device or persona that you are the owner of. All you need is a commlink.

p.238

CHANGE ICON       (Simple Action)    Marks Required: Owner    Test: none (Data Processing action)
You change the target’s icon to one that you have a copy of or have designed yourself. Changing an icon doesn’t change the results of a Matrix Perception action, but might fool personas who don’t take the time to inspect your new look. You can target your own icon, if you like.

[Rotor]

Wrapper: This program overrides the Matrix’s protocols
for icons. While this program is running, your icons
can be anything you want them to be when you use the
Change Icon action.

Thanks. The wrapper description led me to think that that the  icons of  at least certain "sensitive"  objects could not be changed at will by ordinary users .(which makes perfect sense from a security point of view) It's not the case?

[Crunch]

The Icon you change to with Change Icon has to obey the Matrix rules for Icons. So personas must be X devices must be y etc. Wrapper would allow you to make a persona Icon that looked like a device or vice versa.

[MrPendragon]

Okay quick question, for the armorer skill or building in general, is there a standard or is it all left up to the GM? Is the price the same to build something as buying it, are there any restrictions caused by rarity? The book only lists modifiers but none of the other factors that go into it.