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JackVII

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« Reply #105 on: <09-27-13/1536:27> »
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There’s a lot of variety to be had in persona icons.
Just about any creature or animate object is fair game:
animals, moving statues, griffins (popular among teens
these days for some reason), steam-powered robots,
zombies, aliens, just about anything that can walk and
talk. The Matrix protocols will stop you from designing
an icon for your persona if it isn’t intuitively a persona,
so you couldn’t have an icon that is a dust speck, a
Greek column, or a cube, for example.

I think they are basically saying that you can't design a persona icon in a way that anyone would confuse it for a device, file, etc. It does note that Shadowrunners tend to stick to "boring" iconography so as not to stand out and professionalism. In Knockout's case, his persona icon isn't even remotely related to his shadowrunning work, so he doesn't sweat it too much. No one would hire him to delete a file unless it was by repeatedly punching whatever storage device it was located on.
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« Reply #106 on: <09-27-13/1542:08> »
@obidancer&Wrong
((roll an etiquette test (2):etiquette + CHA(mental), -2 for her suspicion of your sudden actions))

This should be interesting. ;-)
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« Reply #107 on: <09-27-13/1601:01> »
Etiquette (2) (7d6.hits(5)=1)

This IS going to be interesting!
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« Reply #108 on: <09-27-13/1605:32> »
So if im not mistaken these are my modyfiers

Charisma 8 + Etiquette 3 + Tailored Pheromones 3 - 2 Suspicion of sudden actions = 12 Dice with a limit of 4 hits because it has a limit of Mental, in my case 4.

((roll an etiquette test (2):etiquette 3 + CHA 8(mental 4)+ Tailored Pheromones 3 -2 for her suspicion of your sudden actions)) 12 Dice (12d6.hits(5)=4)

LOL EPIC! 4/4

Edit: Im going to get shoot! XD

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« Reply #109 on: <09-27-13/1807:11> »
13 hours of driving around the countryside apparently means you miss out on a lot of action!  I'll have a post up shortly.
In the meantime Daisy goes by DazedT on the matrix with the boring default persona.  Just doesn't care enough about that stuff.
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« Reply #110 on: <09-27-13/2132:05> »
Pepperface is running silent. His deck is configured: Attack 3, Sleaze 5, Data Processing 5, Firewall 6 (+1 from Encryption).

Pepperface can automatically sense unhidden icons within 100 meters, but he makes a Matrix Perception test to find any hidden ones nearby.

I took the liberty of rolling a Matrix Perception test, but I forgot the -2 for running silent. Would you rather omit the last two rolls (bringing his hits down to 4) or have me re-roll entirely?
Computer 5 + Intuition 4 [Data Processing 5] = (9d6.hits(5)=5)

As for Pepperface's Matrix handle... well, it's Pepperface. As far as what his icon looks like, I describe it pretty extensively in my original post of the character sheet, but for the short version just picture Slenderman with a blur of pixellated "snow" where its face should be.

(For those of you unfamiliar with Slenderman, I apologize for the nightmares that Google Image search is going to give you.)

Normally he wouldn't run around broadcasting such a distinctive handle/icon, but for the sake of keeping things interesting let's say he forgot to pick something more inconspicuous amidst all the chaos.
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« Reply #111 on: <09-27-13/2200:11> »
@Bewilderbeast
((Roll a Matrix Perception test (2): Computer + INT[Data Processing],+2 actively searching, -2 running silent))


Hmm, in this case, just reroll, and take the higher of the two.
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« Reply #113 on: <09-28-13/0022:17> »
By the way, as I re-read my post, I meant 'ushered' in the car, not 'hushed', that'd be rude! Made the edit. Oops.
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« Reply #114 on: <09-28-13/0024:53> »
The Frenchman did save her from being a pretty impresionist painting on the asphalt so a bit of rudeness should be allowed! Also girls dig it (?)
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« Reply #115 on: <09-28-13/0315:40> »
Up working on the update. This should be fun. I won't be able to get it up until tomorrow, however.

@Nemo
You don't have to worry about "return to apartment and retrieve gear" stuff. I usually just fast-forward to the next important area and assume you have the things necessary.
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« Reply #116 on: <09-28-13/0425:12> »
@Nemo
You don't have to worry about "return to apartment and retrieve gear" stuff. I usually just fast-forward to the next important area and assume you have the things necessary.
Well, that forestalls what Daisy was going to do next :) For the record he will go downtown in his Actioneer suit, shock glove in inside pocket, 4 concealed throwing knifes about his person and then battle axe hidden in a guitar case.
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« Reply #117 on: <09-28-13/0644:12> »
...and then battle axe hidden in a guitar case.
That is metal as fuck! \00/
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« Reply #118 on: <09-28-13/0654:22> »
...and then battle axe hidden in a guitar case.
That is metal as fuck! \00/
I so need a musician etiquette so I can sell that cover :)
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« Reply #119 on: <09-28-13/0914:23> »
No, just a rank of Perform.
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