[Ergocorp]

Hi all, wondering if anyone had any ideas on the following. One of my group is playing a troll street Sam who wields a sledge hammer as his primary weapon. He's asked me if at some point down the line he could have a frost hammer. There are no permanent enchants in the game right?

Is there potentially a technological solution for this?

[Michael Chandra]

No, there's no way of enchanting things permanenty through magic, except for when it comes to Weapon Foci which only work when wielded by their magical owner.

[RHat]

And weapon foci don't carry that kind of effect.  A possessing spirit with the appropriate Elemental Aura could work, but then he's just as liable to be damaged by it.

[Mirikon]

Indeed, this isn't D&D. Ask him first if he wants the 'frost hammer' because it would look cool, or for the extra damage. If it is for the extra damage, his best bet is to get a mage to cast a Cold Aura spell on him, or for a spirit with the Cold Aura power to possess him. In both cases, it is temporary, and in the second, he's no longer in control of his character. If he just wants it for the coolness, well, wait until 5E version of Arsenal comes out, and load up the Custom Look mod on it, to have an AR skin that has the head look frosty, with an icy mist falling off the head of the hammer, maybe with glowing Norse runes, as well.

[Unahim]

Note that Street Magic suggests the GM allow characters possessed by friendly spirits be allowed to RP the spirit for the duration. Whether you want to follow that advise is up to you, of course.

Anyway, like Mirikon (can I call you Miri?) said: in SR4-5 almost everyone is going to be running AR of some description. If it's about the looks, why not let him have a sledgehammer that has been modified to look sorta icy (nice blue colour, changes to shape) as per the personalized weapons of SR4, and then further enhanced by an AR graphic overlaid around the hammers head, making it really look like some sort of magical artefact when seen in AR.

[Michael Chandra]

You could take inspiration from Arsenal and let it count as Custom Look: Helps on Intimidation Tests but helps raise your Public Awareness if you're not careful.

[Unahim]

You could take inspiration from Arsenal and let it count as Custom Look: Helps on Intimidation Tests but helps raise your Public Awareness if you're not careful.

It's a Frost Sledgehammer. I don't think he plans to be very careful :p Bring on the Public Awareness! Ooo, I bet the trid vids about his character will totally play up the frost hammer bit and make it actually magical. I can already see the character munching popcorn while wishing the real weapon was as badass as the movie version.

[Rotor]

The weapon would have to be wireless and hence hackable to have an AR icon, no?

[Unahim]

Maybe. Can't you just slap a tag on it that carried the graphic around? Regardless, hacking a melee weapon is explicitly stated as not really impacting its efficiency in the rules. You could taunt the guy by making his hammer look like a wilted banana, though!

[Michael Chandra]

You can produce an AR icon with RFID tags, so the weapon itself wouldn't have to be hackable.

[Unahim]

The tag is, of course, hackable, so the end result is the same. Be prepared to wield a floppy male genitalia for a hammer occasionally ^^

[Michael Chandra]

Had a hacker try to hack a teammate in SR4, teammate found out and contacted shared hacker contact for some payback. Guy's commlink got hacked and started broadcasting he was a registered sex offender.

[Ergocorp]

Awesome guys, thanks for the help

[Unahim]

Had a hacker try to hack a teammate in SR4, teammate found out and contacted shared hacker contact for some payback. Guy's commlink got hacked and started broadcasting he was a registered sex offender.

Nice! Have to keep that one in mind.

[Mirikon]

The tag is, of course, hackable, so the end result is the same. Be prepared to wield a floppy male genitalia for a hammer occasionally ^^

Then the hacker should be prepared to be beaten with the floppy male genitalia. But yes, any AR skin you put on the weapon could be hacked. Most hackers wouldn't bother with that, when there's better things to hack, like the smartgun the sammy is carrying, or that guy's cybereyes, or the Face's commlink, or... Besides, do you really want to piss off someone who goes around using a sledgehammer as his primary weapon?