[KommissarK]

Ah i see. Are they restricted or Forbidden at all?

That's the most frightening part. These things are labeled as children's toys.

Neither the software nor the toy are restricted.

[CanRay]

*Cough*Lawn Darts*Cough*

"OK, you go be the goalie while I throw it!"

[FastJack]

*Cough*Lawn Darts*Cough*

"OK, you go be the goalie while I throw it!"

Ahh... a child of the 80s.

[Kontact]

The programs should as expensive or more so per rating than tacnet. The cheap cost and relative power of the stuff makes them too much of a game imbalancer.

I wouldn't have a problem with a smartlink analogue for social tests.

*new* Emosoft is R4 software, costs 2000 nuyen and is availability 10r.  It provides +2 dice to any social test where there is a camera able to record the face of the target.

Speaking of cameras,  Mr. J doesn't like cameras.

Camera Burner
To determine if the burner detects a camera, make
a Device Rating (Burner) x 2 (2) Test. Visibility modifi ers
apply, and micro-sized cameras increase the threshold by
1. The device also uses its rating x 2 as the skill in attacking
sensors of drones in a Called Shot Test. On a successful hit,
the camera is destroyed. Cameras with fl are compensation
may make a Device Rating (Camera) x 2 (2) Test to resist the
damage and remain functional.

[Phylos Fett]

Do the Emotitoys include the cost of the Empathy Software, or is that additional?

[Kontact]

They include the cost and apparently have the processing power to run R6 sensor softs...

HAHAHA, THERE'S ME PRETENDING THAT SENSOR SOFTS USE THE EXISTING SOFTWARE RULES AND AREN'T JUST HORRIBLY SHOEHORNED IN.
Sorry.. we shouldn't talk about emotitoys...

[Phylos Fett]

They include the cost and apparently have the processing power to run R6 sensor softs...

HAHAHA, THERE'S ME PRETENDING THAT SENSOR SOFTS USE THE EXISTING SOFTWARE RULES AND AREN'T JUST HORRIBLY SHOEHORNED IN.
Sorry.. we shouldn't talk about emotitoys...

Yeah, that's all kinds of messed up.

I'd go with the Social Smartlink option that you suggested everyday of the week, and forget this malarkey from Arsenal...

[Mäx]

IMO, the empathy softwarre isn't that unbalanced, as it does require a much more powerful commlink then a face would normally have if you want to get a higher rating soft.

As for the emotitoy, there aren't actually any rules in the game that allow the owner of one to get the benefits of the empathy software for them self.
That kinda like claiming that you can get +4 to all your combat rolls, just because you own a drone that happens to be a member of a rating 4 tac-net.

[kirk]

*Cough*Lawn Darts*Cough*

"OK, you go be the goalie while I throw it!"

Ahh... a child of the 80s.

80's? we were playing that in the '70s. It didn't get banned till the '80s.

[CanRay]

And can still be found in garage sales today.