[Xykal]

So let's say I'm a mage and I have a Force 3 Improved Reflexes spell sustained on myself by way of a rating 3 sustaining focus.  I then jack into the matrix.  Are my initiative and initiative passes increased by +2 each?

Thanks for the assistance!

[Glyph]

AR, yes.  VR, no.

[Red]

We had a mage who had to step in when the hacker got knocked out. Sustaining foci, Analyze Device on the commlink, and Increased Reflexes maxed out. She did an alright job.

[Irian]

Personally, I tend to think that Analyze Device, similar to Attunement (Device) should not give any boni for hacking.

[Mirikon]

Indeed. You do not actually use the device when hacking. You use the programs. All the device does is give you access to those programs.

[Red]

In this case, thankfully, the mage only needed to rewrite a program already in there. They used Analyze Device for Edit. If that spell made a mage an instant hacker... well, that would just be broken.

[Irian]

As the mage didn't (and wasn't able to) use the Analyze Device spell onto the edit program - just the comlink itself -  imho, he should get no bonus for it. But that's, as I have to admit, only a personal opinion, as I don't want magic to be able to reach too far into the electronic sphere, that's what technomancers are for.

[Medicineman]

he might get +1 Initiative with the Spell .
Just like the modification Customized Interface ( ImO)

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[Red]

I let it slide as a tortoise effect. I get where you are coming from, though. I see Analyze Device as a backup kind of thing.

[Henzington]

there is a way to add a pass with vr with Simsense Booster. Augmentation p 36-37