mcv <mcvmcv@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> writes:
>Lars Wagner Hansen <l-hansen@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>> Btw. there are worse thing you can do, like buying the incompetet
quality
>> for skills like: Assensing, Astral Combat, Bani****ng, Binding,
>> Counterspelling, Ritual Spellcasting, Spellcasting, Summoning,
Compiling,
>> Decompiling, Registering, Aeronautics Mechanic, Automotive Mechanic,
>> Cybertechnology, Electronic Warfare, Hardware, Industrial Mechanic,
>> Medicine, Nautical Mechanic, Software, Pilot Aerospace, Pilot Aircraft,
>> Pilot Anthroform or Pilot Exotic Vehicle. Taking incompetent in any of
those
>> skills, will give you 5 BP free.
>I don't really like these kind of "incompetent" disadvantages in any
system.
>GUPRS had it too, although it was only worth 1 point there. I think it
>might work if the incompetence was for a whole skill group. Not being any
>good with longarms isn't much of a problem if you've got an assault
rifle,
>but not being able to use *any* firearms, that's a real disadvantage.
Remember also that Incompetent messes up your Street Cred or
whatever it is. But yeah, it's kind of ridiculous to let a
player take it for a skill they wouldn't ever use anyway (I
think it's already not allowed to take it for magic skills if
you can't use magic, btw).
>calls riggers a kind of specialised hacker that's more focused on
hardware,
>and it looks like they have the same cyberware.
The vehicle control rig is still there, although now it just
gives a bonus to piloting skill.
>But where a hacker has
>Hacking and similar skills, a rigger has vehicle skils. So technically
>a hacker with a few drones or a rigger who can also break into computers
>is very well possible now. And I suppose it's realistic too, but in the
>harsh world of shadowrunners it usually pays to specialise.
Unless you're a really small team.
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