Questions tagged [technomancer]
For questions relating to technomancers, the Resonance, the Otaku, technomantic abilities, sprites, etc. from any edition of the Shadowrun game series.
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How can Technomancers use the Resonance Veil complex form?
How can Technomancers use the Resonance Veil complex form in a way that is neither useless nor broken?
p.253 of the core (emphasis mine)
This complex form lets you make the target believe ...
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What good are Data Sprites?
Data Sprites appear to be worse than other sprites in almost every way at a reasonable level of resonance. In particular the Courier sprite has access to most of the same abilities, gets an extra ...
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Are initiation and submersion intended to have such a major Karma disparity?
The cost to initiate as a Magic user is 10 + (Grade × 3), so for the first five Grades, the costs are: 13, 16, 19, 22, and 25; totaling 95 Karma. Initiation provides a single benefit from a ...
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How does a Technomancer protect his (and especially his team's) gear?
A decker would simply slave important devices to his deck and use his deck's Firewall rating (plus any running programs) to defend his team from Matrix attack, but a Technomancer's living persona ...
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Does a Technomancer get the full benefits of his wireless gear?
In SR5, the wording on most of the wireless-enabled gear makes it seem like a Technomancer only gets the same benefits as someone wearing AR-goggles, and would need to have cyberware to get the full ...
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Can a Technomancer with Biowire thread a memorized Skillsoft?
I'm playing a Technomancer in a SR4 game and since every other players is bored when I spend more than 5 minutes hacking (which I understand but someone has to gather intel), I decided to give a try ...
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How complex are sprite tasks usually allowed to be?
What is the general consensus on how detailed a Sprite command can be? I know Sprite tasks aren't spent until the Technomancer changes the command, but does having conditional modifiers like "if" or "...
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Does being a technomancer affect AR needs?
I know technomancers have a living VR Persona and can thread Complex Forms to simulate most programs in the Matrix, but what about simple AR? Do they need a Complex Form or hardware for AR feed, or do ...
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Can Threading or Sprites be a reliable substitute for known Complex Forms?
Which strategy would be more advisable for a Technomancer at character creation: buying a smaller number of high-rank Complex Forms that you know you will need, and using Threading or Sprites to do ...
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Is a Technomancer's Matrix Initiative limited by Resonance?
I am aware Shadowrun 4e says none of the Technomancer's Persona's attributes may exceed their Resonance attribute, but what of its "Other Ratings"? Are Biofeedback Filter and Matrix Initiative limited ...
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Can Technomancers change the appearance of their Persona?
I don't recall if there is any flavor text for or against this, but is a Technomancer's Matrix Persona's appearance fixed, or can it be changed?
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Would this Technomancer concept be plausible?
I haven't played Shadowrun quite yet, but I've been reading the 4E core rulebook and I have been trying to build a character. I've been working on a Technomancer, but for character fluff I was ...
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Any rules or fluff around a technomancer infected with HMHVV?
I've been toying with the idea of making a campaign's antagonist an HMHVV infected technomancer (AKA techno-ghoul). Is there anything in the various sourcebooks or official fluff that describes this ...
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Do Technomancers need a commlink?
So I had never heard of Shadowrun before one of my players brought it up and asked if we could play it. I got the book, and have been perusing it for a few days.
One of my players says he wants to be ...
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Resonance Realms - Why bother?
Why as a player should I care about resonance realms? I understand that the actual character would be totally into hanging out in them, but from a gameplay point of view, why should I care?
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Technomancer's Dragon Hoard - What to do with all the credits?
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I noticed that as a Technomancer I end up with a hoard of credits and I'am having trouble figuring out how to spend it. I have High Lifestyle, A fair safehouse with luxury level security, Some ...
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Faster technomancer play — what dice formulas should I have on hand?
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I am new to Shadowrun 4th and am playing a technomancer.
Both the other players and the GM are getting annoyed with me having to look up my rolls for things, so what I was wondering is if ...
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Can a mage Assense a Technomancer?
I'm writing a backstory for my character in SR4. One of the characters in my backstory is a little girl who would have been considered an Otaku (though not in any of the crazy cults) and would have ...
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Can Technomancers use software and complex forms simultaneously?
Currently, I am delving into playing a Technomancing Rigger, but part of his whole deal is the hacking bit (because seriously, why the heck not?!). While reading complex forms, I hit a beehive of ...
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How do I deal with a Technomancer who uses a *lot* of sprites?
We have a Technomancer in our party who has a bunch of registered sprites. When something interesting happens - let's say the characters fight some attackers off and send them running away - he simply ...
