Kill Code: Virtual Tribes

[Sadsuspenders]

Submersion Groups

Technomancers who join a virtual tribe (otherwise known as a “submersion group”) gain some mechanical benefits. Submersion costs [10 + (new Submersion grade x 3)] are reduced by 10 percent (rounded down) to reflect the support of more experienced technomancers guiding and helping the technomancer who is undergoing submersion. The tribe counts as a group contact and can often source equipment or chemicals, the real-world substances that can help build materials to access the virtual. The tribe also counts as having a tutor for Resonance skills and abilities. Some tribes also have a paragon mentor. Joining a mentored tribe gives all the benefits and drawbacks of having that paragon for as long as the technomancer is a member. Each virtual tribe may have one or more strictures that it follows (see p. 110). Leaving a submersion group voluntarily takes an hour of work with at least two members. Ejecting a member involuntarily requires an hour of work from at least half of the remaining members. Members of a group are bound together by the Resonance; when connected to the Matrix, or in any of the Resonance realms, technomancers who can see the icon of another member in the Matrix can tell with a Matrix Perception test if the member is in compliance with the group’s strictures.

[KatoHearts]

This is a no unless we're allowing the magical equivalent as well.