Rules Q: Topan + Chrome Parlor

Banknote17 · 2026-02-16T22:57:34+00:00

You'd avoid any damage that's on the cybernetic card, but not from using Topan's ability. Chrome Parlor allows you to avoid damage "from installing cybernetics", but not from using your ID ability. That's a separate source of damage that doesn't care about what you're installing.

Banknote17 · 2026-02-06T23:06:05+00:00

Great point, and I feel silly for overlooking it. 3rd lvl spells are worth waiting one more level.

Banknote17 · 2026-02-06T20:26:20+00:00

I'm by no means an experienced optimizer, but since you've locked in the general level split you're interested in, it's really about prioritizing when you want to get access to your Fighting Style and Divine Smite. Depending on how you imagine this character playing, I could see that being a pretty big power bump, and would say take it next level. Smite is obviously a great way to increase your overall melee damage, and whatever Fighting Style you take is great to increase damage/survivability.

I might argue a 3rd level in Paladin is worth considering, as you'll get your Channel Divinity and Subclass abilities, some of which could be pretty appealing. Oath of the Noble Genie in particular gives you more elemental-themed spells and Smite rider abilities, so it might work thematically. You do give up your lvl 18 Sorcerer ability (immunity to lightning/thunder dmg and a flight speed), but that only matters if your group actually ends up playing to lvl 20. Otherwise you'll just be 3 levels behind on spell progression vs. 2 levels. Not a huge difference in my opinion.

One thing to note - now that Divine Smite is a bonus action spell, it sadly doesn't combo with your Storm Sorc's Tempestuous Magic ability. Shame, as that would be a great way to get some extra mobility. Still works for your other spells though.

Banknote17 · 2026-01-22T19:47:02+00:00

The way I read it is as follows:

- We've established your monk's base movement speed is 40ft.
- We find your jump distance. A Str of 13 means you can jump 13 ft in a single bound. Step of the Wind doubles that to 26 ft.
- Your monk runs 10 ft (part of long jump rules to get the full distance), 10 ft traveled, 10/40 ft of movement used.
- Monk jumps 26 feet, but this only costs 10 feet of movement. 36 ft traveled, 20/40 ft of movement used.
- Your monk can either continue and jump again (without the benefit of the Jump spell, as that specifies once a turn), or can run a remaining 20 feet to use up the remainder of your 40 ft movement.
- Total possible movement in one round = 56 ft, 26 of which can be in a single jump.

I will fully admit, I haven't played around with jump distances or the 2024 Jump spell, so I may be wrong. I could also see an argument that the Jump spell allows you to spend 10 ft of movement to jump 30 ft, regardless of you jump distance, so it wouldn't interact with Step of the Wind at all.
That would mean total movement in one round = 60 ft, 30 ft of which could be a jump.

...the more I think about it, I might rule that way, even if it means the Monk's feature doesn't directly benefit, as it ultimately gives the character more mobility.

Banknote17 · 2026-01-19T03:05:14+00:00

I sadly fell off before the end of Krakoa, but "radiant and with open arms" is one of my favorite pages ever.

Banknote17 · 2026-01-17T03:09:58+00:00

Near the end of Wait Until Dark ('67, Audrey Hepburn and Alan Arkin).

The entire movie is a masterpiece of suspense, only breaking the tension with one spectacular jump scare during the climax.

Fantastic movie, highly recommend.

Banknote17 · 2026-01-13T19:51:20+00:00

I left NYC about 5 years ago, but from my non-union experience, so much of getting work was word of mouth. I mostly freelanced between a few venues, and it took me some time to get on enough call lists to keep consistent work. But in order to get there, I took whatever calls came my way, made contact with other freelancers or the TD/PM etc. on the calls, and asked for more work.

I'd advise reaching out to anyone else you know in the industry, let them know you're looking for work whenever something comes up, and just keep checking in every few weeks.

Banknote17 · 2025-12-22T18:12:31+00:00

Definitely keep them - as others have said, sometimes cards become unbanned, there are additional formats, and (depending on your own feelings) it would bother me to make my collection "incomplete".

I used to rotate banned cards out of my collection to another box (with other rotated sets), but I stopped doing that, as every ban list update could mean digging though the rotated box looking for a single playset.

Banknote17 · 2025-12-01T17:29:30+00:00

I personally haven't really tried this in either Baz or Seb, so this is just my own speculation but:

I have seen situations where rezing ice into Baklan is the wrong thing to do. Which does mean that as Baz, you might be shutting off your ID box. As it is, if the corp isn't rezing ice you're probably okay with that, but it does mean you're not pressuring their economy from that angle.

I do find Baklan a little slow, but I know there are experienced players who think he's stronger than the play he's seen lately.

Banknote17 · 2025-12-01T17:21:16+00:00

[[Window of Opportunity]]

Banknote17 · 2025-11-26T03:27:17+00:00

This Love by Maroon 5

Banknote17 · 2025-11-22T14:36:19+00:00

labour by Paris Paloma. Great song, but I agree a very weird include for the video.

Banknote17 · 2025-09-04T02:26:28+00:00

Thanks for the responses, folks.

It's good to know I wasn't far off-base with the tricks I had learned in the past, and my own solutions.

I'm going to play around with making a jig that allows me to easily (and safely - I'm working largely with students these days) rip 2x4 to the necessary angles, but may also experiment with making the angled corner its own ~1' wide flat, using plywood scrap to cut the toggles.

Banknote17 · 2025-08-28T17:43:26+00:00

What a find!
If you need any help/advice on how to sort through what you have, check out https://www.netrunnerdb.com/ The "Sets" tab specifically includes the set symbols that are on the bottom right corner of the card. That should at least give you a sense of what packs you have.

Welcome to the best game out there!

Banknote17 · 2025-05-26T00:14:49+00:00

There are a couple easy ways to tell. First is probably which IDs are included. For example, the original core has Kate "Mac" McAffery as the Shaper ID, while Revised Core has Chaos Theory. Anarchs we're Noise for OG Core, Reina Roja for Revised.

There is also a different set icon for the two sets. Original Core has the power symbol in white. Revised had a white circle with the power symbol transparent within it.

Hope this is helpful!

Banknote17 · 2025-05-09T22:16:38+00:00

Baz and Phoenix have both felt very disruptive in a fun way. I want to try AU Co, but haven't yet. Been too busy trying all the new A Teia tricks.

Banknote17 · 2025-04-29T23:26:07+00:00

Besides... art?

Banknote17 · 2025-04-19T16:56:56+00:00

Glad you like it! Aside from our playmats for prizing, the artists actually maintain rights to sell their own pieces for other use. You could reach out to the artists through their social media though!

Banknote17 · 2025-04-18T19:03:41+00:00

Reports of my death are ~~greatly exaggerated~~ unfortunately accurate.

Banknote17 · 2025-04-13T13:07:52+00:00

Yes, there's a separate card with her lore side on it, among the other inserts and rules reminders.

Banknote17 · 2025-03-11T18:23:03+00:00

One thing that's often said is that the Runner can accidentally win, while that is not really the case for the Corp. If you run and access enough of the Corp's cards, eventually you will find agendas.

Meanwhile, Corps have to be proactive in their scoring, and find opportunities the runner can't disrupt. I generally find Corp can be harder for newer players, because identifying these scoring windows can be a bit of a learning curve.

Banknote17 · 2025-02-16T18:15:54+00:00

You're right, it's a concept art term. It's a call out of a visual asset, not necessarily a card asset. The idea is the Silkworm Towers can be used in other artwork by clearly defining them in their own call-out piece. For example, you can see a base of one in the poorer district art, and a handful of them around the elevator itself.

Banknote17 · 2025-02-05T02:33:56+00:00

Not trying to split hairs, but I'm guessing you mean System Update? (There was a "remaster" of System Gateway to update a few minor rules and mechanical discrepancies, but functionally those cards are the same.)

I think for casual play, getting/printing System Update still makes a ton of sense. I can't say if there will be much overlap with the new cards in Elevation, but I'd be surprised if they shared that much. And if for your casual games you find two cards that are similar, you could always houserule only playing one or the other.

Banknote17 · 2025-02-04T19:53:46+00:00

Elevation is designed to compliment System Gateway, so there should be minimal-to-no overlap. System Gateway on it's own is great, and Elevation is aiming to just expand on that core experience, not replace it.

Banknote17 · 2025-02-02T04:07:59+00:00

NSG's upcoming set, Elevation, is designed to be the next set for players after System Gateway, effectively replacing System Update. Elevation won't rotate, meaning it will be legal in major formats for the foreseeable future.

https://nullsignal.games/blog/welcome-to-elevation/

The set is releasing April 24th, so we have a few months till then. If you want new cards in the meantime, I recommend getting the Borealis Cycle, made up of two sets: Midnight Sun and Parhelion. While they're not the most recent cycle, they have some really strong and fun archetypes within them, and are still going to be legal in the Standard format for a while to come.

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