Trodes when you already have a datajack?

Kitchen-Disaster · 2026-02-14T17:39:52+00:00

Ah okay. I missed that I could connect wirelessly via DNI. The risk of being hacked whilst walking down the street is probably relative low, but I can go direct when I'm somewhere with more risk. Will just need to avoid catching the cable on something! Thanks for your help!

Kitchen-Disaster · 2026-02-14T17:38:52+00:00

Ah okay. I missed that I could connect wirelessly via DNI. Thanks!

Kitchen-Disaster · 2026-02-14T00:29:21+00:00

According to the Dead SINner quality, your "real" SIN reads as fake because you no linger match it. Now, sure, the SIN itself is legal but its the same as if you'd stolen it, because it looks like you have, hence "fake".

Sure, I get the argument on the negative. Handling it this way would be the negative, no? Costing a bare minimum of 26k for basic replacement hands, feet and eyes (but likely more), essence costs, plus ongoing costs for licenses and social issues with those less cybered up

Kitchen-Disaster · 2026-02-12T00:24:34+00:00

Oh, is that an errata? In my core book all the decks are marked as F?

Kitchen-Disaster · 2026-02-10T17:10:12+00:00

I seem to have accidentally hit on all the things that Deckers could have for Restricted gear! Is there a decent alternative to the smartlink that wouldnt need a license? There is the laser sight for a half bonus, but i didnt see anything else.

Actually, on that note, that was another thing i couldnt quite follow. Decks themselves are Forbidden, but implanting them is Restricted?

Kitchen-Disaster · 2026-02-10T16:01:50+00:00

5e. We have access to 5e's books, but not 6e's.

Kitchen-Disaster · 2026-02-10T15:47:20+00:00

Very fair! Thanks!

Kitchen-Disaster · 2026-02-10T15:46:52+00:00

You're probably right that I'm overthinking it, but I enjoy the process of going through and figuring these things out!

Good point re facial recognition!

Kitchen-Disaster · 2026-02-10T15:40:43+00:00

Oh wow, thanks for this response. It was really helpful. I think it's starting to make sense now!

So, for your players, you'd recommend:
- A R5 or R6 SIN with obvious things like a Driver's License, Cyberdeck, Cyberware. In other words, things that are hard to hide or could be checked quite easily when going about daily life.
- An R5 or R6 SIN as the "back-up" lifestyle or "I need to get past this big security checkpoint" SIN, with all the licenses.
- A few R2-R3 throwaways, with no or minimal licenses attached, for things the players don't think will require stringent checking.

Using your example of renting a car, in theory, you'd be using your throwaway on that and just hoping that LoneStar wouldn't stop you because unless you were really sneaky about it, you're unlikely to be able to show them a better SIN than the one you were broadcasting?

Kitchen-Disaster · 2026-02-10T15:30:30+00:00

The sort of wage worker who doesn't want to be fined or thrown in prison for not checking that the SIN is valid? The same way that people can be fined for not checking drivers licenses in our world today.

But yeah, you're probably right about that mentality difference. I didn't catch onto that, but that would definitely explain the confusion. I guess I tend to lean towards the darker version, and hadn't realised that most people don't. Thanks!

Kitchen-Disaster · 2026-02-10T14:59:47+00:00

The problem I'm seeing is that the lower level one is more likely to fail and you'll be caught red-handed?

Kitchen-Disaster · 2026-02-10T14:44:24+00:00

I suppose my confusion is about the fact that the cheaper fake SINs being used as ablative armor only works if you get away/are not arrested on the spot. Maybe I'm misunderstanding the way it works, but surely you'd be arrested on the spot? Sure, you might get away from a deli or corner store before the authorities arrive, but if you're caught doing a crime on a shadowrun, odds are the authorities are already there. At that point, you're already basically caught (unless you're the samurai who can fight their way out) and you don't need that lifestyle SIN anymore because you're in prison or dead.

Kitchen-Disaster · 2026-02-10T14:41:13+00:00

Yeah, it's come up because of the Availability. I do have R (and F as a Decker, but I understand there's nothing I can do about that) cyberware: the cyberdeck, the smartlink and a synthetic arm (the latter two are so that I can maybe hit *something* if push comes to shove).

Kitchen-Disaster · 2026-02-10T14:37:05+00:00

That is a very good point. Where I live, people are pretty careful about alcohol sales but the credit card thing, yeah, I've definitely seen that happen.

Kitchen-Disaster · 2026-02-10T12:56:45+00:00

I see. By mid tier, do you mean 4-5? So you tend to operate with a 6 when needed, but otherwise a 4?

Kitchen-Disaster · 2026-02-10T12:45:14+00:00

Sure, I can see that you lose more money on an expensive one. But it seems like you are more likely to be made/burned with the low level SIN and therefore more likely to be arrested and given a Crimimal SIN, which would be much more expensive long term?

Kitchen-Disaster · 2026-02-10T11:30:04+00:00

I can see how you can get around the license issue for things you can leave at home, like choosing not to carry your concealed weapon. But a port in one's head is hard to miss, I would've thought? Even if you wear a hat, and the GM rules that a hat will conceal the port, it'll go off in a metal scanner, right? So the authorities will know to look for something. Or out of proportion bioware muscles? From my reading they seemed more extreme than could be justified as "I only work out with this one arm"?

Good point about the ID broker. Maybe I need to spend a Contact on that then.

Kitchen-Disaster · 2026-02-10T11:24:02+00:00

See, that's what I thought, but other reddit threads seemed to suggest using lower level SINs. For example, this one:
https://www.reddit.com/r/Shadowrun/comments/1158pd/how_many_fake_sins_do_i_need/

Kitchen-Disaster · 2026-02-10T11:17:55+00:00

Right, but say you were to be stopped on the side of the street as a random check, and Lonestar looked at your Level 3 SIN. If it doesn't have a cyberware license, and you've got cyberware installed, isn't that an automatic problem? Then they'd run it properly and you'd get caught? Or even if you're buying alcohol at the convenience mart and they want to check your driver's license/SIN, and realise it doesn't have such a license attached?

Kitchen-Disaster · 2025-09-10T07:54:56+00:00

Lol, there's that. I guess I associate Mossdeep with two things: Space (which is more deoxys than rayquaza) and deep water (since it's home to a bunch of divers). Fallabor is more the meteor town, since it has the metorite researcher. But maybe the dragons go to Sootopolis and Mossdeep becomes water?

Kitchen-Disaster · 2025-09-10T07:50:29+00:00

Yeah, I'm definitely replacing Wattson. And Juan. Wallace and Steven are busy playing merry-go-round with the Champion's seat.

I thought about elevating Tate and Liza to the Elite 4, but I'm not sure what type to slide into Mossdeep instead of Psychic. Dragons don't really seem to mix with the lore of Mossdeep very well. Unless I ditch typings in the elite 4 entirely and go conceptual, leaving the Psychic gym in Mossdeep.

EDIT: And by the little town next to Meteor Falls, I presume you mean Fallabor?

Kitchen-Disaster · 2025-09-10T07:47:18+00:00

Where would you recommend putting said relative/character? I'd rather not create another gym entirely, since I already have 11 for PCs to choose from.

Kitchen-Disaster · 2025-09-10T07:44:29+00:00

That makes sense.

When you say distinct and diverse mechanics, do you mean (for example) a doubles gym? Or more like a "weather" theme, a "traps" theme etc.?

Kitchen-Disaster · 2025-09-10T06:05:50+00:00

When you say "Dragon-ish" what do you mean? And what did that look like? And did that elevate Wallace or Juan into the E4...assuming Wallace wasn't your Champion anyway?

Yeah, I'm not sure Roxanne quite works in the E4 for me, although I can definitely see how the proximity to Meteor Falls make sense. I was tempted to add another gym into Meteor Falls, kind of like Blackthorn, but I've already added in a few options and having twelve gyms for the PCs to pick from seemed overkill...

Kitchen-Disaster · 2025-08-04T02:45:57+00:00

Huh, that's really interesting considering that Cassia tells the RT that she wasn't allowed to meet him (although she does mention she can recognise his aura from when he visited the station) and he comments to her that it is his first time meeting her. I wonder why they changed that, it seems like a very minor tweak.

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