Re: [BNW] The Hacker

["Steve Crow" <crow_steve@hotmail.com>]

>	>Heh.  At least a Hacker gets +10.  This makes him seem vaguely
>heroic, and
>	>there is a precedence or three out there (Doug Ramsey, Oracle).  In
>
>	>comparison...
>
>	But I have an argument.
>	I don't feel this super-hero will use his talents in every mission.
>	A blaster, a telekinetic or a teleporter is always useful, in any
>kind of mission. A hacker ? I don't think it's the same.
>

Well, that's kind of up to the Guide.  Every session that I ran during my 
short-lived campaign, at least one of my players tried to have his character 
do computer research.  And this was characters who were _not_ Hackers.

>	>Well, as I've noted before, a Sneak gets +5 and a built-in pair of
>	>night-vision goggles (and a Quirk/sensitivity to light).  Talk
>about your
>	>non-"super-hero" taste to a power...  :)
>
>	Sure, ... but. In my vision of a super-hero, a sneak is a man who
>can hide supernaturaly in shadows, who can melt within, litteraly. A hacker
>hadn't the "cinematic effect" I like in this kind of games.
>

Unfortunately, the Sneak power package (by simply providing a bonus to 
Stealth) doesn't really convey that very well, IMO.  I agree such a 
Shadow-esque or Invisibility-type effect would be cool.  Although if such 
powers were added, then they would probably be too "overpowerful," 
comparatively speaking.  After all if Sneak is considered to be about right 
power-wise, than a more effective Invisiblity or Blend-in-Shadows would be 
too powerful, Delta-wise.


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