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otghand · 04-29-2014, 07:51 PM

I was trying to create a character for a Supers game and the GM and I came up empty using RAW from Basic, Powers, and Supers. The concept was a seriously skilled white hat hacker (represented by a goodly skill in Compute! plus some supplemental / complementary skills) who because of <Origin> gains the ability to use skills at a distance / remove. Think classic cyberpunk in the sense of net running, etc., but NOT psionic with its new skill set nor requiring physically jacking in. The intent was to use extant, perhaps now enhanced Compute! and Electronic Operation skills to hack / operate the myriad devices that surround us in our present day world.

What powers / advantages would do this, or how would you construct a new set?

The goal is not to end up with new skills and techniques a la Cyberpsi, or abilities that just roll against IQ ignoring the mundane Compute! and Operation skills.

04-29-2014, 07:51 PM	#1
otghand Join Date: Mar 2013	Compute! at a distance via Super Powers I was trying to create a character for a Supers game and the GM and I came up empty using RAW from Basic, Powers, and Supers. The concept was a seriously skilled white hat hacker (represented by a goodly skill in Compute! plus some supplemental / complementary skills) who because of <Origin> gains the ability to use skills at a distance / remove. Think classic cyberpunk in the sense of net running, etc., but NOT psionic with its new skill set nor requiring physically jacking in. The intent was to use extant, perhaps now enhanced Compute! and Electronic Operation skills to hack / operate the myriad devices that surround us in our present day world. What powers / advantages would do this, or how would you construct a new set? The goal is not to end up with new skills and techniques a la Cyberpsi, or abilities that just roll against IQ ignoring the mundane Compute! and Operation skills.