02-11-2010, 02:27 PM | #41 |
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Gothenburg, Sweden
|
Re: The cost of Zeroed
Can people with Zeroed have a Reputation? Or is that a taboo trait?
__________________
“When you arise in the morning think of what a privilege it is to be alive, to think, to enjoy, to love ...” Marcus Aurelius |
02-11-2010, 02:32 PM | #42 |
Join Date: Dec 2007
|
Re: The cost of Zeroed
|
02-11-2010, 03:10 PM | #43 | |
Join Date: May 2006
Location: Denmark
|
Re: The cost of Zeroed
Quote:
|
|
02-11-2010, 05:03 PM | #44 | |
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: GMT-5
|
Re: The cost of Zeroed
Quote:
It seems then that having a good ID source (whether its a Forgery skill or contact, a Patron, etc.) is a staple for someone who's Zeroed in an ID-important society. In many societies, not having records is illegal or at least grounds for suspicion. If you get pulled over (or try to get through airport security or whatever) and you don't have a valid ID, you can be brought in and scrutinized. Maybe they let you go scratching their heads (assuming civil rights) and as you're leaving your god/agency wipes out any record of you're being there. But it still took a big chunk out of your day that wouldn't be lost w/o the advantage. And now you're on people's minds. Maybe a -50% limitation could be "Requires Maintenance" meaning that you're Zeroed but every time you need to re-wipe your records, you need to contact the hacker/god/whoever and pay some $$ or do a favor or something(some info could leak out in the mean time too). So for 5 points, you get what many of us thought the advantage was in the first place. And for 2 points, you get what others of us thought (you start with no records but there's nothing stopping you from getting them). A perk version could be that you can't maintain it (like the 2 point version) and some record of you is out there somewhere already (but it's relatively hard to get, not in the normal system, etc.). If frequent record wiping is a part of the advantage, maybe a suitable enhancement (maybe Cosmic +200%?) could even wipe minds to some extent. It wouldn't wipe the whole memory, just personal records like "I just can't seem to remember what that guy looked like." "Guy?! Wasn't that a chick?" "Wait, what did she say her name was?" "I guess he was about average size...then again maybe he was big...er no, I think he was small." |
|
02-11-2010, 05:12 PM | #45 | |
Join Date: Jan 2010
|
Re: The cost of Zeroed
Quote:
Awesome, that's much more useful than I thought. |
|
02-11-2010, 07:27 PM | #46 |
Computer Scientist
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Dallas, Texas
|
Re: The cost of Zeroed
It certainly isn't written as if it were meant to be played that way, but then again it is almost never taken in isolation; there is almost always an underlying ability or social relationship from which it springs, but it still has to be paid for.
|
02-12-2010, 01:01 AM | #47 | |
Wielder of Smart Pants
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Ventura CA
|
Re: The cost of Zeroed
Quote:
|
|
02-12-2010, 01:52 AM | #48 |
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Omaha, NE
|
Re: The cost of Zeroed
Personally I think the best example of Zeroed is in the new Human Target show. He actively works to make sure his picture does not show up anywhere and he has friends in high places the let him know when his fingerprints are checked. When they are checked they show a name of John Doe and a large list of aliases. He also works more through barter and favors to stay off the system.
__________________
Lee |
02-12-2010, 08:47 AM | #49 |
Join Date: Dec 2007
|
Re: The cost of Zeroed
Now you see, I read it the other way. The fact that all it took to maintain it, is to not do things like getting a non-anonymous banking account meant to me that it was persistent.
|
02-13-2010, 08:00 AM | #50 | |
Banned
Join Date: Apr 2008
|
Re: The cost of Zeroed
Quote:
|
|
Tags |
krommpost, zeroed |
Thread Tools | |
Display Modes | |
|
|