On Sun, 13 Jun 2004 07:39:31 -0000, Dave Hill <dave@...>
wrote:

> Joe-Bob takes as an aspect a High-Powered Prototype Hacking
> Computer. From what I can tell, this item allows rerolls/die-flips
> on computer-related activites, means he always has a PC available, or
> if faced with a non-die-rolling circumstance that would benefit from
> having it, gets to simply check off a box and have that circumstance
> go as desired.
>
> It does not, though, as far as I understand, provide any sort of
> benefit to Computer rolls that are made, except for the (limited)
> rerolls.

That depends. Did he spend skill ranks on it as well? He can take the
computer as an Aspect, and then spend a couple of skill ranks to deck it
out with "Specialized Number-Crunching Software", which would then give
him the benefit of both the static bonus and the rerolls. Or, if you don't
feel like making him spend the skill ranks, there's no reason why you
can't say that it also provides the static bonus free of charge as part of
its normal use. I mean, he's investing a whole Aspect in it, after all.

I would say that it's totally GM's call, and internal logic should be your
guide. If you think the player should have to pay more than an Aspect for
the separate benefits, so be it. If you think the investment is already
significant, you can call the static bonus a by-product.

Or, if you want to get complicated, you can give any computer systems he'd
hack into their own rating on the ladder and make an opposed roll between
his Aspect and the opposing computer's "Awesomeness" rating and see who
wins, which would then determine who gets the superior equipment bonus. :)


-Landon Darkwood