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Yo ComicCon andall the oth know Take « bow!Table of Contents Prelude 4 Introduction 6 Link |: The Virtual Adept Shop 12 Link 2: The Etherites 30 Link 3: Black Hats & Mirrorshades 48 Link 4: Other Technomancers SL 1 Appendix: HardwarePrelude By Kathleen Ryan ‘Ladies and gentlemen, this is your Captain speaking.” “Thomasina Gundermann’s voice echoes off the bulkheads of the newly christened Atomic Jalopy. “If you look to port just now you'll haveawondeful viewof Mars. Wavehellotothose kids in Eris, and pray they don’t shoot at us" She has to shout — the intercom hasnt been installed yer. ‘Just drive, Tommy,"saysBDavid Cho defacto leader ofthe Secon! Seven, His eyes flicker around! the galley. Actoss the cabin, Father Timothy Huey rests quietly, belted into an old Volkswagen seat. Beside che priest, Jeremy Hurst turns to see cout the porthole, staining against the mass of climbers’ web- bing thathold hislanky body on the towel-padded countertop. Nexto David, bungee-corded tothe other side of the support bbcam that rthers the Cultist himself, sits Amanda Jansteti David watches her thoushifully. | Asshe is now —gray-tnted eyes searching the tarscape; coffe: colored ha falling i great coils about her shoulders; Jong, slender les braced against the doorsll — the assassin is lovely. nanother guise, dressed tokill, she ook David's breath Because dhs worn killeda man,the Seven arefleeingfor ther lives — but Jeremy and his master live only because she defended them. ‘She turns suddenly toward David, like a cat resenting a ind her eyes are corpse-cold, He flinches, ominygup starboard, the debisfild that consttutesthe physical aspect of dhe Horizon. Asteroids, kids. That blue- ‘white, kinda lumpy dot near Orion is Earth.” In a much lower voice, Tommy goes on: “Well be swinging ‘round and casing in hackwank." She switches control over to her co-pilot, Zachary McCoy. The husky Akashic takes the stick gently, looking for orders. Tommy pullsoutanew set of leversandsliderbars, herfreckled face frowning in concentration, and mutters “Just hold her steady, Zac ler me power up the Dimensional Destabilizer.” Amanda's yaae.returns to the nearby hatch? She sees 0 steroids, aa space-dutt ring. There is sk, infnit black; there i the transparent, gray plane of the Umbra beneath them there ithe eng edge of the Horizon, re Bgek and rippling inthe solar vind — nothing els. Not even the sun shows through, though she saw it well enough half an hour before Fanty, sickly, wet, che harrier reflects the starshine. ‘The Destabil carried along stanchions and through deckplates, assault the passengers. Amanda watches the cuffs of her jeans buzz, fast as hummingbirds. A steady whine ereps into her consciousness Her teeth ache. She closes her eyes. 's hum rises in pitch. The vibrations, 4 The Technomancers Toybox “Okay, Zack. We've broached the secondary effect ‘Tommy says."Here comes the main disturbance. Stay on yout toes — there may be some Etheric turbulence.” Strapped in and helpless in the belly ofthe steel ship, yet, too nervous not to watch trouble, the assassin lets her lids flicker hack open, She sees starsand relaxes, then stretches t, look down upon the skin of Reality. Six inches helow the porthole, lacquer-smooth, ic swirls and pucklles over the con- tours ofthe ship. ‘Amanda stares. The incarnaaline miasma swallows chat scant hala foot. The meniseus cravls slowly up the surface of the glass, past her head, suffocatingly. Cold, she shivers, shaking one shining lock of hair eloser to her throat. The unexpected, feathery touch shocks her, freezes her —it seems to be the razors delicate edge, the breath of Gericault, on her collages Ashe loadin owas ut th ast a she braves the razgz and tilts her head to follow them. The coils of her haie graze her cheek and neck — becoming the Caul’s ‘membranes sliding over Mercy’s jaw —and she descends into evil memories. The Atomic Jalopy sails on. “loaee “This is fantastic! Jus Il Borealis, al pinkand blue and dreamy: oldish lightning, 140 o'clock high. abit, ets stay our of thar, okay?” David smiles, knowing Zack sees the Teeth off losing over them and steers to avoid its attendant asreal to himas Tommy's starstorm. Jeremy, thealchemist; 0) ‘doubi yazes on some logical obstruction in the'ordered astro- logical cosmos. Father Tim, martyr to Dramamine, ress his eyes — pethaps in prayer, perhaps felicitoussleep. Tommy's chatty tour guidance is nearly completely useless, yet none of the cabal cares to trouble the sixteen-year-old Captain with a reminder, and David takes absurd pridein this fact. sist A. slight movement at his side captures his attention. ‘Amanda —head fallen forward, jaw slack, arms tense, but sil — Amanda is shivering. Curious, he wonders: What in al the falls could make her shuder? Foran instant, curiosity tempts David to borrow her eyes — until chivalry and wisdom catch up with the unethical — she hasn't asked for help— and dangerous impulse. The assassin is ton frightened and too fast tw her knives for him to isk aiding her. David leans backs shaken, and lets Tommy's awed; cheerful vision dictate what hhe sees. He loses his worries inthe peaceful, sapphienebulae — taking refuge ina world without inexplicable horror.A halFhour later, Amanda recovers, hearing: “Allright almost through. Turn her 180—we want the Destabilzer out ast, Give me, um, about 20 percent more on the main drive. Great. Cycling...fve. four. three, Looking down, the Euthanatos watches the other side of the bloodbath ooze reluctantly away from the supesstucture. wo. tsi rush Huge ripples like froma those of yy rom the ship, crashing into one another and splashing high The floating foth curls into tendrils, twisting eraily at the fr the comer ofthe cargo hold, just as Tommy yells, “Out! We'te The Atomic Jalopy lurches, nul spins suddenly weightless, struck by the collapsing tendiil — but fee ofthe barter. “Shit! Something hie us. Shut down, shur down!" Loud thumps and clans drown out the ment, and then, “Dammit, I told you ro wear your seatbelt. (Grab hold and stop drifting, Hit that red switch there and take yourself downstairs. Ill hare this! Zack dives gracefully into the galley; he has pitied in free fall before, One hand tows a duffel bag, cheother a katana an wakizashi. He stashes them in an empty cabinet, After a moment's thought, he pulls out a plastic bay and passes it quietly to Father Tim, He grabs a handhold on the ceiling nearby. The sirens die of ‘Tommy pokes het ses of sight. One enormous prominence whips around speain’s voice for a mo= nl dove hare, her eating ‘brown curls movi “Letme ‘now, eause it looks ta he abour the only fun I'm, tmday, David.” A random sweater drifts in anil she scowls at it furiously. "told you falfshe wasn't ready.So don’t Mame me if we're stuck out There @ week, okay” © David ets her cool a moment. “What's wrong?” “Gravity's out,” says Zack, deadpan. *L knew that!” Tommy sputters. She bites her lip and continues, "No gravity. No main drive, ‘cause we had it powered down for the crossing. It won't restart, probably because one of tsslaveunits blew —coolant, or regulators. or something. Shields aren't connecting tothe main reactor — L don’t know why — but they ate holding with the emergeney generator. Unfortunately, that means I'l need to kill shield power to do the repairs. think. There's a visible dent, and probably mierofracturesleakinyairin checargospace. all this takes more than a week, we're breathing Ether. Arid the absolute ast straw on the camel isthat my jury-rigged diagnos ticshave completely short-circuited, so1'm just guessing about af of this” “Guessing? Gosklamn, Tommy!” Zack yells, sitting up straight, hitting his head on the ceiling, “We can't affond to sues" “Don't yell at me! I did what I could in three hours with a ship that’s only supposed to do a beer fun to Venus. You try installing salvaged gravmeds with duct tape and mag vises. ‘You'te such a honeheadl, you can't understand anything more complicated thana screwariver!'m sckof youknocking her— youhaven't the faintest sea howshe works. And. and. you allgave her stupid name, she hates it.” Tommy loses hee ip con the ladder and starts falling slowly into the galley Zack rolls his eyes. “The Jalopy can’thate anything —it's just a heap of metal, Toray” “Hey, eool it, guys. Calm down a second Tommy blinks back tears. “If you'te supposed to be so tuned in, Zack, why don't youtigure out whereshe'shurt?Can't you feel that?!” Father Tim noisily interrupts. The fight breaks off the «combatants incl opposite comers, shame-faee “Allright, team," says David. “Let's take stock for a ‘minute. Father, I think you should go down, Join us when you feel youcan. Jeremy —is there anythingin thar six-demon hag of yours that'll help him? Great: Zack, help them get setled." He waits for the younger men to return, then continues soothingly, "Zack and Tommy brought up a very interesting point. Canany ofussense where theJalopysdamaged# seethe current in the wires, but | wouldn't know a resistor from a transistor, broken or whole.” “| didn’ use anything that primisive anyway," che Cap. tain sulk “Something's wrong,” Amana says, “unaer this hatch. ‘The Second Seven tuen as one enti toward their guest Her hai spall back and netted, her feer hae, her orhes tnd weapons taped down, her bag clipped to the wall, her former seatbelt tied into the hele at her waist — ready for work in free fall. She's heen busy wihie we argued, Davia chinks “Letmesee," The Caprainsaysasshe pushesoverand pops the access panel, “You'te vight. The Metadatastacizers are on the fits. I wouldn't have guessed that. How di you know?" “Tfele.corosion there." Zack grunts, “Of course. Rot calls to rot” “Shur up, Zack,” Jeremy snaps hack, “ear handle those.” “Okay. Il eake Amanda around the ship,” Tommy says “Jeremy knows the Metasand coolant system—he mixed the iglin the fet place —and Zackcan start ineargo, sealingleaks — he doesn’t need to understand the advanced theories for, that. Send Pop down tothe drive as soon ashe'sfeelinghetter. We're goingto nced hisspecialty. Andyoucan... umn," Tommy saysto David, then falters, hinkinghard,“youcan sort of clean Ihouse — maybe tie down floaters and cook dinnce or some thing. And brief Pop when he wakes up. i le you monitor communications, bt the Etheric’s busted, to0.” “leslie id something tod (To be cor Daptain,” David answers, “Pm sure I'l ed, Prelude 5Die Krupps, "Metal Machine Music > > FOLLOWTHEYELLOWBRICKROADF OLLOWTHEYELLOWBRICKROADF OLLOWFOLLOWFOLLOW FOLLOWTHEYELLOWBRICKROAD. THERZNOPLAZLIKEHOME Hi, hello and welcome to the world’s most dangerous website! Assuming you made it here through the various spamtraps, backdoors, riddlesites, encryptions, blindsidz, false leads, dummies and nightmare drops (man, | pity you if you ended up in one of *those!* Nasty, ain’t they? %-) ), you’re at least halfway decent. If you can actually *see* what we’ve got on display here at Dr. Volcano’s Emporium for the Anarchistically-Inclined, you must have other talents that the average nethead just ain’t got. 22222222229227222222222? Introduction*WAP!* You're Awakened, dumbass! See me? Hear me? Touch me? Feel me? Good! That means I'm reaching your oh- so-Elite synapses on some level, anyway. | am (as the Man in White once said every goddamn week) Doc ‘Cano, your host. Welcome to Fantasy Website! :~) What's so fantastic? Only a treasure trove of conventional and unconventional goodies, straight from the chambers of the mad scientists among us. Browse with me and we'll examine a pile of stuff from all sides of that little bout of paradigmal self-abuse called the *kaff! kaff!* Ascension War. Some of it’s just for show; some of it’s for sale if you've got the right connections. fll of it’s spe- cialized — not just *anybody* can get this stuff — and most of it's supposed to be secret. As if. Here it is, for your assimilating pleasure: A collection — not exhaustive, but en- tertaining — of gadgets, hardware, vehicles and sundry items that I've been able to pry out of watchful hands. Is it for sale? That's for me to know and you to find out (iry sending me your c.c.# and expiration date! Snarf!). Does it work? Alll of it, | promise. () :-) ~ Why am | putting up here? “Cause you deserve to know about it. Look, | don’t care if you're an Adept or a Mirrorshade (well, scratch that — | *do* care, but not for these purposes). The information deserves to be out there, if only to Special Parties. Trust me, this isn’t all | know, and | don’t know every- thing (damn near, but that’s another story). But by casting these shadows on the wall, I'm hoping you can grok the bigger picture: Machines-R-Us. Us=R-Machines. We make things to fulfill our needs, and then we shift our needs around)to a commadate our things. In time, we *need* more things, so we *make* a ‘em, and then we make *way* for more of ‘em, and then we have new fall needs. See the cycle? It’s like birth, death and rebirth, only it's funneled th technology. And since our needs make reality, our creations — our machines — *become* reality. And then *they* make more reality. Is there anybody else out there who's wondering why the world’s little reality pool has been growing more stagnant by the year? Am | a Luddite? Am | a Verbena? Am | advocating a complete return to the Good Old Days when we chased each other around trees with sticks until we died of the common cold? No. I’m simply making a point. This stuff is out there. It’s making our world. It might even cack you in the middle of the night if you're not careful. And mast of it looks pretty cool, too. :) So you deserve to know about it. That is all. Clazz dismissed. Check the site link spot for directions and have fun, kids. Try not to get yourselves killed. = Doc ‘CanoGeneral Gamespeak I's the car. Chicks dig ch Barman, B . So what's the difference herween a Talisman and a Device? Well, technically, there isn’t one. Both of them «qualify as"Talismans" under the Background and “Talisman ind Ferish Creation Rules” (see Mage: The Ascension, pages 133-134 and 245, respectively). The grand distin tions come from the story and Storytelling. A Tal a roagickal item that looks like a magickal item — a flying broom, am t sort of thing, A Device is a magickal item that, to quote Clarke's Axiom, is “any sufi cientlyadvanced technology (that) isindistinguishable from magic.” In the World of Darkness, hyperscience is magick, literally Ingame terms, Device isa Talisman that usesscientific create is magickal Effects I's not an arbitrary thing by some hi machine constructed fora skilled personnel. While all Tech foci — aka, apparatuses — 1 Device carries the power to alter channel their ality within itself. Any how ro use it can do so. acunaderstandingtranslares to Awaken ing. Some Devices, however, are so complex or esoteric that do anything The Technocracy loves to serew its the potential user needs training before he c with the machine enemies over by building fail-safes im J by the NWO, your use. I some reality deviane grabs the gun away from you though, icmight cake hima while to figure out how te make thegun work, Timethacyouc him — orton its equipment; if anuse to get the gun away from Typically, you'll need ar least one dor in Technology 0 utilize the average Devices systems are pretty easy to figure out, but the average guy on. things like firearms or sound rounderstand the workings of Trinary computer power glove! Dependit Traits — Computer, Computer Hacking, might be required. Youcan't reason: bly expect to walk ino use an NWO Sleepteaching Device (see Technocracy: NWO) without ni thestreet isc yptography, Medicineor Science understanding the principles of psychology and technology. Aci vation you've got the necessary skills, using a Device is easy youthe player rol dhe Device's the apprope ate difficulty. Since many Devices are coincidental, that uificuley will usually be based on coincidental magick (Device's rating not vulgar magick (Device's rating +4 (I say""Arete" in quotes because the machine itself isn't especially enlightened; in most eases, it'ssimply amachine:) all systems work as if the character nagickal From that point on *# Devices cannot spend extea nintsof Quintessence oF Willpower to lower theie difficulty number +A Pa we who uses it, although a really b Jox backlash probably affects the Device, not th part hoe, acklash might Certain Devices mighe be so easy to operate that any idior ean do so (see the item descriptions for details). If this, is the case, its ensier just to say “such-and-such happen: than to roll every time someone uses the gadget. Un-Awak ened people might be able to use these inventions, too. In ise the Device's “Arete’ these cases, the Storyceller should asasort of “activation roll.” Ifthe rll fails, the machinedoes nothing ifit botches, the Device breaks, rendering it useless, atleast fora while, Most “Sleeper friendly” Devices will still require some kind of advanced training Technology or Computer rating handlers. Hyper usually a high rom their un-Awakened Paradox Throughout most of the mi jern world, Devices have a finite coincidental edge. Obvious magick is chaney — ' lieve in magic spells chat can le car. Ah, butifthat car blad sible by “magic ‘ows tutbo jets and sprouts helicopter it suddenly “makes sense.” Events thae seem impo le through “science,” even vecome accept \e basic level, the same. Thus, ninial Parade» many Devices can be used wid are so close to “normal” vechnology that even Sleepers can use them. (See above.) The downside is that machines break down. The mi Iy the Device, the m ‘advanced,” powerful orun relikely itis tofail when you need it. Machines usually require skill, prep time, mainenance and a power source tofunction; take any of those elements out of the equation and you're risking a breakdown, When Paradox does strike, it usually knocks bbacklashes can make erase them he Device out of commission technomagickal machines jam, break, feedb selves or even explode, depending on what the Device is, what 1d what it was supposed to be doing when things went wrong. Design and Creation However weir ie might be, every Device fun entific principle. The Je the theary up himself (most Sons of Ether do just that), but there must be some kind of theory behind the While the metaphysical ins and outs behind the Fhe not be important to the Device is created according wentor mighi sadget: chronicle tory, it’s worth remembering that no without a reason, a theory of a design. Introduetion 9NOP All Devices are machines, created by an inventor to fill a need. Thus, they must b steucted. In story terms, this can he as derail ned and con dor as ske in Technology, the proper Spheres and the right mix of Skills Prime Knowledges; it helps, for instance, to have Forces, sunsmithing and Science (Physies if you're trying 10 design a laser cannon), From there, an inventor needs a Many Techi bur there's a brisk trade in black-market design specs, too. desi Jomancers create their own schematics, Most advanced technomagick és done in special re ‘earchand construction centers —that is, Sanctums, Horizon Realms and Constricts. The forces of creation are not Resides, nothing beats a well-stocked work magickal Talism: jugeled lichely shop. Unlike the sacrifice ofa Willpower point(s Creation,” Mage, page 245); they do, however, take twice the usual time to build unless there’ line in the Reals rmass-product Talisman and Fetish Most Technoeracy Constructs do include lites bur most Sons of Ether and Virew: touch. To them, the creation that's where they ger those Adepts still pr process is part Repair Machine even magickal ones, break. Fixing them is technomayickal principles used in the Device’s constr ust po zy and at least one dot in che Sphere tion. Once again, a would-be repairtech exsseveral dots in Techno employed by the machine. A character won't need the wut she should have at least a Device’s full Sphere rari basic understanding of the principles involved. Generally, an Intelligence + Technology roll can fix a broken Device, assuming the technician has time, tools and root to work, (Other Traits, like Computer, Demolitions, Gunsmithing or Science, might be mote appropriate than Technology for some machines.) A really extensive repair job might demand several successes as well. The tol’ dif culty depends on the extent of the damage: A jammed gun will be pretry easy to fix (one success, dilficulty 6), while the same gun, pounded flar hy a raging werewolf, would be a lo hander to fix (five successes, difficulty 9). An Intelligence + Jury-Rigging roll (see Appendix) can field-slap a broken Device back together for a limited time without the use of special tools; the 1 reribly sturdy and m use again. Although i's not a firm requirement, any mage who's tryingtofixa broken Device really should bea Te of some kind. I's Ether Scientist could repaita Hi oughe to be completely lost, Mark’sspecial gun, bur a voodoo-using Verbena sven if she has several dors in ‘The Technomancer’s Toybox ii i last for the Example: 5. Nwe ngineer’s Dim ers when a Voit probably won't be able t Science (a.k.a. Spi happen ‘upon the broken Dev ues can get it out of he area; Broken Arrow ally bewildered by ve Machin Tracy Black, learned Gis Tears ch sha 50 About This Book Thus, each of the listings in this book presents the machine, its erearorand its reason for being. The game system speci an be found “out of character” in brackets below each listing. Ins all too easy to say, "Here's a jerpack, here's what it costs, here's what it does.” The real magick of the Device, however, is not the distance and speed it flies, but the fact al, The stories that accompanyeach machine's Uescription show how each Device Those rales can inspire any number of plot hooks, complications and nd jive your troupe some ation” — a pr rete their own De story threads in your own game examples of the "process of inv 8 your characters should experience as they ¢ chine havastory behind t-and stores are Buyin’ Stuit Most « characters with the # herein are available to player A Virtual Adepe ing her hands on Pro the goodies but if she really wants it, she'll ye equipmen be able to get it, The Background Cost listings reflect an ‘optional rule: If your player character wants to possess a vints for it. Obviously hat Background pay the this provides an exception to the rule stings cannot be raised with experience points, and as we said, iis optional (though recommended). Some Devices cost more than their Background ratings would suggest: those costs often reflect the rarity ot increased “Arete” of a certain Device. Several inventions ate technically available nthe Awakened “market,” but they'ce exceedingly hard to come by. A Storyteller, we should add, can forbid any play from purchasing any Device at any time it he fe interfere with his game (Technocratic characters might he able to requisition certain Devices from the high command, too. Technoeracy: NWO and Technocracy: Syndicate both include a system for y. These “ogsigned wad 53 and 99, re on pagethem, uses then iscompleted. ters although certain mages i a Device or two in return for a big favor later.) Items marked with a "Q" are unique. Player characters cannot buy them with Background points, although they sight — atthe Storytellers, the course ofa story. W kept out of player’ gre RetEncO. That's why we've presented here — to spark your imaginat re cabal, however sh ical Devices. nothing lepe ime. The Website has bet a framing device for the book; though it ex! continuity,” nobody's qui actual clearinghouse, a joke, a rip-off site or props The truth behind the site is left to you, the Storyteller. Just fow things in mind: a Virtual Adept, ahacker and asuncanny sources of information, and he may cosell anything to anybody; he might just take your # Suppliesare limited. Certain things mighcbe perma- rently out of stock. ‘© The whole site might be staging ground for something else entirely smokescreen, code or a If you, the Storyteller, decide to let players purchase items from the Doc, hav points and possi das, and may ate These favors might inspire new stories by Imagine the trouble your troupe could get into when the asking price for a set of Fractal Sy practical joke played on Hermetic Mas nies includes a weron Mustai As the Doe says, there are plenty of technomagickal Talismans already in print. Check out The Book of Shadows, Sons of Ether, Digital Web and any Technoc- racy: book (see Appendix). Including themall in thisbook would've made zeit already is. The tidbits in this tome are(| WN Link I: he Virtual ISS ZZ dept Shop and far between. Allright, | admit it, I’m a bit biased when it comes to these folks. Thems my people, understand? I can hang with all types, but these guys are (with a few exceptions) the folks with a clue. In my book they are, anyway. As we all know, the world as we know it is stuck with a terminal case of suckage. Cities crumble, forests tumble, ozone fades, carcinogens breed. What a shitty world, right? Well, the Adepts have a plan, no Jess than world salvation. Reality 2.0, as the esteemed Dante calls it. “Virtual” reality, hell — as these people can attest, it’s as real as you are. All you need are the gear and the guts to travel there and help build this place from scratch. I'm not talking about Net “surfing.” >:-P | mean world building. Literally, Now, this isn't news to any of you. If you want the details, check out http:// genesis2.¢rant@tku.com. The reason | digress for a brief but shining instant is because | want you to know why 1 play favorites in this part of the site. Lots of people look at the Adepts and see assholes with targets on their backs and computers at their fingers. Not many think to look beyond that image. And to understand the hardware on this site, you've gotta look beyond the cyberpunk shit, understand? You do realize, of course, that this may all be diversionary propaganda, too. We may have these machines, we may not. We probably have much more advanced stuff in our basements, but choose not to brag about it. Or the whale thing could be a great big lie that one of you sorry shits will ever understand until we come humming in behind you and erase your credit rating or something. Only the Elite really know, and we wouldn’t tell you the truth anyway! $9) Link L: Virtual Adept Shop 13+ Portable Virtual Realily System Arete 2, Quintessence 10, Background Cost 3 Computers, t00, keep getting smaller and more pe 1e most portable computer’ value is diminish got torely on the same old clunky VR belie a the Web. T ght not feel it while you're in the We helmet gets aching neck will remind you for hoursafter you leave thesystem. Nottirmention how difficult itistocateythe damn thingarounc 1 Portable Virtual Reality System solves all those prob- lems. The creation of RAM Hor, this system replaces the heavy V slassesfitted with side moldings that conform rorhe wearer'sface and block os ‘Mack gloves with sensor pads alo Aden from Los Angeles, all external light, The user wears pai of thi + fingessand pula sir of smularly-consteucted Back sock wit seo lag the bottoms of her feet Mono-flraent wien ban these ‘units to three small processors attached to“Ahe-user's Belt aindy user's computer. Allinall, che entire ERS weighyless than ww’ ound an is enily concealed Despite RAM Hog'sclaims hae (PVRS ska goodas any normal VR rig the folks | knoud whys a ES OE Quite as sensitive. A Webspinner sa BMS + slightly ‘eioved, «bit detached. Static 2 eB, fom wey co and whiteous (Paradox bac Kahn im Meine le Unwashed) hoe youstraight out of Wap napa ag Tn told thatthe sensory inp juts ER Us 2 of energy to work through a PVRS for areal ie Stil, tsa great dea and fairly well-execuced@RVAM Blog, Peron there—workoutak eaandu'l you'tea bugsin he the toast of the This mini o enter the Digital Web aceess of astral immersion (see Mage: 243). Ach Il of her difficulties, due to disorientation. Since theee allows a mage The Ascension, pages acter usingthisgearadds isn't anything overtly “unreal” about VR sensing, the PVR: ncidental to 1e mage can concentrate on only 1, however; when she's projeeting her conscious ne Net, her mortal hody is completely vulnerable and A would-be Webwalker is advised to have someone ex back if she pla ‘fer home of Chantry] ++ Electrical/Electronic Inhibiting Pulse G (E/E, Personal Cloal Arete 2, Quintessence 10, Background Cost 4 Technocracy always breaching down your neck, w provisions for privacy. Personally, I consider Devices that baffle and mislead inquiring minds 10 be the tech, The FlectrcalfElecrronic Signal Inhibiting Pulse Generator (a.ka,,the “Easy Puser,""E or “Personal Cloaking sich Device ulsimate in recreat 14 The Technomancer's Toybox vs conn toa fourth BRBEessor jac nto Whe ee Designed by an Adept named Trokkie (yeah, 1 know know, but wharean you do?) inthe early 1970s the first versio of the Easy Pulser looked like ericarders from you-know-what. Trekkie still makes the things in fanboy configurations, Bat now thereareenough variationson the basic model rhae youcan carry jantscan be worn Jk like flip. wcealment. An ne without ooking ikea dork, Most ofthe w n your wrist or carried on a bel. A few models le phones and fit into a custom pocket fer easy Easy Pulser unit operates in two moxes,realand virtual, and has the EE le yout vital pocket The EJESI Pulse Gener disrupting any electrical or electronic signals of sensory equipe Ile thatean link you to yourcomparter. In either mode s the 1 your icon’ wrist oF belt or in or makes a person “invisible” by fexuipment includes anythingtharcommunicatesimage ‘leeriilos, clectronic signal andthe himatieye. When you activate the Eas ‘tiny scrambling onfuses sen IGG, hg kes i ifit-to-impe Wer, ‘ules, interiti arough y Pulse, ists signals In the real he ible to see Your i lo-rez. Any me lose track 1 fen seems tgisappeat ith you at ‘Simple, Ste By Pull deat have aicery hie, since he invisbi Hiyeffeepccs lsbbjaie. The more observers the Device has TO tet he shore lasts. In crowded places — like a Pew, Fock subway stato ot rush hour or a stadium at game time the BIE can ase x jest a few seconds Iruriogenpletay becoming fries Hl eying ig the ersand. Under sare observation itcar Test padariambatre ying A couple offolkshave ‘Guimegenge Batteries ohecp dl extend the IPS hf fectedapertableindfiniteanepowercelltha’scompatible with When used viral the Pulser suns oif your computer's ly. The constant signal redirection uses up so much ex however, that everything you do in Neespace power quires twice the usual time. That's right, kicklies — you're visible, bur moving at half sees Even so, this beauty can be worth its weight in dylithium cetals, Clotaling the minds of men chines, for that matter — isa handy talent tohave when the Borg comessniffing around looking for sameone to assimilate. Futile, my ass! Resi tance i eternal lin realspace, this Device generates an effective Arcane ind of 4,or ads out to an existing Arcane rating, The o be tumed on (the Arete” roll) to funtion and burns ickly under heavy surveillance. Aside from those factors, ways ike Arcane (sce Mage, pages 130-131). lin the Web, weird reality of eyberspace, this E we EfEsets up literal iisbity fel in the ct iscoincidental unless the roving things around and hitting people while in ht. An invisible character effectively disappears ich, smell and hearing. In nthe WebtheoughaVR set-upand {con cannot sense the cloaked character in any way. A shaman wordsnd the Web and hear the who has stepped sideways and is now running arc in holistic however. Many Techs es that invisible one noemall ccracy sectors havescanning Dev an spota cloaked intruder (Percep 46 difficulty 7), and all Virtual tion + Technology, Dice Poc The shielded character ny action she performs has its Dice Pool split in half ta time todovt. Ifthe mage wses Time should roll for ul roll indicates a inchading an attack or dodge unless the mage tl gick to speed herself up, the Storyceller Paradox backlash at that point. A succes the mage spy ak ashe [Annan Ace” ral setine he Device bah ricarrheen Bsns noe a the Web, Otherw her toral and w Fractal Symphonies Arete 3, Quintessence 15, Badiground cof cakes Fortheunin els. "oleae a pattems. Written dow aa ated fractals reducing equations that preuce eal wonderful images, Some ofthese im icture, Othe larger image swnstil smaller versions unt selves, creating sina smaller versions of th na of asingle theme in ever-sma ish mathematician Mandelbro : discover fractals, and his studies snspited otheF Sem, discover diferent sers of fractal equations that produced ill feat types of images. Creating fractal imayes requires solving! thousands of repetitions of a fractal equation and visually plot ting the results, Obviously computer isan essential tool when you tals. And as we all know, the sky's Timit when a Virtual Adepe starts tooling around with a com: Recently, an Adept named Chanter started experimenting with translating fractal musical version of facta image nge equations into sound, creating a These mathematical compos tions havea lot in common with their visual cousins — they're complex, self perpetuating melodies that can go on forever, endlesly repeat symphonic framework single musical theme in a larger, alimost Chanter soon discovered that his fractal music could sen or the moods of anyone else who He figured chat the mathematical patterns worked their way into people's synapses ex ‘ously influence his moods Ihappened to hear them. for neurons to dance to, Chat arly experiments simply induced relaxat d out what he ng, the devious bastard began fooling around with the patterns ro see what kind of emotion was de he could inspire. In time, he worked out equations that induced certain emotional effects + siBig,nriveleMiotions, The music is loud an 7 with’ a captured Tradition feed an endless supply of propaganda i mage. If they channel the output chrough a text-to-speech propaganda through two kind of onslaught could erash the strongest converter, the Black Hats can ¢ senses at once. Th mind, IIL bet, and without access to rat Ninth. There'ssuchathingas TMI, myfriends, andifany Device could deliver that heretical notion better than the Magic 8-Bll, I don't know what ici [A successful" text directly into the reader's subconscious through a combina: tion of Multi-Tasking and Subliminal Impulse. The mage might need to make an lncelligence + Technology toll. o"rllsendsanimpresionof theseanned the information correctly, depending on the cir the complexity ofthe input. A failed spiral past the viewer, while a botched roll sends the 1 ledyook ro ns information. This Device is coincidental ro use] ++ Stage Il Power Glove Arete 3, Quintessence 15, Background Cost 5 As compact and easy to carry as modern portable computers ace, tere ate stl times when an Adept cantor won’ eit hisig hnocracy He might not want to isk his best suff in a aid on stronghold; he might have to crawl through sewer pipes to get where he maybe he just wantstolook unpreparedsohecan=. .chisonponents. and Elite, the The Glo so J, rwiinches wide and half an anch thick wraps atm with a pair air ofan i hold ie up. The unit's most interesting fear is its pale of AutoA daptets,one on each end. Fach AuroAdapterisconnected toanineredibly thin, retractable cord intemal procesors. Using techni ese snything he mac on thar pane of the eq dept, the Stage II is people who have the Stage Il Power Glove is irce. Though its hypet-lithium orsix hours atatime, you'vestill Dox in leSleepertech. Mest walgar when the Stage IL is involved, Xthlonds working on that buy. According to im a film is underway that'll have every Sleeper inthe Western Wor convinced that mundane tech sf moee advanced than common I thine Aside from its compact nacure all ways ikea Trinary Computer. The lificulty 6, 7 f wn-Awake sence of Sk may need to make an “Arete” roll folks ane present. Inthe p indicates a Paradox backlash coin «++ Coalminer’s Handy Identity Randomizing Processor Card (CHIRP) 4, Quintessence 20, Backge Age whered in tonsofi nd Cost 7 ation, entertainment — ard security. A host of(atl) efficient guard systems has followed in the wake of other technological improvements. Suecessfil as ach s companies trast chem implicitly, Afterall, t's pretty hard for the average thief to break rough a state-of-the-art security grid Notall intruders are amaceurs, though. And for grid-erac. ers who understand the ins and outs of hi presence is an open invitati No ‘cracker can resist a good challenge. One Adept, “Coalminer" by nate, loves to duel with clecrronic security systems that track the identities of people enteringasecured tea. Thispassion led him tocreateCoalminer’s Handy Ide é—aka."CHIRP,” oe the Rando plain gray plastic card with a magnetic stripe along the top ‘edge on one side, the Randomizer tesemblesa standard ATM card (One comerofthe CHIRP spors ap; 2hecar oamall pocesing unit typially wom strapped games wri. When the card slides into a magnetic ca processor unit goes to work, initiating a low-level ity Randomizing Processor of thinwites, which connect security system controlling the card teader, reople authorized to open the IoSkUhga : chosen identity and passcode fom tale. The a through the door, and che system think someones sisi The CHIRP is flexible enouslixo yrs equite only alphanumetical input, put the card, Coalminer supposedly fool fingesprint ad retinal scanners the process yet. Atche moment, isp fon a good CHIRP, Coalminer's Device — security system technology sdoes he. That's the drawback « {nto # system more advanced than the o kes and you're nailed ising ‘counter, the card [To begin a switeh, che player has to m + Secuity, Computer or Competer Hacking wouldbe6or?, whileastate-of the-art grid be 9 or 10). Once the card has been accepted, a coincidental “Arete” roll acivates the CHIRP. failure means tha the catdis rejected; success means it has en accepted. A botch devours the sy system might Corda sets off whatever alarms the stem employs. fn either cate, the Devie cannot charge a itraee’s appearance i any say. The system simply assumes that he who esa hee and reper bis presence. This of cue,» wal diversion expe Ne (What doy mI cially ifyou'e trying to get someone else int ‘mean, ‘What was doing in thepresidentsoficeae4.00A.M. Heisenberg Electron Array Trinary Processor (HEAT Chip) Arete 3, Quitesence 15, Background Cast 6 (but aes see blow) Thingsnind aera lcbertd nin cca vey day, Prable phones hace toned 10 Tb ice leendofisving erie) ogee eopks cary paeesthat cada Ley il noc quotes Compre hee gp fom baling seed on ery packs now k of spots scores 20 The Technomancer's Toybox SOBA Thy exer itis. Each ion! "ater iaasanlosing ity lectrn. This structure f Sipecidl chanrcl4yhar pring electricity to each ton, ake up a ORL Onceskatiser Aue ro “fd. soci shutedow® Since the chip ca paso thesystem: And, simple sytem with very few peop lal steesties hand-held dealies that can do thingsthe Sleepersnever ack in the'50s, Trinary computers keep getting stnaller, too, butthe Heisenberg Electron Array Trinary Processor will break all barriers ane! make the next wave of Trinaries the smallest, fastest most powerful computers you can imagine An Ade ‘named Kaiser showed off his ist HEAT chip ina hhome-baked system that he showed to some friends at MILT. in 1994, The chip usesa resulatedel inacarefillymaintained army. Each on hasasin trial charge to keepmetal ions smlectran, ze moves each electron hack aking each ion a binary place leisenberg Uncertainty Principle enables the chip's and careful modulation of the and forth hetween two positions pelle The “Tetaeyea ae coy lage capris of Ty cpa > The is electricity dissociate its atlas hich ks 1g tothe principle, you cart precisely nienergy atthe sime time. Since the ition ofeach eleccron in the aay, the ms elec ski stobecompletely ps Kaiser fo © girrcunded ty a non-comglctive shell to keep it ftom touching. fed to the fe HEMMER ceansistors are so small that thes Oe. nfleast106 mes the speed and power of ordinary out n better way to protect each ‘tins f6r, ever this phenernenal speed will be old hat THeupGaS TMG: makes the HEAT perfect for Trinary “oprah esr ofthe chp’ main problem overload an never know the exac ‘energy oi lee ron in the array, extended ws clectilgabltch transistor, building the ene trong and higher. Afer around two hour of continuous HF he unic overloads an overloaded HEAT ican he reset, but the process and takes of each elec almost as longax building a new one from scratch, Some Adepts have trie different cooling systems, but none has improved the processor's operating time Kaiser and handful of close Adept friends build every HEAT chip yhand. Th and the chips have a tendency to explode when someone other iestakesthemapart. The Technoe- 1 itshands on Kaiser; HIT Marks and other with stable HEAT chips would be real nightmares forthe est of ws. The Black Hats’ attempts to kidnap Kaiser have only driven him so far underground that the Devil shares his mailing addcess. Word is that the Men In Blick got ab, burtheirdata inthe process than Kaiser orone of his bus racy would love to some of Kaisr'snoteswhen they raided hisc isincomplete. (My bet is that they're dummy docs, too; Kaiser's ‘not stupid enough to leave sensitive specs where the Borg can find them.) The Technocratsareon the lookout for Kaiser orany HEAT chips they ean get shut ick up abour that fret. Ifa chip needs work, a quiet 1 hoards (and those of you who know know what those Adepts who have one shou boards might be) is usually enough to get his attention,[For all intents and purposes, the chip simply allows a character to use a really fast ealy small Trinary computer. Al yarticlats can be lft to Storytelling. (See Mage, page 245, for Magnatronic Ill VASD Computer Arete 3, Quintessence 15, B -xground Cost 6 (but very rates see below) Another Viral Adepe advancement in the world of mini < omputers isthe Magnateonic [If Voice Activated Display Computer. The mest elite compact computer the Magnatronic Ill isarare beast, No more than 10 of them exis ally and jealously guarded theirowners, and dese few areall es Magnatronie II is the sie of an ave ned to hang from the use sel, Voice comms the machine's appleationsand tlie. The computer delivers put toa pai of specially kgs shades ehrough an ultravicl wavelength transmitter. Mestofthese display specsare mires put] knowefatleasttwounitsthae transmit theirread-outst ried lenses (you can se out but no one can see in), The Magnarnnic Il comes equipped with a miniatare ¥ the Cosmic Communications Package allowing i o.com with other computers through their moss. Since the harcae lacks standand data and program port iskins hard w pop ads into 9 pager), the Cosmic Carnmunicarions Packaye sofware wgatone IL unit. That way, you ean vw software from other machines. simple LCD displayand allow the Magnatronic IIL wo display small hardwired inno the M several small hut like a pager and less ke a computer No one knows who invented the Magnatronic Ill VASD but word on the streer is that it eame fom th workshop of the great Dante himself 1f Dance did invent the achine, no one knows why he won’etake rity since the 's Elitemess is obvious, Rumor holds that each of the known Magnatronic sca nink the Magnatronic Ils acca clever Technoeraey pli information on the Adepts, hut if that's ru, no one I know hasscenany proof Stillother rumors claim thatthe Magnatronic Ills were the first experiments of an Adept named Jum MePherson, the man who created the MEGA Pen (sce list The Magnatroni LI sue power source problem but ts small size means thar its compact battery can keep it running for up to @ nine-hour stretch. Ie comes with a spectal cradle that pligs nto wall outlet, and the hanks to the rnpurer sisi the rade to “Magnattonic II isalmost always coincidental. Since everything fon the unit works throug! spend at leas thtee hours atsuning himself to the computer, and vice versa. This demands a few hours of “conversation” — the tse speaks, watches the computer display interpre his speech patterns then “conditions” i to accept his voice (and his voc Vietual Adept Shopee ee v ich When heunthokelapetctmoch veto. gealmnne fess From that poin Magnattonic Lll with her voice if she wants it unceful bastards that we are, we've sal. Al ist reprogram the — thesime, someone’salways on the lookout for something bigger, leepertech at our dis D work at all, better and badder Commands that have not been “clears will be accepted ndora's Random Electrical Transference Inducer wuter, the (PRET, nicknamed the “Preity Gun,” came out of some [Another hyper-advanced Trinary con Magratromie IIL contains « package that allows it to transmit experiments with electrical weaponry penforined by an Adept ignals to any machine that uses radio waves, Hence, the com- in Chicago. Starting with a mundane taser, Pandora increased can alto funetion asa cellular phone ‘or modem. Chang ical discharge ccontrol,midiy the weapon's range and prepped i to fice functions requires little work (a tum or ftom a distance. Named with our customary irony, the Pretty ‘echnology ol (di orclose targets, Gun is mean-looking snub J pistol bristling with 7 for ones neathy, 8 to transmit more than a block, 9fora hal ‘nile, andl 10 ) like arranygement of stubby spikes at the busin Aside rom itstransmitterpackage, the Magnatronie works i ated Trinary deck. ts spatkling ue tendril thar raps into the nearest source of anced nature makes it susceptible to crashing when an un-_¢lectrical power. Once it establishes the link, the globe drains Awake riestoweit(*Arete”colldificultyStoavoid — the power source and channels that electricity into the unfor pingthedeck}, Allotherparticularscanbehandledthrough — tunatearget. The bigger the source, the worse it hurts. strong enough source can fry a man to ashes. Ifthe power soutee isone hat can’t be drained (e.g, a wall socket), the connection s++Pandora’s Random Electrical ‘hanscls elecrrcty into the tng for five seconds then Transference Inducer fore ie ke me cecil pre (the Pretty Gun) ames ght pain and dhercntation Arete 4, Quintessence 6 (see below), Background Cost 7 This weapon is equipped with an interface cable that les Weapons, weapons, weapons, With Iteration X and the you take it into che Digital Web. When used there, the gun Void Engineers so hot on our tails, any Vireual Adept has to be retains its normal appearance. Since the Digital Web is itself an The Technomancer's Toyboxal as she ses fit, Note: To “eoincidentall ce within reach, a mage would have to cre In the Web, a PR “ cculyy 6). The gun inilicts forthe weapon tohave tall efi x Sun, ke ted Sectors, in which some distance between sur target — the gun’s Paradox b battery pack could eof powe 's user instead of the aracter rans she transfer will drain : asit streaks town peck. I've heard rumor that some Void Engineers h ermigick i reening fail the weap t around powerful watch barteriIZ NO? Ail +++ 3-Dim Sonographic Sense Factory Arete 3, Quintessence N/A, Background Cost 6 Bester graphics and faster applications aren't dhe ony mye things to come out of the more powerful processors ‘computers, The erat asimportant- Musie soothes the savage beast, an the creation of music soothes the savage hacker —if she's gor 3 musical mind, An Adept with the handle “Terpsichore” created eatly prototypes of the Sonic Sense Factory hy tinker und boards available in the early'90s. Making improve f the boards, ith the shitty ments here and there, she increased the power ability to handle multiple sound channels, duplicate stereo eqvipmen and the general quality of computer music slo sand interface with norma She showed some of her de Detpice Tensichor’'s wrk, sound sy stepchild of she computer busin I ites wh idea orld ge The AQ g scund, yk.) When Terpeichore wed thet architecture capably tan architect intended fr vol raphics ‘written taproduce sound created som ‘ume she rested her new creation, the: sculptedfomrhesoundsheeco cof both light and sound, these images i when Terpsichore walked across the # named her new sony Sense Factory units aren't portable enough to make we fons — bat they'e really cool. There's an awesome beauty sound literally made flesh. Marianna of Balador Factories installed in various places around her Rea afew Sense mand she that the entrancing song-dances can inspire Seekings in ‘lain ‘mages who seem inclined to go searching for themselves. When a Sense Factory's Sis combine with fractal symphonies, the resultsare tly fucking amazing. Terpsichore's doing her best to make the 3-Dim Sonographic Sense Factory widely available on the mortal market, but the high cost ofthe set-up system makes i a rich man’s toy for now. Chanter and Terpsichore have hey can do for computer music; an impromptu gig at Balador filled Aleua's upposedly gorten together 10 see what ele Arena to capacity. (I missed it, myself, bur heard great things abou it.) [A normal*Arete" roll activates the Device ifitisn't made, the soundboard balks and nothing happens. If ir succeeds, a Forces 3 Effect amplifies the sound waves, splits them into equal sets and shifts one set of sound waves into light waves — a in overpowering one, Even 80, a complex operation, but not clever player could put an interesting spin on such a Device, di show sting or distracting her opponent with a sudden light ‘The Technomancer's Toybox [When the bullets aren't flying, « sonoge vn (literally!) to parties, Seckings, add a whole new diner seductions and meditations. For the most part, this Device's effects should be left to Storytelling and roleplaying — i's more 2 source of atmosphere than of destruction, An appropriate light symphony” could redice — or raise! —a player's Socal roll difficulties by changing the atmosphere to suit (or under. mine) her purposes, A really chaotic penalties to acharacter’s Perception attempts, 0; imagine how distracting Rage Against the Machine co if each tone became a lightwave. [The 3-Ditn Sonographic Sense Factory is nor an indepen dent, hand-held unit. [tean only generate sonographic images if its computer it connected to a state-of-the-art stereo system, Even without this output, the Pactory uses a highly advanced pgp certo MIDI sequences Creingsonogaic images Peis otic vecof dung Antone | Nein SuRRAEH FAR can “expladntthe dancing patterns; “ight sympho ipl” thae edge from nihere, however, are prety vulgar] BP Las computer ge 15, Background Cost none (sold low) Bepmpurer and video games. We all do. shootouts and stzategic vol Jew opiate ofthe masses, Most games p turn kids into mindless zombies wired for Fr select few provoke careful thought and todevelop their mental acuity, pusle-solving HR Games (TDR stands for “Too Damn Real”) isasmall mputer and video game company, one ofa handful of business by everybody's favorite hackermagi. An Adept named Josephine runs this company of ahalf-dozen “employees and has become the driving force behind the games that the ‘company sells, Despite the quality oftheir products TDR isn'ta household name. Granted, this has lot odo with thesmallsize ofthe compa 10 do, however, with the Technocracy and their own covert es fund and ts limited distribution network. Iehas more agenda in the video game marke t's no seeret that the Black Hats hype computer and video sions and frustrations into tration X andthe NWO use Rambos, developing frames chat focus kids? natural jes of video slaughter. fight gamesasakind of preschool fr vit thekid’reflexesandbloodlst through abarrage of "ight odie fos, Josep just the opposite. TDR games make players think on their feet, change the way they solve problems; the games, in cur, learn how the players think, and force them to come up with more creative and inventive solu tions. Powered by low-level magickal Effects, these games are incredibly responsive and seem almost intelligent. The video whieh include (Cborg Rage — operate in one or two-player mode, The com Eagle Tak II, Vampire Stalkers and gamesputer games — Cubicle Camage, Master's Challenge and Delight — include options forsolo play, network play and online lay, (The latter is by far the most enjoyable because, sm online mexke, you can interact with dozens of other players across the zasee \ ser th ean pce expel ops 4 that seems impossible. Some users say they literally feel, smell experience (espectaly in the case of Rarman's Delight), but one amers find impossible to esis nes aren't just wake-up calls for vid-addicts ‘rerecruiting tools too. Yousee, we Vit skeep tabs 1 the online users a really promising candidate might receive a special set of challenges. TDR monitors the player's physic and mental responses to the game environment. Ifit seems like Wwakening, TDR tabs her and trackshe ture reference, Each of the video games contains a Cosmic she'sskirtingsalongt (Communications Package that transmits similar i TDR’scomputets. Ifthe wser reaches certain “cookie levels,” the ackingsystemstripand broadcast the game’slocarion convearby TDR mon q wee how the player responds. Those who do well are noted for oes they, in tur, send the game a few new kicks later recruiting drives. The Technocracy isn't happy about TDR ’sinzoads into the game industry. They trash the games in. magazine reviews, bay up all the copies of a given game, han certain “ulreaviolent” ma hines or sic their per politicians on the gaming industry as a whole. 1 know « p that TOR’ cause mental breakdowns and hysteria. Asusual, che bulletheads appeared on tabloid teevee shows claimin have had mixed results: Some gamers get scared away, ut others lene mindser in the (who usually exhibit the perfect Viet Jor Sleepers, these powerful Deviceshandleallof their functions themselves. TDR cartridges and dises don't tually give theie users any magickal powers; rather, reams of vivid impressions through the TV sereen and directly yer'smind, that player happenstobe markedly skilled or insightful, the cartridge sends a special signal to a satel relay — a signal thar alerts the folks at TDR to a promising times they work, sometimes they don'e. These sensations exist completely in the user's mind. Given the suggestive powers of notmal television sets (proven in lab tests co induce low-level ates), TDR games are completely coincidental. Digital Dollz Arete 4, Quintessence 20, Background Cost 8 Somerimesreal people are more trouble than they’te worth For you, the shy boy (or gt!) with discerning, Digital Doll, virtual companion that you build to order Digital Doll started asa spate-time project when an Adept imming (“artificial incell pies and CG] named Roland combined AI p Adept Shoy26 The Technomancer's ToyboxS: of parameters. Alto fe rumors of Doll “growing” malities this nt there. The truth behind the the Storyeel much fun with the # De damage te theirown| tales is loft have “chuaracter” as she wants) wave mo combat abilities, magickal tae very reiistic ones with nonetheless. Any form of lash — makes the DDoll disappear. Until i is aetivated again (see below), the icon tactile components, trauma — including a whiceout Paradox b Aside from these considerations, a Digital Doll appears as i cam act like a real as any other Net icon. In story term waracter, albeit a stupid one with limited interests. The player andl Storyteller should create the Dolls’ image and personality haracter” enters play. Bither person crareeta + Technology roll, difficulry 8; most other folkg 3 Theatr ctr Pe a cracklin once i's up and running. Web vet hae, then teslves into tgesed img Once lasts until the user ethea its the Web Doll program down or falls victim tofaiParadgg Fadl Dollie iscoineidental but abot ex ol program and but int of Quinte The icon’ int of Quintesence the Dallas latingcharacerin Web +The Ragnaroe Home Security System Arete 4, Quintessence 20, Background Cost 8 Don't you just have t when company arrives unexpectedly? And isn’t it even worse when they wear black suits? It's bad tenough when you're at home. Things relly suck if you've gone cout for a nice night of companionship and return home to find that robbers, enemies or Men in Black have turned your crib into a clearinghouse a romper-oom or a trap Knowingtheimportanceofpest control, adudenamed Loki whipped up this elaborate home security system and now offers A collectionof well-aimed microguns, stun laved to a Trinary PKI V atrery, the Ragnatoc System keeps an ey itwoalthis “friends rminideck and a T fon your pad while you're away. Meanwhile, « hand-portable ower chips display unit links you to the sensor array so you ean check on thingsbackhome. A customset-upopt nam inbouy heat, fingerprints, pattern-recognition coondinatesorall mnallowsyoutope ‘ofthe above; this way, your eat won'e rip che system by mistake The seanners will snore patterns they're been set ro recognize if new pattem enters without authorizatior which scans the area with multi-level sensory silent alarm to war you if someone breaks irs which sends a non-lethal pulse ash the ates i rippling th shu ase knocking outanyone who might be standing inthe wrong place and “Extermination,” which essentially begins Woeld War II, hhome-style. Hi literally pop out ofthe woodwork (and tile work, and furniture, and wherever else you happen te stall em), take aim and blow the living hell out of uninvited stems (untegrated into the main sensors) lock ‘or praying and send him off tothe Great Beyond. The guns won't stop shooting untl the guests Tracking rns dows, the living rower syste thing in the location falls wn — dead, System isits lethality Jy they'll wake up soon enough none the worse for wear. If rs set to kill, che The big prublem with the Ra Penetration” just stuns the tespassers, th system wreck the house. Now, if you're one of these folks who doesn't mind trashing his erashspace to make a point tha's not Jay a problem, but if you're one of the lucky handful of Adepts | ee (or even 2 mom who shows up for those D lehiecops,whowwalliises:izatc an apartment rhat exhibitstenden BEEF al cpotaneepenhustion. As far as I'm comcemed Ragnarde’s a great il for home monitoring anda fantastic t-ditch trap unless ou'te expecting nasty company, how RERTAIARRIR nel "Olservacin,"rot“Exteminaton , oh, aribogfrrerto wen icoff when you get home it you'visematle anew fied SATs nceworehaa fut functions: the ah lames + Mlonite ed Level One perception Bifecrs from the Corre PF Lcri68 Foc Life, Prime and Time Spheres scan the are Pedefainy ® patcems and responding 10 alien ones ? BESBRIEPA clfective Perception + Technology Dice Pool of SeaMdapOr most seers ac difficulty 6, sBroatleast: A linked CorespondenceFifect sends si ay sched ed Forces Effect maintains nual Adept can check back itor carted by the system's owner, while a alarm, This way, the ome pertoically iE 5s offalight Forces Effect, canding over three-teet-tall receive ofsix normal Health Levels per turn until either falls dawn, leaves or ducks for cover beneath the ‘grid. Thiscdamage canbe soaked, ard leaves no permanentharm. The grid lasts five turns and uses one Quintessence per tur, * All-Out War: Things get ugly when the hidden guns pop cout and start blasting. The Device has an effective Dice Pool off. Althous nes, anyth let loose a barrage. Every attack roll if bits, the 1g the room is fat gare. Each turn, the blasters living thing in the area suffers one get takes sx lethal Health Levels of amage; if misses, the target got lucky this cuen if t "weapons system hurms out and flalines. W torches, onsutnes fo points of Quintessence per turn and destroys the atea, Most systems include a selfdestruct feature, which deto nates for 1 Health Levelsoffiredamage when the Quintesen runs out or the system crashes. IA Viral Adept with the hand-monitor and th i down any fonction in the Ragnaroe ar N ISS ZZZ NO? Ail fore it becomes terminal. Assume thar the Monitor and Broadcast features work without an “Arete” roll Storytellers may wish to rll the Device’s "Arete" to tigger the damaging fects, however. Paradox bucklashes short our the system ifthe Ragnaroc has self-destruct setting, this coukl bea problem... sees Trusty Wrist-Onil Rote Processor (TWORP) Ar , Quintessence 25, Background Cost 9 We'veull seen those sleek htelewristwateh calculator were so trendy a while ago. Although they may have passe ou Jhon for Sleepers, many A ill wear ‘em and use ‘tn — often more than ote a time. Inthe hands af someone more than perform simple math and store a few dozen phore ake the Trusty Wrist-Unie Rote Procesopeft example, st four small buttons and a display wid dare lines of 10 characters, this unit can manage aggagelsschedule, eeeo8 Up ta, 2,048 names, adde and send Std wessages (sending Requires connecting i © The TWURP's most poeta eanures how rl casting o1es he ‘worksmuch ike aMagic kl Macro Keyboard (see Digital Web), in thar ic stores rates amd oer releases them atthe touch of button. A special cablsgomiges to compute ial port and allows you to cake a vital copy G€¥our TW URP with youintothe Digital Web. To use i oud Fad yo one inco the TWURP > ree iA resuls or le hen the rote igfeleaied, rather than whenit iscast. A TWURP can store u tS fOURRORES Fee; bt the unit's limited abslities make stored spel bie'snore 2 use tha “fresh” ones, The TWURP' foe definice ated programs (rotes ceiling problems, coo; really spi the clueles) are tao.advimeed for the curtent model’ perfor mance capacity. In short, you can’t use really. powerk technomazick with one of these things. Srill's.a handy toy t have an Mercanto, the Hacker of Venice, is credited with rhe creation of the inst TWURP. Mercanto always complained that his Magickal Macro Keyboan astoobigandunveieldy, drawing tunwanted artention and questions. Despite the unit's limita tions, he's proud of his creation. The TWURP makes it easy to carry ready-to-go otes into any situation, esa hell ofa lo faster topusha button and send a spell lying than it isto work out the program under f the unit's performance limits the kinds of rot that a clever Adept c A TWURP stores up ink Bffets npuebya View sup pack into our rotets cach spell ca be used only nd the fies through fourth levels — fifth an sixth mot be stored. The programme Adept al style other metaphysical a patible with the Device's configuration. In other words, Dante 28 The Techno neers Toybox could set few of his favorite tricks sn TWURT, but F > player character's sha Morninglade eould not ots! the stored spells with its own “Arete not with the wearer's or programmer's Arete ating. Each casting lichargesa point of Quintessence, bur the Device eannor spend any additional Quintessence ta reduce a magick rol difficulty. The stored votes might be cast in coincidental or vil all Any P: ate? to the its the w x that comes up alehough th aret might he caught i the fallout, Alshough a WURP outside his range, he cannot cast magick as the on use Effects that would nortnally be (Th Compact Hypergeometric Organization and Purification Processor (Phe Chopper) Arete 5, Quintessence 25, Background Cost 10 TWURP's minor featuzes can be taken cate of with Thereiamaihing lika good vingin — Virgin Web, that i, Fotthecephalorexs mong us, Vigin Web'sehar wecall an area Sfrnetspace that hagr’e een claimed with a formar, Adept, | ers, Volt Envinceri random hackmagi and a couple of Her retie Thigs havedlvided the Web up so tHibor tically mfinite sie, the Wel is prerey heavily format Hence) Virgin Web ig harder to find thon a 30.something who as cen Rocs Horror A feillantjehicF named Jackal carie up with a creative jf t6 this problems. As a kid, she hacked her school computaete eharie her rades arent bank comps coke yoftware eneryption four years later, she devel reducing anal pirftedenmnes for her friend ‘ope Fivished product to source ‘them in any way she wanted. Shortly after echniques for decompiling program: from Jackal wasasmartkid. When she heard about our search for Virgin Web, Je decided it would be easier to make mote of i eof it Th ack, Jackal t sion. Envisioning the Web as a large construct of formatted e's an old joke about earing your virginity the joke to a technological comely storage space and compiled programs sheanplied herdecompiling and re-formattnyg techniques to the Web, to see if she could impr portion of the Web to its virgin state and allow her to ve-format thearea ro her own specs in the bargain. That way, Jackal could dec pile areas uf the Web out from unsler the Void Engineers srmat it for the Adepts, hurting the VAS’ prestige Ie the Compas onaffectionarelynicknamesl “the J seelskulls wi boost A woman with # mision, Jack designed and Hypengeomerric Organi anu Parti per7: surface ofa darkglasssphere. The keyboard houses eight Pencium The Chopper looks like larye keyboard curved around the processors that have been Trinary-graded and fine-tuned 0 operate at over 300 MHz. The dark globe serves as a dis screen for someone using the key std, bt glows with a pulsing green light when performing its true function. Given the processing load she'd need to decompile and re. format the Digital Web, Jackal decided noe of the Ch slow it down. Usin use a virtual copy +, since going through a VR connection would Vietual Talisman Transmogrification (check our the Virtual Adept rote database for specs), she brought the Chopper into the Web, convertingits physical form ino an energy construct. Then she curned on the machine and orto work. Jackal stoad a the edge ofa Technocracy Restricted Sector, placed the Chopper's sphere aguinst it and started the decompiling proces. Nobody's eal sure what happened next. Wedolksithat ‘everyone in the Sector got dumped; most hadheadaches for ‘weeks anda few died from the shock. The whole Seetor flickered and faded: cracks appeared in viceallall and lighting fork down from the virtual sky. This wentan fora few moments; chem suxdenly, every Formarted Sector in dhe Web rang ike a gong. Jackal and che Chopper disappeared ina bi whitegut, Some say Jackal got burn by the defenses of che-Techngeracy Seetor that she was trying ro rub out. Other folks = whioelaim chat the Web is alive and aware — think that the Web woke itself up and! knocked Jackal silly. So where'd this model come from, [hear yOu axial bul several diferent Chopper generations before she went out toplay. I've gota few of them available fyouwanethem. | wars they're really unpredictable. Me, I'm neterying the ching cut, but you might be able to work out enouzhvbugate make the Chopper a viable, ifrisky, Webspinner. A combination of heavy duty Prime, Correspondence ind Forces Effects leap into action when the Chopper's “Arete” roll comesup winning. Thedifficuleyishigh ( and the results ate spectacularly destructive. theshock s intense dumps — erases — 10 meters (roughly 35 feet) of space. In the Web, this is effectively the same as firing a rocket into the side of a building [For simplicity lished. Anyone in the blast are sake, assume that a portic of th ak one Health 4 Level for every success the Chopper achieves. This damage isn’t aggravated, bu it can kill you. T material worldifthe blast victim waswired into Webspace atthe al body sufers hemorrhages and sensory ove [The Chopper drains three points of Quintessence from its reserve each tur. hock travels back into the time, his oa The Storyteller shoukl roll for a backlash whenever the Device is activa this monster shunts around alot of power in «1 Abo amount of Paradox, and twill probably have aeally nasty effect the Chopper... anunstableenvironmes Jhaccumulatesdouble the usual ‘on anyone standing to0 clase QMcPherson’'s Eternal Greatness Assured Pen (MEGA Pen) Arete 5, Quintessence 30, Background Cost N/A “Though the search for smaller and more efficient Devices it may be tac can be built already has been. Billed as continues every di hat che smallest possible fully: functional comput the ultimate in computer portability, only one MEGA Pen wa ever made, and no one knows whether or nor it still exists. This sgckally wraps all ofthe neces nolarger than. pon the advances unique item mysteriously and n sary features of a Teinary computer into a pack a Montblanc pen, borrowing and improving that make other miniature Trinaries posi The MEGA Pen was created by James McPherson. A cousin (te eyerdary Euthanatos Michacl “Firecracker” McPherson, Tames refusedito take « handle, preferring to be known by his real ‘nate: MePhersonworeed with Kaiser after that Wireualite created the HEAT chip (sce ising). With that innovation in his clip James worked up a HEAT processor for his own ultimate porable fomputer. The MEGA Pen contains a miniaturized KROMM ‘umitoo seelistine);thatpckage uses two round memory platters ‘6mm in diametergivingthis computer 8 250 eh ‘An altracminiacurzed version of the Co Package i hardwired into the Pen too allowingt ro communicate suitheadio ransmitessandreceivers, modemsand cellular phones. ‘All’ theyPen¥/applicarions are activated and manipulated by voice command a fact that leads some Adepts to think that MP herson ao Created the Magnatronic III VASD Computer (Gee listing) White che writing end ofa pen would be, the MEGA Pencortains laser rojector char creates a computer di any conyeniene fla surface When McPherson first revealed the Pen to his fellow Adept, he refused to divulge the nature of the unit's power Source, calling ithis"litlesecret.” Whatever the source, the Pen rneeds no external power. Some folks think the MEGA Pen is somehow connected to the primal energy of the Digital Web itself burall experiments along those lines have failed. orage capacity Unfortunately, McPherson isn't around t0 answer ques ‘Shorly after his itsr demonstration Paradox fire tore through his kab ng the firefighters could do ‘would quench the flames. Though the fire stayed contained in McPherson's workspace, it totally gutted i and the fire bummed tons about his masterp of the MEGA Pen's ab and destroyed everything. Ne itself out once everything was consumed. They never found a body, though, and some Webslingers have reported meeting an icon of a man on fire, carrying a large pen that seems to do amazing things. If McPherson sor physically into the Web to escape the fire, he: telling anyone about i, and he ‘obviously trying to lie Low [The Pen combines all the features described under the appropriate listings into one self powered, hypercompact unit, Irsfunctions are vulgar, even in the Web, which may account for McPherson's fate. Link 1: Virwal Adept Shop 29 ID. WW14. li Link 2: The Etherites ad the ones af sche to be nih ts use the werd sel asthe canvas reinventing physical univers Dr. David Weeks and Jamie James, Eecen I wanna dedicate this area to some personal friends of mine — the Sons and Daughters of Ether. Oh, sure, some of you probably dismiss them because they seem silly; while most of us stay wrapped in some Gothic pity-party, the Etherites fly around in impossible ships, strap themselves into Victorian wonder machines, smoke silly pipes and generally make a mockery out of all that is sullen and serious. That's why | like them so much. There’s nothing quite as subuersive.asthe refusal af cynicism. When everyone around you is dressed in black and dripping Westility, what could be more subversive than to dress in bright, bold colors and run headlong with almost suicidally-optimistic abandon? The Ether Folks have this wonderfully skewed vision — one part future, two parts past and one part totally demented — that | have no choice but to admire. Anyone who can make a toaster grow wings, fly and play Beethoven's Fifth is a man or woman worth respecting. Etherites work within their own weird parameters. For them, Science (as opposed to dreary old science with alittle “s”) is more adventure than ultimatum. Each-one devises his or her own theories, defends them against all comers, and proves their validity by making weird Devices like the ones included here. By turning the Technocrats’ reality straitjacket inside-out, laughing up their sleeves and making mockeries out of all oh-so-serious tragi- hipsters, the Etherites have become the most subversive Tradition of them all. Not that they're all happy aunts and uncles ~ these folks are damned serious about their work, if nothing else. Laugh at it and you might find yourself trampled beneath a giant robot's feet or hypnotized by the Five-Facet Crystal of Gaboom. Best just to hop on forthe ride, hang on tight and keep enough distance to run like screaming Jesus when the inevitable Paradox backlash comes. Link 2: The Etherites 31 IN INSIZ NO Ail ++Doc Eon's Action lackets Arete N/A, Quintessence N/A, Background Cost All-we Trio. T 1, albaction gear worn by Doc Eon's Terrific style after World War Thera avi aredand keep the wean hese jacker nc jac warm in the coldand relatively cool in bot weather. Large pockets allow you to cat took, weapons or survival gear “These jackets can take a lickin.” Made from the tough hide of the extinct smiladin (“saber-toothed tiger," for those of you lly, they've stil alive in wha never liked dincxaur stuf supp the Hollow Earth) and treated with a special ofl developed by Doe Bon, these jackets ean deflecr knives andl smal-calibe us, are no trouble: all, Although the jackets are really flexible they're wirtually ear bullets. Blunt blows, like punches or club Doe kept a number of extra jackets on hand sincebis ce, the remainingjackets have been distrib Some jackers were occasianalifing shen vee steangest places... Although such artifacts aggaliwayap6t finds the really valuable Action Jackets feature Dox, BOW s#mblo styled sindelock and lemniscate (infinity §\mol}ereapd some nev the po ker sucyesb.iggrinor worth vice, Desterity sappean uted between a few worthy Ether mar (on Doc'sadventure wean still have pieces of the Doe's rt equip IA character weatingoneof these fe penalty additional soak levels, This armor hough the jackets ace fairly ty an beh Unpro. Aro blo allow the weager tw He De tectedareasretmain unprotected, of cout, but ful (falls, explosions, shrapne th rage. T ay be ws Levels worth of neencicely com fhe Kaleidoscopic REM Sui Arete 4, Quintessence 20, Backgeotind Cost 6 The Reconnaissance Environmient Mission spy invented in the 1960s by Professor Digby, an Etherite working or the British Secret Service — and a complex, hypnotic photon array (which fools people and cameras), the REM Suit can appear to be up to three differen futfits: SAS eomenaeido garb and a cracy, hip night mmision: The commando suit helps hide Ressianuniform makes youtarm Mo des ka Britsh'60 really save, baby. It lets chicks and groovy weareriscool While Down i thedoor—un last option seems pretty lame these days (eye 1aknow), itll works, Show upat the Way jaugh you out he psychedelic ridiculous suit, but suxklenly you're untouchably col El itn public, you're cool enough to hangout with. (Rave or retro 2 Technomancer’s Toybox ) these suits were made, UK. trying to relive the spirit of the times as ‘of pheromones and Crackh allover the world eceived REM o ne As far as and sore oftheir enemies gor a hold of them in ret eno however, Professor Dighyistheonly one who knows how to repaira tom REM Suit, Fom what | hear, he's in retiremen ina quaint village on the coast of W Anyone know a good ether-tailor These Devices were custom-mate though the pattern shifting power i dered “without witnesse outfit’: colors out of sight. On (Gifculty 6), an REM Suit * Camouflage: 1 Sleeper eenops -hnically vulgar, indo changes the 1 Arete" roll fective Arcane Background worth * Officer's Dress: Four = Mod: F Lhesgadkditonalitits apply henge who sea within 20 fe Suits hagas, che technomaigickalEtfects fade ++ Martian Purifier Arete 2s Quintessence 10, Background Cost 4 (but rare: see below) sige given him in dreams by a Martian fing nny the fyeurefrogmhisrace’s past longa their doom), Profesor Oddity built this Device that purifies all of the channelegf the body, allowing for complete men PUfsicalpheath. Whe pen-shap sonepahidh seh rapped togeth rng cali eld. Ty a few moments, ac yrs ody ofall unpleasant sensacion he Martian Purifier, whic infhoraches and pains (including archrtis flare-ups flo be a popular pick original Device bev 1 in the Leadership Skill. \ddiional dots of Charisma. of the commande, Ioadeast: al and Device uses two tiny Mut with the press ofa button, ingrush purpes the has proven Several copies of Professor Oddity’ 1 Etherboys can't gone into cxculation; resist something that dispels fats in you blame them: ah yer rough the Mu Seon ‘Those long nights in the Despite che rarity ofthe the Device have been made. The gool Profesor islonggone, but his creation lives on an dozens of Exherboy laboratories. Sallie's 10 find one of these beauties on the open marke! The Purifiers ponents are two Mu Stones, fragments or iridescent crystals that acrivate the Device’s healing powers i the sunken continent of Mu; supposedly, they can be found only Realm that th ur planet's crust. Wherever these sede ion. Few Ether Scientists These erstalsare supposedly the last rem: in the socalled Hollow Earth, « mythic ons of Ether insist les below memorystor ‘field manipal reat Doc Eom ave yet to study eheit fll potential. Even the appears to have been sturiped by the shin cheard, the Maetian Purifier Although the From what I ves have some ald side effects sh leaves you feeling fresh clearheaded, it ble to outs_— night some of hi Native Ai entirely. The the Barriers: The Book of W something once lived on Mars, May cnt cis design 144-145) ind ‘operated through one contrller, fe hhas aay. The Black Rar’s a stepping ston The Great Hall Chantry, but other Tradition’s pulp-inspired Setentns hese silly things wi ir must stay in the Of che many 195 Black Rat is among the m day innovations. Anyone who knows rolled tech probably trace the f nay attract unwanted ncbile and quick with tiny tansitrbeainscapableof adapting 'O1M* . Link 2: The Etherites 33Pool and Percep tion Dice Pool of six dice each. When discoveres for what they vices tend 0 break down and shut off ramediatly, Ina other ways, she Black Rats toys conform te normal rats (see The Book of Mirrors, page -r™ Brand iy th SAFETY a zu wll noc help relocate eefugees!) Slade-Blaster™: The name to tust for supercharged skate icide-skares had in Athletics tating of at least 3; simply standing upright while rocketingstound at 150MPH requ + Athletics roll, difficulty get harder from there, and pretty scary. Is there a [Anyone crazy enough to strapon thi minute — per point of Quintessence. Afterward, the Recharge Pack will have tobe replaced. Yes, these skates are vulgar. Don't park!] ne and humanitarian gas bullets we any Tomotrows to render foes uncer cuits ith breathing in Squid) 34 The Technomancer's Toyboxnally powerful enou ro knock any, ye (they were manufactured in the ne ot, these Pills ave deteriorated with ). Newly manufactured versions don’t work any better —the Technocracy got a hold of the formula and disproved it. Al though the guns that fre rhe Doe'sspecial bullets don't need any modification, the shells themselve alier. Since Doc must match the pistol’ on equippes! his Terrific Trio with 45 caliber Gas Ballers are spons, neatly all ofthe Doc's origin made to fic those gun Notall hands, Certain Ether mages, hirkening back ime when their society promoted a rational, bumane philosophy toward vi lence, now strive rocteate a riew gas that would improve Doc Id (and discredited) formula, allowing avert Scien: tists to deal with enemies without dealing with death, A: Professor Ingestor has stated: Tsay oodshed, a result of the failed soca policies of the autheitr ian Technocracy. W > be vocabulary ofthe C Many young Ethertes each spect their elders’ re ESHER’ so PRE ca get their hands BM ch of Pallets {Gas Bullets inflic world isone of fetishistc as naive bat von fatal Forces cy ATOREENGi ar Arete” rll (difficulty 6) Hegageloudyare rule ANEW yom fect. Natu, to doxkge the miss or hide behinddgover. Thidk inoeand ids. Tye shell fono damigg. These Devigesare too stall to bother bystanders inorder to have the dest eathing gear render these Gas Bullets pow +++ Dr. Wingbat’s Ether jet Rocketpa Arete 3, Quintessence 15, Background Cost 6 om ful blast facemask ters poison a richer flash rhe Changelings, “Johnny E Not the first or considered one of the best. During the airwar of “41 (known e's Great sean petsas the Battle of Bicain),Dr- Horatio Wingbat perfected reactor (several decades bef the concept became commen the Etherjet Rocketpack pelledthe intrepid profesor incoheclouds, where he batledthe Hun with efficiency, valor and 1 Havoe Gun (sec Saaly, Dr. Wingbat was shor down nately for posterity, he lef several samples, Nosmandy experimental specs nd copiousnotes. His alle stock and have Ether Scienti sockets advanced des pied and modified his invention ever since who've studied surviving Rocketpacks claim the n leads to occasional Paradox effects Some samples explode during use, while others malfunction at several hundred feet pite its flaws, Dr. Wingbat nd flight Device among the Sons of Ether someone else invents a better jetpack he rid anc guides him through his aerial bullet. The “Arete five minutes per point of Quintes critical times — often when the rs [A simple” ForcesPrime Bffect cari eit 4, which Insts sence. From that point on, the tier controls his light through ogy rolls (we “Stunt Driving” in Mage offs and landings Desteriey + Tech Safe Speed: 50 MPH Max Speed: 100 MPH Mancuverability: 8 Effect is usually hurmeled as itis th fairy acceptable focus, the nincidental (even ifiedoes exceed the limits o mundane science and rechnoligy). Gods help the rer if he rip, however; the Rocketpack get tempera *%- The Havoc Gun Raed F, Quintessence 30, Background Cost 10 wares in everyone; it also encour tech-yention. likegRobody’s business. The wo World Wars shoved Sleeperto@h and hypertech alike so far ahead of the old paradiigt tht fon,a while it seemed as though anything was possible, agfgfy afl killed people Ono ofthe greaféyg innovators of the Sec rok rh ine Dr. Hygitio Wingbat, ‘colleagues, Wingbaf foved a good fight. He didn neapStuffand Seg ochers out under the cover of ic dut, either Whe dove headlor shvengibritge pull hm through. F ‘ecog oogdt hinasel®) in 1944, bur until then, he agit ang in dead IP Bahertech, fertgf and C 4 World War ness totest, inco the Was, sting in bis {isluck crashed (alongwith the ade am ninal by both his conerap. 1c Eon (Winybat supposedly test Nazis), Winghat kicked som Etheriteshaven't decided ithe w Fronethcless To this day, th nstructing his aheroora villain, That hasn'tkept them from Devices and adding their own innovations, bur it makes th space in the Son of Ether Hall of Fame pretty hard to fil the Havoe Gun watlike ingenuity. Blending a machine gan, a bier rifle anda renadke laimeher, the Havoe Gun firesa rapid spray ofexploding hip-mounted Quintes ‘energy bolts, The power comes fr antery. Don’ task mehow this thing works sence the Etherites understand he theory, but it makes my brain hurt — just glor n the sheer destructive potential of your very owen hyperplasn vasreshit gun, It ips t shred Technomancer should be without As Dr. Winghat h i blows suff up. No p mself discovered, ond hus (Oh, one little nore this toy isa Par own, overheat been known to blow itself — and its owner — Just thoughe you'd like to know.) A two-handed cannon fed by « belt-strapped power pack, he Havoc Gun requiressteady hands and steady nerves Itmakes s everything in the area shell ofa spectacle and As you can imagine, this snc a weapon for subtle missions, bu Link 2:TheEtherites 35when the Fallen are atthe door, is ony natural to meet them v eed “ ‘ feelin reopen ies rot aggravated), or dodge t (see Mage, pages 166-167) — the incoming firestorm is hard to miss. Each shot uses one point of 30 Quintessence, but many Etherite warriors carry aspareclip cs just a ease che fight Lasts awhile ulvanced technology weapon, Sleepertech [Although tappearstobe the Havoc Gun still exc generations. Thus t's often v evels by several at, alchough certain settings — rnilitary bases or SF conventions — might “accept” tas ‘dental. Paradox hacklashes usually take the foem of phys that is, huge explesions and meltdowns] + Innovation, Inc.'s Personal Lift Generator 5000, (a.k.a. “The 250-1 hp Beanie”), Arete 3, Quintessence 15, Background Gost Innovation, Ine. the nation’s leadiN sroundbreaking devices for home ot office, ir resent the Personal Life Generator 5000, Dubbed PheQtehp Beanie by one ofits developers, the PLG5000 log remalably ike a4 ae mounted ona m@foreycle heme. Set on ‘andkspine) < phriered chgine the PLG5000 makes the dream of personalifight a safe\gnd cffective reality! With rudder controls buff diregalMgto the hhand-held control YP PARR ei than driving a ext! rer of reinforced framework (co protect chetger's 2 that also houses the super-efficent natura tS 35 yout The PLOSOOO ata maximum he 5000 fe MPL making perfect x beating rsh hor tae! crazy (andParaknaldicted) enough towantyourown PLC: at 1-800SON-ETHR today! Operators call Innovation, Inc standing by. t get-out, To control it, the Etherite should have the (sce The Book of Shadows, page 24). Stating the PIC requites a point of Quintessence, but i runs on standard fu should go without saying that this Device is vulgar as ill Safe Speed: 40 MPH Max Speed: 80 MPH Maneuverability: 8] see Plutonium Pill Arete 3, Quintessence N/A, Background Cost 6 for six marvel unleashes the power of thi uper-accelerate the mind. Invented under a govern: ant in 1950s America by Dr. Ward Beaumont, th Phutonium Pill prov beyond normal human ken, The most compl ‘mathematical conundrums become childs play. St This pharmaceutic les the ingestor with vast intellect far x logic pussles oF culations ome soeasily thateventsandbehaviorcan be pre 36 The Technomancer's Toybox ON” the most probable outcome (noe what will happen, is mos likely to happen). Amazing scientific innova: tions come many steps closer to fruition under the influence of the Pll, as new possibilities can be entertained much quicker: However, the Pill is highly add Dae use will cause cravings immediately after its24-hout effect has ended. Succes sive uses lst fora shorter peti of time (20 hours forthe second Pill, 12 for che third eight for the fourth, and only two hours for any future Pills ced use us further side effects: After the third dose, skull bein toswel oa lightbullshape ‘eventually (after 10 deses) turning the user into an image ofthe super braninc human ofthe furure The effects don't end there: The user's moral capacity crades with his increased intellect, allowing accept just about any proposition, (“Who cares how many die, doctor? If only few gainsuch intellect, we will breeda new race, “a ger than the last!") Finally, thanks to the Technocracy’s of mature, this atomic Pill causes brain cancer in most — GFR sie lets, sill quite poplar senor fes. Manufactured im desens of la he PORE “anart drug” rend to come outof «hd BRB gc acind che rime when some spectacular brenkeh@ughygfesentil. The work stres, coupled with the Platonian elit, might explain some Etherites weinder excess, bagfhen afi Tay just be reaching. Anpway, eh mniovarethasn't goto cutsdefthe Ypacitogd Ive got an old. Bm wall he Phd rely unnoticed, either inside or ie poster on my — “Beware the logic of the Atomic Mig!” The patie, as far as 1 can ell, features O! Lightbulb dad fymgclt Wr. Beaumont. Gee, 1 wonder if theres any Fonnghtiogrn \ Ara the iQasivaresies“Aree" foreveryrwosuccese pbocedbrenins: dificiRy, 6, the in ‘Mgfital Attribute (players choice of which one). This bo Ailes ate [Multiple doses weird effets described above er gins a dot in some 24 hours, and a craving for mote Pills begins. within 48 hours of each other have the ait sad jes hs ees (Mental and Sot sea ily After alla guy with a lighthull-shaped bead is going t Swhen he deals with otherpeople After 1Odonesins effets stop fading ee Etherite adds a permanens Paradox The other side effects —canceranel eccentricity —shouldbe left +++ The Pocket Poltergeist Arete 3, Quintessence 15, Background Cost 6 Yes, know it Before his untimely disapy ‘magician Harcourt Langthrope patented a small black box that could fit into a coat pocket or clip onto the user's belt with a white cord that ran up and plugyed into the user's ear. Call “Pocket Poltergeist,” this amazing machine received the elect caland psychic energy ftom the user’smindand uunds obscene, bur grow up anid read on ance in 1937, the famous applied kinetic energy In short, it ler the user move things with his mind, Langthrope created the Pocket Poltergeist for hisD.EEKK N Telepathy Spe: 3,.Q‘mages cannot use them — afterall, those stupid plastic things svon't really work, now will th + XII7 Death Ray (Intended for Purely Peaceful Purposes) Arete 8, Quintessence 40, Background Cost 12 De, Oscar Lightwell was commissioned by the United Nations to build a Death Ray (or purely peaceful purposes) in 1954. The X117 Disintegrator was the result, Essentially a large Taser, the XLL7 is the s machine gun and requiresa tripod mount. Iefites a cutting beam that tayson as the trigger remains pulled and power f ‘weapon. Great care must he used when firing ir co ensure that vand your target. Ei development of the XLI7 caused one assist. when nothingeomes between mishaps in the to lose a hand Dr, Lightwell swiveled the weapon on its tripod while 7 wasnever delivered tothe Uni by an unknown qiminaioegan'inaaa rnything but peaceful purposes in mindifopa hyn bas I in che tag gs van or Unfortunately, the XI Nations. ewasst h tumed ap fi pointed out the side of a heicoper used AyoR aang {pen the vaue fiom thcoutide) oro terrort egret location is unknown. Dr. Lightwell has retregfiéd Ai@a the world in disgust at the abuse thae his inventight hig Fen put to, rable to explaingtsfactoml ust what sa Death Ray could used for AThe United Nations has a stand of $25,084900 fofthe ram of the Ray although he was nev peaceful pur! Naturally, the X117 has been dupicatgl, overhauled 4nd ince jf tng@ition THis weapon xe be carried by hunydr nds pathy a utrageous punch, The game systems augbifiple: The Pith Ray nfthree Quinteenc aprerty high Rel ine scems pretty i the juncture hetween acceptable distributed several dozen time nflicts aggravated Forces damage ata er turn, The machine's hich "Aret destruct wulgae;even so, irkindasit desi weap the Step real ce days, 0 peshens sen Ray ln ached er ale] se+e The Electrographic Matter Recombinant Translocator (ELMART) Arete 4, Quintessence 20, Background Cost 7 9505 the ELMAR ian enloed metal box, oughly thes fromereek-Seepinothe ELMART and activate tae you veactically anywhere in the world. ‘The Technomancer's Toybox In the form of sentient electricity, you ean luk just abou anywhere undetected: Spy on people by listening to them theough their stereo needle or telephone roceiver. Watch them throuzh their eameorder (if they happen co have one around). Sneak into their computer and, through it, onto the Web. If you're really practiced with this form, you can wreak ungodly coplleby causing thei electric appliances hebulbs and televisions explode and so Although the ELMART was originally conceived as a sant —notthe least teleporter, ithasseveral drawbacksin that cf which is thatthe transmogrified traveler has to enter another ELMART at the other end (or he started) in or ick ingo the same one where ack into matter, Al sat the speed of light, the power rid is huge; i's ely easy to get lost nit. (Imagine taveling the svorl's hays ar the speed of light, without a roadmap. One Nagong turn at a junction box and you're suddenly. stuck in worieboxy’s blender.) I've also heard about travelers who got PP in geSHARCABTE cc ‘on the PagkOFa BADIA re the Sons db Bdhereypu can never be too sure ASO fe/Forces Effect turns the user into living lecericity With asuccessful “Arete” ngerous; a Paradox: backlash sy just a tall ale her, bur when you'redeating with, L. Naturally, the proce dure is exter ulvar and d scars thg age allfyer the room, essentially catapulting his BS nwo a dprant P. tanagh tot his elgetrons back to Jf the prOgeddhe succeeds, the E the ébired workdlis consciousness guide eléerroggyherevts he wants to go. Physical Aisoxplar aati hecomes creature Wigh agWillpowee 7, he can shrug up a power surge (one alg evel of aerated damage for every point of Willpower ng current rating), which aft hor Naturally, the traveler must be able t conscious adox Realm until someone her again, a powerful stream of an destroy eleceical equipment living thing reach the affected target; he cannot simply arc across the room and hit whomever he warts unless some conductor exists. His anget must be in contact with the proper power conduit at th [Finding the proper conduit & the real trick. There are lions of miles of electrical wiring i the average city, and powerful asthe mage may be, he's not strong enough to cause 2 sjor outage. While he ean use any Spheres that do not require focus the travelers effectively blind in his electrical state. He may“heae” through vibrations and fluctuations, but he possesses no physical senses. Hence, navigating in this alien form is exceedingly dificult, To find his way around, the mage must home-in on power concentrations. With a raw Perception ell (difficulties 8 to 10, depending on the mage’s target and his experience with electrical teavel), our hero needs to find his edible speeds. A wrong move, however hs target by miles — sometimes by hundreds of ther.In his electrical form, our intrepid mage is highly susce tibletoenergy lactustions— especially those caused byblackours, electricity elementalsan Forces-skilled wizards, A sorcerer with Forcesandl notice the triveler for what he reptions may is (Perception + Oceult, difielty 8); she does, thef Ourhero isputy in the hands ofa skillful mages if she taps into the current he tides, her powers can literally scatter him lke ashes. Both opponents make resisted Arete rolls (difficulty 7) i Fhe wins, he suters pain hue stays intact; f she wins, dhe Etherite bly forever. Each acts one point of Willpower from the success the attacker has over the defender st he teaches 0, our h ul he dies. The same process goes als(see the Control Electrical Systems, Light ning Bolts and Short Out Chats, Mage, pages238-239).Inthis isthe mage’s Wil snnihilared ir outs with Raye Ifthe traveler wins, the spirit suffers the fate it had instore [Black the travelerin the nearest gene nv the problem RERAREART hy ceF2P hut leavesno permanent damage. A ROWEEAR ty cep n some other appliance or bartengumedlae€onduit is hooked to another network or cureat. A Fatcegzmained 0 total destruction, cory fghsae keeping Exhegte mul renurstoas might ase this opti alternate channeling the E [To regain ELMART unit a rite into some b shun have someone beg the re-foFpkion pro Arete” roll reconfiguréathe magé, who'll be y the unnBiyinglexperiedge of hen switching back Ror. A bosch fhe process could destroy the gharsctgelgr poh foolish mage to stapéngoran ELMART, loud orien Teast a day el for ind become one with the electric Professor Parallax’s Displacement Device ‘Arete 6, Quintessence 30, Background Cost 10 This Device re sanding rape eld the here when you're really over there. Asa aprert: setson, then transmits it toa tripod placed wherever he wishes appear (practical range: about 25 yards). The tripod emits the apped holographic field, makiey personappear tobe where the tripod is invisible beneath the field), ehus ceation. Thebelt projector house easons thar should be obvious, disqusingthe pranks all he im lemens. F nds are disposable ‘The Displacement people fevice ean send pictures of several + long as every one of them possesses a belt pr sit. A mult-image setting links all participants together in virtual panorama. Obviously, there ate some limitations — the humans he moving or cling, ‘more than f jects happen other Forces based detection Device) ean trace the signal back to ts An enemy witha radio wave scanner (or some As you can imagine, ifs hidden when you're faking someone out with the Displacement Devic Professor Parallax used this invention with greae success when his Chantry was raided by HIT Macks. The tripod was wer a carpet; Profesor Parallax’s Eestatic Chantrymate he spend lee the Umbra undemneath the ceyborgs were fooled and went for che fake image collapsed the Wonder whet anpet and they fell out of this world they ended up vice has tobe “sat”; complex ilesion dean three to five successes on the “Arete” roll. A simpler projection one person standing, for example) is much easier and only recquites a single success. The illusions are completely without any form or substances anything that through. U tone who sees the projections attacked believ es them passes right vder most circumstances, the Device iscoineidental s thar they're anything burllusions and will hegin lookin foe che equipment. A small sound-projecting component roa her yes” huploud induct ecapaetep tbe Pisplacernent Device ating conga) clever holographologist might be able ay InteligeR PFE chin noxify the ldbe pretty high and ly ‘unusual sounds are beyond the roject Uiheelllghs, but the ditficuleyw the result wat |dike fairly simple (human: wich] + Doc Eon's Time Watch Apete5Quinteffence 25, Background Cost 10 (but very rare + only thyselexist) wg Device in legendary Doc Eon’s arsenal, the Tine Wate resetpble Aotepbiae Phe op eae (with the wim ope ragdveal compacktransis gh th anrennae and préssing the b mutes later, the watch is ready to go he button wll everse time locally —everyone ange wristwatch with teleseup piece and ss) fh nd vaewumtubes. Byextend on om the side, you begin Aoorher tupthe tubes. Five O-yard radius will suddenly move hackivards in time HD sn only reverse the temporal low by 15 tion physics. I -cond or less — after that, i has teal down, then wart up all ove nin. Asthe Dochimself discovered, itisn'c wise to use the Time Wi fourth-dimensionalentitiesand Paradox spirit: J, summon the score. Th Facklashes char this invention has be believed (30 I'm tok — I wasn't there, you understand). Joo Lucky Skunk” Ros iled one spectacular snapkack i The Moons of Madness" (Astonishing Science Stories, June 947). As far as [ know, this tale of temporal vengeance marks the ftst recorded appearance of Wrinkle, the most fearsome Paradox spirit in the modern world, who dragged the Carmine G Doe Eon later developed much more effective time Device, one that allowed him to shunt himself inco the future When the Do’s foes demolished that Deviee, the Man of Man appeared. According to most Ether Scientist Link 2:The Bitherites 39 S ID. WOW Zinvolved still remembers th rewrite” them, Most un simply experience ase bringsano The backlash, if it comes, will Be hg QDoc Eon's Lernurian Lightning Gun Arete 5, Quintessence unknown (see below), Back- ground Cost N/A odd weapon, shaps led ps the gun, sending forth a hole of lightning-like ener the barrel. When the bole hits its enough to rend metal The “ignition source,” polarium, is a enigmarie metal The Lightning h ver, are its glyphs. (0 Doc Eons friend an biographer Joe * preety v Continuur. [have no idea 40 The Technomancers ToyboxSkunk” woul like toknow where itis though — supposedly belonged to hit {Although this Dev (which cannot be dup Paradox. Th inflic is highly vulgar, its odd Arete” rol unleashe al” allows the use half Nobody knows how many shots these guns are good for; the ‘normal Forces to tone the Effect down, reducing the damage cial combustion combination mi ht make a pistol's en- exey supply effectively infinite, or it might be just ab exhausted. Until the gun refuses to fire again, its limits remain a mystery.] QThe Physiognomizer Quintessence 25, Background Cost N/A. gnomy the belie th ha onhishe Arete 5 Phys can bbe judged by 1c someone’s personality of theit face and body, or by J. The Physiognomizer, created n Claw, takes this principle one step further and allows you to radically change someone personality by performin: reading the bum the mysterious Crims uper-precise cosmetic aufuery on Touse you must bedi witht resisting subject. The Crimson Claw's personal predilectio was for attractive women who'd been capfured and drugged WH 1, but the Physiognomiser works e well on either sex. You place the gubject on a standard (The is an enormous, blinking-light-covered hox he Physiognomize wheeled medical table, then carefully tl him shto that his head is inside the Physiognomizer. Physiognos 1D.feet call, even-feet wide, and three-feer deep, wich an a person’s head.) ou then set the dial of the Physiognommiget with the persan- ality traits you wish to instill ‘open area just big enough in which to to thesubject. Che rane from abject obedience (always a popular one) to unbridled creativity com traits also can Be, programmed into th wmizer, through a complex. binary code and a large bank of swite Once set and activated, the P botic appendages (programmed with advanced sy son the unit's side. gical techniques) to raise of smooth burps on the subject's he This process involves a certain amount of pain ifthe subject fs stil conscious. (Another reason drugged subjects are generally preferred.) Fortunately, in all but the most radical procedures, the subject's appearance remains unchanged for his scalp, Naturally, i your subject happens to be bald, your “alterations” maybe plainly visible. (Don'erry this con Patrick Stewart, gil!) ant to double-check y Te is vitally imp JF peogeam 1. The Crimson Claw, with more genius than he ming when using the Phy attempting to instill himself and turned himself already had, misplaced a binary switch nto a vegetable, The Physiognomi ouse full of stems confiscated by the FBI, somewhere in Maryland. Torture will never get me to reveal the exact scation, but good chocolate or 2 backrub just might. [The Crimson Claw's 1M: nipulate Memory rote on its victim (see Mage, page 2 machine effectively w reconfiguring het psyche to the user's specifications. Since the procedure involve spells cannot undo its effects. The subject can still try to resist the programming with her Willpower (difficulty 6 t hhysical mutation, however, Mind disobey some undesirable impulse}, but otherwise assumes a new N: personality. On the good side, the Physiognomizer ean undc phi ativity; by the same token, it can unleash psychological ot to her ire and Demeanor, or gains some new as as, break down inner blocks and telease pent-up cre ‘murderous impulses and paralyzing feats. This should they ever occur, should be played for [Undoing the procedure requires a combination of Life 3, Mind 4 and a working knowledge of Physiognomy Since thisisn’texactly:acommon occultscience, the chang this machine works may very well be permanent. rum Vrum Boom Aréte 6, Quintessence 30, Background Cost A turWFtHEentury convertible car (complete with, engine” gine Wigh which to start it), che so-called *Vrum \Veumn Boom? machine sell h Dike, a childeen’s book author take childjen on a some surprises, Built by a Dr. the 1910s, iw: Doe fine line between fantasy and ventures. Unfortunately, che tor — obbiously mis th: reality & hag a preety psych aadvepfutes forghillren.” This car sprouts wit tofatlans ww of “safe and healthy and takes off satctimes even into the Urabra or Etherspace! cet. The (Of suregthe car comes home once che adventure i idergyif thevice ligky, might come back with it, Or they ‘might not ‘Dhere’s nothing wrong with the car itself, it's just frogfammed strangely. Itscreator imbued it with a"mind!” of ig own and a host of helpful gadgets: armor, hidden taffy eur Veum Boor will perspeed, flight and submarine capabilities. Vrum whatever it can to id its passengers, but 1a Tong, the heroes due to a quirk in the design, it “sees” everything know children’s books, and nobody ever Veuen. Veum intheknow! rousing adventure story. As is wide never really get hurt dies, Equipped with this naive perspective Boom gets itself into suicidal situations, sec edge” that no ng to get hurt, maimed, decapitated, Boom’s engine uses a combustible design from Czar Vargo's research. Dr. Dike did adapting what litle information was sn. Even so, i's Veumn Vu a teally good job o sed on fragment available and integrating it into his own des ach d kinda antiquated inal che wrong ways; although itean speeds of over 100 KPH, you have to start it with a crank, Despite its unconventional construction mechanisms ‘dramatic moments” — usually during the times when the riders are most likely to be hurt or killed Link 2: The Etherites 41 ID. aN ID. WsThe car's really special powers come from an even * Umbral Passage: A odd moments, the ear takes itself stranger brand of Science: Solarium gas. A large container of and its oceupants into the Near Umbra by way of a Spirit 4 Solarium runs along the central drive shaft. Throws gateway. At realy odd moments, it fies straight past the nique design, the gas can be slowly released from the small Hor a terifying journey that leaves the Barth behind. 1 (where itis in acompacty and thus inert, state) into Like an Ethership, ruin Veurn Boom protects its passengers from the vacuum of space — provided the windows are rolled vehicle into the air. A lever on the d up! Latium release valves. Fold-out w ‘© Armor: With ics custom-reinforeed sides and chassis, le it’s in the air, and propellers and ru dl Veum Vrum By mcan take alot of punishment. Assume that h + inside the car are safe from gunfire andl other mis sr help steer ic when i Like any good vintage eat, Vion Veur ible. When the leat rum Vrum Boom becomes airtight an in water. less than a tank shell merely scratches the paint dthe windows are rolled up, ong as they crouch behing the cars sides. The leather sits own sunply of roof, while tough, isnoc eeinforced ro thisdegree; consequent! ygen (that lasts for abour three hours). When the roof is st needs to be replaced often, , the passenger compartment fs open to the wind Taffy Gu and weather. A bewildering array of switche 5 These nom-lethal weapons squirtsticamsof dials leversand thick, gooey candy all over anyone who threatens the ear or its gauges covers the dashboards I've been told that figuring out rts (Dice Pool of 6,36 radius a the ears level only), what does what is half the fun ries; anyone tr one really knows what became of thiscxd carsevery so escape the the streams or roll his fren, up somewhere new. One San Francisco Ether Strength against difficuley 8 to pull free of the mess. The taffy tage claims to have seen a Hollow One joy-ridinyg around int reserve iseffectively endless—aerall, che car was designed for what could only be Vrum Veum Boom, but ne one has seen chiklren —and perfectly edible either th aroritsdiveragai, Presumably, they're hoth esatafaitlysto (100 MPH) and MPH, straight up). 7 * Flight: Vrum Vrum Boor flies some some adventure somewher ace (50 MPH) er Who knows where they'll end up ‘occasionally at breathtaking spee Clumsy on the ground, the car excels air travel. The faster the powers For the most part, Storytelling can cover the 0 Jf Vrumn Vrurn Boom. The cat's more specific technomagickal cargoes, however, the quicker truns outof Solarium gas. IF you. 42 The Technomancer's Toyboxlike an bul The EtheritesNO? Ail ne might imagine, ce fight was shore and rather one red the survivors to retreat and we took shelter in collapsed church two Blocks away from the each. The war machine began co go chrough the ilage, methodically smashing very remaining building or ruin co sand and rubble, Finally, it brought what was lef of the church dover upon our heads. 1 was pinned ser & coluran, my hip and leg smashed and my side poor Marsden. Wells " shaken and, 1 buche re fit to run for help than I. ford twas somewh omens at was two hours ago, The war machine ev stopped its hori m and descended to the groxnd in the mos ane nightmarish chicken wun square, squatting ike ane The viewport has opened now, and I can see men getting They're wearing black uniforms that I don't recognize. I ily covered by chromed, bullt-shaped helmets ornate rifles of some sor. The more 1m, the more convinced Iam tha they aren’ “Fm beginning 10 wonder now, if they reeven freman, y wete. Servants of the deranged ‘Dé: Reifhande (who many Etherboys claim went Saranic during The Great War) piloted the Device against both Allied and powers. Driven into a sort of herserkfreney by che they caused, this Ethernaut and his psychotic crew smashed. northwest France, soutl to the borders of Belgium until mechani yards in front of an Austria-Hungarian bunker. The hull was bulletproof, but noty apparently, how itset-ptoof. The battered remains were whisked off to the Great Hall Chanery in Paris: after yearsot secret display, they were raken to the Gernsback Contiauti for safekeepi Sleepers can destroy the f High Science. (Personally, I'd add that t's the Machine sever and to demonstrate ales atest works not nice © trash innocent villages, but hey, what do L know rs of High Science about the Won Tm just a scummy For such a blatant display of Reinharde’s War Machine was unusually successful. A few ms of Ether speculate that the War Machine escaped a catastrophic Paradox hypersetence, Dr. sh because The Great War's ities — mustard gas, machine guns, tanks, warplanes, flame-throwers, mortars, you know all the stuf that makes such pretty piles of human remains had numbed che soldiets' sense of disbelief. By the time Dz Reinhardt’s contraption appeared, they just shrugged their collective shoulders; "Oh no," they probably said, “not an other one!” The current popularity of Jules Verne ancl H.G. Wells probably hadn't hurt the War Machine's chances, either. From what I've heard, the schematics are still ou d finding Dr Reinharde’s lab, but I'm suce that someone eventually di. I here, somewhere. No one ever repor wonder how well this classical War Machine would fare para against today’s high-tech weaponty and SF-saturate 44 The Technomancers Toybox Vm nocsure I'd want robe on either side of thar contest In the modern era, chis Device is broken junk, in a historical chronicle, it might have the following stat 20 MPH Max Speed: 30 MPH. Maneuver- Crew: 6 Armor: 10 Weapons: one twin-mounted Safe Speed ability 30 cal cr machine-gun, two tentacles (Ste. +2), wo claws (Str. 45)Strength: [The War Machine's same, is left eo the whims of th QDr. Worvil's Wand Arete 4, Quintessence 20, Background Cost N/A. Made of the datkest mahogany, this magician's wand: agickal “vulgarity,” of lack of Seoryteller] appeated in d travel herite Elijah Worvl, new dimension to his staye performance. Worvil 4*Dr. Worvil’s Wonders of the World of Mage across the United Stat feats of magic, prestidigitation and Scien The wilder ean fold the segmented wand small enough to fit in his pockets and with « snap of the wrist, he can extend it co its full length. Tiny compartments inside the wand hold buttons, seeds, feathers, and gliter, all of which Worvil used in his sh Ce out of a hat, make a beautif n's pocket watch from his coat to Worvills w. The wand employs principles respondence, Life, Matter and Prime to produce rabbits Unfortunately, the wand doesnot diseriminare between and, Worvil s where he pointed it. Eventually found the wand sitting next toa fu n learned to be careful ab ne of V oevils assistan white rabbit. Woreil was meverscenvagain. His Wand, however, can be viewed in a display case in the Great Hall Chantry. This splendid Device wos theory thar see ona “rotating phenomen: tunduplteatable. Many have opy Dr. Worvil's Wand but no one has succeeded yer. [The Wand commands four functions: making simple creatures “appear,” creatingsmall inanimate objects or smoke nowhere, transferrin and creature ice 10 another, and trans else. Used in a *s clouds owt object from one pl orming simple items into somethis ic” setting, the Device + powers (creating or moving large oF living things) get risky, how ever, Nothing isa sure thing when you're using Dr. Worvil’s Wand. Dz. Worvil’s theories harnessed the powe chance and mutation, They did however, do so reliably A character using the Wand needs to roll her Wits + Oceule (Gifficulry 7) whenever she presses a button on the handle Ishe succeeds, the Device does what she wants it todo; ifshe fails, iedoes somerhingelse (or nothing at all); sfshe botches some odd phenomena — including things the Wand is not supposed to be able to do — manifest, usualy to the ma detriment]QZephraim Pin Automata Arcade Link 2: The Etheritessy prefer explanations that run s, To date, they've heen disap. ains an enigina to all wh » +. Its predictions Y roc terms — ill come to ps, ethan a Talisman and should be used not for mystickal pyrotechnics] vague and extremely hard co shaman lel to their own per hhine. Other plays are incredibly the Theatte’s Gentlemen proclaimed, A coming storm will quench the des thirst.” Quirtyinterpzeted this to mean that Americ right by Operation f ator, Scientist Justin Forel, be beat war. He wa Link 2: The Etherites 47IDV I/aN Link 3: Black Hats & DD. WOW Mirrorshades Jay and Kay, Men In Black You'll forgive me, I hope, if | get remote in this section. | can’t felpibut be torn | between admiration and disgust by the innovations I’ve uncovered in the ranks of our | august adversaries. While the Technocracy employs more gadgets than | could possibly describe here (see Chapter Three in the various Technocracy: supplements for dozens of additional Devices and procedures), the following toys provide an intimate and disturbing glance at our tight-assed little friends among the Terminator jet set. (On, just for the note: “Q Division” refers to the Black Hats’ gadget shop. Although technically an adjunct of the NWO, Q Division combines resources from the Void Engineers, NWO and Iteration x, with a bit of help from their fellow Progenitors and even afew | Syndicate think tanks. These inventive little bastards get more than a little assistance from Etherite defectors and turncoat Virtual Adepts. While | can’t crack on the playthings Pue seen come off Q Division’s workbench, I'm not, shall we say, a fan of the people who work there — distinctively not of the ones who jumped the fence in search of better research space. Watch your backs, you fucking Benedicts — your time is coming!) For your perusal and purchasing pleasure, | give you the Technocracy’s newest playthings. Read ‘em and weep, boys and girls. Look and learn For all of you Black Hats out there, this stuff should be open knowledge to you; since most of it probably isn't, you can blame your superiors for granting you such a lousy clearance that even an asshole Virtual Adept like myself knows about things you haven't heard of. Now that you do know about them, feel free to bug the living hell out of your focal Q Division until you get what you want. Meanwhile, be assured that the specs for all of these wonderful toys have been made available to all the right parties. See you at midnight, pal! Link 3: Black Hats & Mirrorshades 49+ Disposable Camouilaged Monitoring Devices (DCMDs, or “TrashCams") Arete 1, Quintessence 5, Background Cost 2 per dozen ‘These miniature surveillance devices, generally designed for use in urban areas, make Orvells worst nightmares a reality. Disguise a “used disposables" Technoert argon ity. Dsguised as bits of junk — egarere buts, discarded fast-food containers, even crumpled newspapers — these tiny Devices li nestled in piles ofoninary trash, keeping cover eye out for unusual of magickal activity. IZ, Although “security” deviceshave been recording impor tant discussions since the fst sycophant sot bogs behind trees and reporting back to the Head forthe TrashCam goes to Dr. Kenneth Alig He invented the first Disposable C Devices in 1951 for a group of Prog infiltrate an urhan werewolf cae. Al co capture “research specimens” fal their DCMDs—irreverently "Tra tor — provided the informat ‘Chantry raid several months I Cheap, disposable and ¢ very popular. Now all kinds J things. Small as they are, DCA shelf life. A typical unit — oud cigarette butt — records in sounds 0 40 hours larger TrashCams boxes or crumpled soda cans — ean and frequently track biodata (heart rate cal, genetic code matches, ete.) from ni well. Special models — which tend tobe lage Quintessence emanations, Paradox energy flows and sudden paranormal fluctuations within a one-block radius. The two larger models can store data for up to a month bef power cells burn out. Naturally, these latter units are more expensive — and more difficult to justify on an expense ler, cheaper models TeashCams are easy to customize. An agent can sip the internal device out of her cigarette and into a flowerpot, of port — than the sn into another cigarette so that she can discard it in a more strategic location. A privileged Technocrat can requisition ‘ams designed to record magickal activity, nesses and even the surface thoughts of passersby. The requisitioner is advised, however, to retrie properly secured laboratory; a Paradox backlash can destroy all records, and often, the Device as well atver weak: ich dara in a DCMDs have several weaknesses: They don't project or transmit data, they just collect it. A unit has to be retrieved and downloaded in order co pass on its secrets. TrashCams ccan be retrieved by drone robots that sift chrough trashpiles The Technomancer’s Toybox after the Devices have been cratedoff, by agents who clean up the streets as part of “community service efforts,” or by hyperintelligent rats bred and trained in Progenitor labs. (Once the ‘Cams have been collected, the information can be zed; the DCMDs themselves become worthless junk. You need a spet DCMT, the Disposable Camouflaged Monitor Transliterator — 0 re cover data from a TrashCam's memory. Roughly the sizeand shape of a typewriter (remember those!), a Transliterator breaks the DCMD's seals, transfers the recording and trans lates i into a readable format. In other words, you can't tap 1 TrashCam’s data in the field. (Once the information downloads into the DCMT, the um becomes a useless collection of tiny wires and lenses, happen before the information can be retrieved, of iy ler DCMDs fil about 30% of the time. The JhCam, though, comes from the fact that briful, versatile and es One in- hatacertain unnamed Technocrathas business cards. Whoncedsafly on the ashCam in someone's pocker al retrieval Device te” rol signifies whether or not it ording, a DCMT picks up and fanced models employ Carte: fects instead of Forces ones, vence 1, Background Cost N/A. estors back from the dend. of a badly researched Pepsi slogan in ild bring your ancestors back, if yo could ia OMRON cin them —an Eng fan The tied and hungry NWO agent sits at her dreary stakeout, watching for che Trad killer and wondering where the hell her relief is. The communicator crackles briefly and Headquarters informs her that her relief isa’t coming. She sighs and reaches inca the cooler. Another long night. No sleep. Sl he soda of the Technoctacy. No one had ever really thought to combine all the ingredients before: timulants, nutrients sugar and Quins sence. Opetatives on the go usually made do with fastfood and coffee. Finally, some overworked and underfed agent dropped a note into'a Progenitor suggestion hox, proposing it as “Pop Plus!" Six months and 65 clinical trials later, Dr. Mitch Haris submitted Erg to the review board for approval The carbonated beverage chugged through the Syndicate’s marketing machine and came out with its familiar bright yellow and green label. 1 pulls our acan of B Ramped-up, time-release caffeine suffuses the carefully prepared nutrient solution, which contains needed vitamins,minerals, sugars and amino acids, Erg hoosts the drinkers beady forup tosix hours without depriving itof mutrients. She the grease!” that she would otherwise get from a drive-thru fast-food di also gets “all the calories, ha Ac the moment, Erg is only available to Technocrats Considering thar the average Black Hat is @ byperdive workaholic, the soda’s sending a hefty profit hack into the Technowtill. A toned-down version is being considered for distribution among the Masses, Considering the failure of Jolt Cola, however, the marketing mavens are watching current food trencls — and checking theit future test-markering sites for things like mid-terms, SF conventions, SCA events and dther unusual oceasions that might throw off their sales data, [The game effects of this super-soda are best roleplaying and Storytelling + Seekers Arete 3, Quintessence 15, Backgea other engineered insect. That's pret the Technocracy knows about this course, have inside information notions would ever occur to Bg tors! Perish the thought!) Dr. template for his doctoral thesis quently promoted to the upper ingenuity. In rue academic fashion, wention regularly credits his rese ‘Wolf instead (Wolf holds the patent for creature) Adapted from household roaches — ni toach for durability and reproductive efficiency — these lab- produced vermin are attracted to Quintesence. Released intoanurhan area, they seck out the nearest Nodesand gather there. The first generation carries a virulent inglue generations do not wich a human survival rate of 20%. L continue to harbor the virus, and the species (Americamus pelldsinus) is yenctically programmed to die off after 10 generations, Each insect that actually reaches the Node ‘proper emits a large amount ofa particular pheromone, then promptly dies without moving from the spot. The phero: mone, although odorless to the human nose, and almost ‘odorless toany other mammal, canbe picked upby specialized Inshort the roachesfind aNode, infect the people there and then provide a biological homing heacon for the Tech nocracy. The fla vrus utterly devastates the guardian of the Node. Theoretically, Convention agents should be able to walk in the door and accept che surrender ofthe few desper- ately ill survivors. Seekers sill have @ near-fatal flaw, though: They're oo efficient. The Progenitors have a vaccine for the vitus the arty butlackaway tokeep th Node within an attack vicinity. A typical colony release {about 200 individuals) infests every Node within a radius of Teo LO miles (depending: the Node ‘or Noses). The colony labs — Itex, Inc, in San Bernardino, Califor- nia, and the Mercher Research Institute in Boston, Massachusects roache rom infesting every n che location and si carefully fiekd-tested these super-roaches twice, The firse sun destroyed a small group of transients apparently Orphans), and the Black Hats promptly took control ofthe locus. Thesecond mun, however, demonstrated the bugs’ flaw. Oh sure, they accomplished their mission. nection ofa werewolf caern —but the march didn'tstop By, NWO safehouse attracted the buggies, too. pal didn’t know what the right band was skilled each other —the vruswied the scored and waft fai - tant to little things like disease. The Beery drt cemesestene walk pack of pests homes in on its nce. The Storyteller should Difficulty Level 5+/50+Tes) 6 s{Leyel 4) 40 Tass) 7 g (Level 3/ 30 Tass) 8 p(Level 2/ 20°Tass) 9 fode (Level 1) 10 Tass) 10 [PNoxks" includes Noes, Tassstockpiles, werewolfeaerns and even mages with Quintessence ratings of 10 oF more (a Level 1 Node) [The effective range ofthe swarm is 10 miles, but many nevermake itthat far. Acolony gets one"Arete” roll upon is release; if this comes up as a failure, the roaches disperse; i it ‘comes up asa borch, they turn around and infest the nearest Technocracy Node or Tass store {The “Seeker Plagu of the bugs. Anyone within the area must make a Stamina comes with a large concentration roll, difficulty 8, or contract the disense. Mortals are usually doomed —normalmedicinecannotcounterthe virus though its communicability ate is quite low. Mages and faeries with healing Arts can cure the disease, and werecreatures, spirits nd the undead are essentially immune to it. A second Stamina roll reveals the effects of the sickness: Success indicates a mild case (recovery in 48 hours ot so); failu reflects baul case (disabling illness fora month or more), and 2 a boreh isa 12-hour death sentence.) Link 3: Black Hats & Mirorshades 51 I D.WDA y/aN ID. WOWWZ Nay, ++Block Party Videos ‘Arete 2, Quintessence N/A, Background Cost N/A. (see helow) Why bother with worrying about life when you can rent 1 movie instead? With cheap video rentals and friendly service, your local movie store has everything you need to take your mind off your troubles. This philosophy not only inspiredan amalgam of Men in Black todevelop the Cephalic VCR, but italso helped groupoF Syndicate associates make a fortune with their rapidly growing chain of Block Party Videos stores. While stan cludes media manipul operating procedure for the NWO in ion, most cleak-and-dagger Operatives Several yearsago,am: strong support from his Symposium by Masses of a Chicago subu b with sublin videocassettes rented from his modest original eassectes had rather simple mf integrated more complex id sneur composed an extensiv misconduct in a homeless sh neathy. Within a week, hara local cititens drove the Choris TheNWO loves working wid ‘Theyprofit not by making money, tion on people in theneighborhood. someboxly fo the movies they watch keep very good records of each clients ret record into a large data base. (You never ¢ facts might come in handy!) To“Join the Party must submit credit cand numbers, three pieces of identifica tion, a social security number and a fingerprint for the store's files. Natch, all ofthis information goes into the database, Today, Block Patty Videos isthe fastest-expanding vi chain inthe United States. A seriesof "acquisition strategies” "corporate mergers” continues to sweep independent rival chains into the Party. A huge selection of n make the shops an capes club natural stop forthe average consume ‘nea-monopoly in many locations makes it the only game in town for most videophiles. With clean stores, frienlly staff and a “family values” approach, Block Parry seems Tike a wholesome enterainment center. Thats e image thatthe chy “The videotapes themselves are unremarkable — unless you can pick out dhe subliminal messages keyed into the nd theit now-famous advertising camp anid the chain's n likes to promote. magnetic tracks, Messages like “support your police,” 52 The Technomancer's Toybox your family — report all strangers,” and “itis good, so very nod, to belong,” Operating ina hidden Construct (possibly outside of murdane reality), Block Party’s tech staff dubs onto all of your favorie films. Within a few weeks, local citizens become concerned watchdogs. Before these message long, they reevaluate local individuals, locationsand philoso- phies. If someone seems too strange or steps too far outside “community values,” local couch potatoes can become an. irate mob, ‘Now that's entertainment! And ies suitable for the whole family [The effects of a Block P: roleplayit propagandists, nor instant lobotomizers. Mest people simply sty tape should be left t0 ind Storytelling. These Devices are insidious pression without dramatic effects; however, tuble individuals (every community has em) sto heart and act on them.) in's Cool Shoes. ence N/A, Background Cost 4 than danglingattheend ofacable y arnear-light speeds, That's what if they're lucky enough to Void Engineer Lon McAin Having survived the experi- tic Compensator pe boy dha juickly realized the broader market- novation. A few calls to friendly Thim what he wanted: a stall fortune, In the spirit ofthe various forms of athletie shoes on the market in the “real world” these days, MeAin Footwear prohices running shoes, climbing shoes, all-purpose shoes, amphibian shoes, combat boorsforallclimates, zero gee boots footwear for all occasions. McAin Cloudwalkers, the bortom-of- the ine standard, ate canvas hightop chucks with cheap, low-grade TECS ser in the soles. These modifications allow the wearer to run twiceasfastasshe normally could and jump twice as high as she normally would — perfect for the Pharmacopeiston the streer who's trying to im with her athletic style. MeAin Cosmos, the top-of-the-line lire models, from fabric thar repels dirt, grime and liquid. They seal to spacesuits for deep-space work, and the high-powered TE inthe soles and sides work miracles: A Technoerat can run up walls, stick to the side of a speeding spacecraft, or even walk ress the locals well-cushioned combat boots fashioned MecAin is the name to remember for your fashion foot wear needs!delusional mental state — a natural side effect of using an tions. In the beginning, the Black Hats employed these Devices in places where lors of people used hallucinogenic drugs, These days, the mere threat of a Technoeratic bust provides enough fuel to spark an interesting little fre ++ PKD Paranoia Amp! Arete 3, Quinte ground Cost 5 the fate of the Fritzenjammer Com a distribution network fr illegal substances manufactuted i ne Chantry's basement. A Gray Suit Operative infiltrated after. He was casvally accepted in as one of their more rernarl yead even though he later admitte These remote transmitters, which resemble tiny black hid a few Paranoia Amplifiers sugar cubes, amplify the jormal paranoia that comes with a exfiltraion was assured. The OyZ juice and the delusions began; one Cultist became convinced that the phone lines wete tapped. She began frantically searching fringe ma ping sounds. Another Ecstatic began to worry about the sgrowingnumber ofroachesin the house; in his mind, the bugs were attracted by the marijuan ‘Over the next week, the delusions became visions While under the influence of “chemical recreation,” the Dreamspeaker became convinced that the cockroaches had taken over the house’s electrical system, and that the bugs were now plotting against the mages. He began to hear a flutes nes for information about tap plants growing in the base in the refrigerators electrical system and quickly interpreted it asa series of messages broadcast in Morse code. ‘When one of the Cultiss finally invoked a Parady while making a large batch of Quintessence Dreamnspeaker found concrete evidence cockroaches armed with miniature camer were hiding in the oven. From there, the hallucinations began smashing holes in the walls roaches were listening to him.” Ay the front porch with the words Go Home!” A tragic accident cigarette lighter eventually hospital with second-degree! called in an infestation of ants breeder courtesy ofthe Progenita The locals turned their backs on cha ‘asaner place to get their kicks PKD Paranoia Amps are still co covert Op goes in, plants afew of the De become habgoblins (sce Mage, page 178). These persist and grow worse until the victims either crack or leave the area. In Francisco, the PKD Paranoia Amplifier "Kills Minds D IA simple Mind procedure begins the siege; the roll sets up the amplification field and dementia takes its ‘course, Anyone who spends 12 houts orsoin the affected area needs to make a Willpower roll or notiee...strange things. [If the subject in question has a clean conscience, the roll'sdifficulty is 3 he's got some reason to be paranoid (he’s been doing drugs, is hiding from the cops, has betrayed someone or possesses some other dark secret), the rol begins atdiffculty 5. For each additional day the PKD remains “on the jab,” increase the Willpower roll’s difficulty by one (two days +1, chree days *2, four of 10). [If the character makes his roll, everything remains normal; if not, he begins to hallucinate. Since crowds 43, etc, up ta maximum tend to share delusion, the first person to speak her mind usually sets up the nature of her friend's hallucinations. 54 The Technomancer's Toybox. Alternately, the delusions may simply make secrets come to light, as in Poe's “Tell-Tale Heart.” tions depend on the minds of the characters and the whims of the Storyteller, and the until one of two things occurs: The victims flee the cor the PKD runs out of juice. Clever engineering makes these little buggers very efficient. Left to its own power, PKD runs for 15 days. If supplied by an outside energy source, it ean tun indefinitely [The PKD is subtle. Chi {20 out of their way to notice the Device; successful Percep- tion + Technology roll (dlffculty 9) combined with a Level ‘One Mind Effect is necessary to track the source of the group's delusions. Even then, the PKD is hard to spot. Assume that Perception + Technology roll (dificulty 10) to o,even ifcharacters have been searching for sd, the PKD is easy to destroy. The del y take days or even weeks to go away scters in che affected area must dentification Card Kit 15, Backgeound Cost 5 even if you're an agent of the perative Richard Drake used a eco simplify his life. Since B anywhere, Drake crafted the eal Ldentification Card Kit. His ather-hound booklet containing (vines cards and a badge. All ID lank. By storingthe properprocedure ence in the computer and Keying the rent configurations, he soon perfected a fake anything from a business card t0 a Ret He. The key was expectation: The cards them- selvesremained blank, bur they projectedamentalsuggestion based on what the viewer expected to see ‘The original Device had a few bugs, of course. During a chase through an Atlanta science fiction convention, Drake identified as “Fox Mulder.” The local news stations carried the story and Drake's cover was compromised. After that, Drake modified his kit somewhat. The kie's current version requires bit of fast thinking from the agent who uses itsthrough probability influence (read: Eneropy/Minel magick), he guesses the identity that would work best under the circumstances — one hat will carry some weight without standing out too much. Once he's gata persona wor the Operative keys the badge and cards to accept that iden- tity, then he proceeds with his investigation. If he guesses correctly, the Device does the rest ofthe work: ifnot, he may have to fall back on fast wits, fast talk, and the occasional impression of David Duchovny TA simple Effect creates the illusion of a badge with a successful “Arete” roll, difficuley 6. Activating the Deviceseveral minutes, but once the procedure has heen UICK is coincidental. The Kit may not fool » make a rol of Perception 10 spot a fake UICK finished, th everyone (a character needs cither Subterfuge or Lav, difficulty 7, badge). +++ The Bond Watch 0, Background Cost 7 vn th Arete 4, Quintessene The saga of th cc begins not the War for Reality, hut in the movie successful James Bond films und the value of product placement. If 007 hid some of rts in an expensive wristwatch,and fhe had tocheck the time whilehe was using them, the face and name of a mass-manufactured brand of

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