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Resonance Library
Technomancers create their own complex forms and then
share them (or not). The most common complex forms
have been compiled into a file known as the Resonance
Library, which has seen wide circulation among technomancers.
You can learn a complex form by analyzing it
with a Software + Intuition [Mental] Test; divide 12 by the
number hits on the test to get the number of days it takes
to learn it. At the end of the period, spend Karma to learn
the complex form. You may know a total of (Resonance x
2) complex forms.
Each complex form entry has a Target describing
what it works on. A complex form with a Device target
can also be used to target a persona. It also has a Duration
listed as either I for immediate (it happens instantly
with no lasting effects), S for sustained (you can sustain
it), or P for permanent (if you sustain it for its Level in
Combat Turns, its effects remain after you stop sustaining
it). The entry for Fading Value, or FV, gives the DV of
fading, based on L for the Level of the complex form.
Resonance Library
| Complex Forms |
Target |
Duration |
Fading Value |
| Cleaner |
Persona |
P |
L + 1 |
| Diffusion of [Matrix Attribute] |
Device |
S |
L + 1 |
| Editor |
File |
P |
L + 2 |
| Infusion of [Matrix Attribute] |
Device |
S |
L + 1 |
| Static Veil |
Persona |
S |
L - 1 |
| Pulse Storm |
Persona |
I |
L |
| Puppeteer |
Device |
I |
L + 4 |
| Resonance Channel |
Device |
S |
L - 1 |
| Resonance Spike |
Device |
I |
L |
| Resonance Veil |
Device |
S |
L - 1 |
| Static Bomb |
Self |
I |
L + 2 |
| Stitches |
Sprite |
P |
L - 2 |
| Transcendent Grid |
Self |
I |
L - 3 |
| Tattletale |
Persona |
P |
L - 2 |
Cleaner
Illegal actions leave traces in the Matrix, but the Resonance
can erase a few of them. Make a Simple Software
+ Resonance [Level] test. For each hit, reduce the
target’s Overwatch Score by 1.
Diffusion of
[Matrix Attribute]
This complex form entry is shorthand for four different
complex forms, one for each Matrix attribute. Make
an Opposed Software + Resonance [Level] v. Willpower +
Firewall test. If you win, the target’s attribute is reduced by
your net hits. You can’t reduce an attribute to less than 1.
Editor
You infuse a file with Resonance long enough to
manipulate its contents. Make a Software + Resonance
[Level] test against the Intuition + Data Processing of the
file’s owner. You can make the same amount of changes
to the file that you would be able to make with your net
hits in Edit File actions.
Infusion of
[Matrix Attribute]
This complex form entry is shorthand for four different
complex forms, one for each Matrix attribute. Resonance
floods the target device, boosting the specified
attribute. The Level of the complex form must equal or
exceed the value of the attribute being affected. The attribute
is increased by the number of hits scored, up to
twice the target’s normal rating (any hits that would increase
the attribute beyond this maximum are ignored).
Each attribute can only be affected by a single Infusion
at a time. If an attribute boosted by this spell is swapped
in a Reconfigure action, this complex form ends.
Static Veil
Resonance energy coils around you, hiding you from
GOD. Make a Simple Software + Resonance [Level] test
with a threshold of 1 if the target is on the public grid
and 2 on any other grid. As long as you sustain this complex
form and the target doesn’t hop to another grid, the
veiled persona’s Overwatch Score doesn’t increase due
to time (p. 231). It still increases as a result of the target’s
illegal actions, though.
Pulse Storm
You pull signals out of the Resonance and surround
the target with them. Make a Software + Resonance
[Level] v. Logic + Data Processing test. For each net hit
you get, the target’s noise is increased by 1.
Puppeteer
You push Resonance commands into a target, forcing
it to perform a Matrix action. Pick a target and a
Matrix action for it to perform. Make a Software + Resonance
[Level] v. Willpower + Firewall test with a threshold
based on the type of action: 1 for a Free Action, 2 for
Simple, and 3 for Complex. If you succeed, the target
performs that Matrix action as its next available action.
Resonance Channel
Instead of using Matrix channels, you communicate
through a Resonance channel. Make a Simple Software
+ Resonance [Level] test. For each net hit, reduce the
noise due to distance from the target device by 1.
Resonance Spike
You send a spike of raw destructive Resonance into
the target, causing errors and mayhem. Make a Software
+ Resonance [Level] v. Willpower + Firewall test. Your
target takes 1 box of Matrix damage per net hit, with no
chance to resist.
Resonance Veil
This complex form lets you make the target believe
something has happened in the Matrix. It’s a convincing
illusion if you can succeed in a Software + Resonance
[Level] v. Intuition + Data Processing test. Even if the target
has reason to believe what it’s seeing is fake, it needs
to make a Matrix Perception Test with a threshold equal
to your net hits to see through the illusion.
Static Bomb
Make a Software + Resonance [Level] v. Intuition +
Data Processing test against all icons that have spotted
you. If there’s more than one, compare your hits to each
of theirs separately. Each icon you beat loses you, and
you’re no longer spotted by those icons. Any icon that
has a mark on you doesn’t lose you, of course.
Stitches
You knit the Resonance patterns in a sprite back together.
Make a Simple Software + Resonance [Level]
test. For each hit, remove 1 box of Matrix damage from
the target sprite.
Transcendent Grid
You broaden your connection to the Matrix and connect
to all grids at once. You take no penalty for acting
across grids (because you’re on all of them), but neither
do others targeting you. You also don’t take a penalty
from the public grid. Make a Simple Software + Resonance
[Level] Test. The effect persists for one minute for
every hit you get. When you run out of hits, the complex
form ends.
Tattletale
The Resonance can be used to mimic the telltale
signs of illegal activity in the Matrix—to your target’s sorrow.
Make a Simple Software + Resonance [Level] test.
For each hit, increase the target’s Overwatch Score by 1.
This only works if your target has an Overwatch Score.