Rules Changelog

This is where all rules edits are tracked

15/10/2022 - Rules Mk.3

Scan there is now a formal Scanning page covering keywords for this ability as well as constraints on its use this is to;

• Reduce the amount of repeated area-effect SCAN calls and pings in the callspace.
• Spread the jam by making it advantageous for different people to be looking for different things and multiple people to be scanning at once.
• Allow people to still use lots of scans for small, conversation-volume normal roleplay

Design Note - Things you cannot do with this, on purpose.

• Scanning for the Noosphere: This didn’t work well in practice. If a techpriest wishes to connect to something through the Noosphere to interact with it, they are better off asking the NPC, examining any clue card attached to it, or asking a ref directly. In general, characters can assume there is background noospheric activity - ie, wi-fi, a mobile phone signal, etc - in highly technological places, and less or no activity in remote or low-tech places.

• Scanning for the Undead: There are a vast array of things that might cause what is essentially a corpse to be moving around: Servitorisation, possession, telekinesis, and all manner of alien or warp phenomena. There is no unifying feature to categorise them as “undead”.

• Scan everything, all the time, as a single character.