SR5:Matrix:Actions

5th Edition Rules
Basics // Combat // Magic // Matrix // Driving // Character Creation

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MATRIX PERCEPTION

When you take a Matrix Perception action, each hit can reveal one piece of information you ask of your gamemaster. Here’s a list of some of the things Matrix Perception can tell you. It’s not an exhaustive list, but it should give you a pretty good idea about how to use Matrix Perception: Spot a target icon you’re looking for. The most recent edit date of a file. The number of boxes of Matrix damage on the target’s Condition Monitor. The presence of a data bomb on a file. The programs being run by a persona. The target’s device rating. The target’s commode. The rating of one of the target’s Matrix attributes. The type of icon (host, persona, device, file), if it is using a non-standard (or even illegal) look. Whether a file is protected, and at what rating. The grid a persona, device, or host is using. If you’re out on the grid, whether there is an icon running silent within 100 meters. If you’re in a host, whether there is an icon running silent in the host. If you know at least one feature of an icon running silent, you can spot the icon (Running Silent, below). The last Matrix action an icon performed, and when. The marks on an icon, but not their owners.

USER MODES TABLE

USER MODE	INITIATIVE	INITIATIVE DICE	NOTES
Augmented Reality	Physical Initiative	Physical Initiative Dice	can be distracting
Cold-Sim	Data Processing + Intuition	3D6
Hot-Sim	Data Processing + Intuition	4D6	+2 dice pool bonus to Matrix actions

MATRIX SEARCH TABLE

INFORMATION IS	THRESHOLD	TIME
General Knowledge or Public	1	1 minute
Limited Interest or Not Publicized	3	30 minutes
Hidden or Actively Hunted and Erased	6	12 hours
Protected or Secret	N/A	N/A
INFORMATION IS	DICE POOL MODIFIER
Intricate or Specialized	–1
Obscure	–2
On another grid	–2

MATRIX SPOTTING TABLE

TARGET IS	NOT RUNNING SILENT	RUNNING SILENT
Within 100 meters	Automatic	Opposed Computer + Intuition [Data Processing] v. Logic + Sleaze Test
Outside 100 meters	Simple Computer + Intuition [Data Processing]
A Host	Automatic