D20 Modern: The Matrix?

[teitan]

No need to fret my man, I have been a big fan of Grant's since he was on Doom Patrol in the early 90s and followed his career and eventual foray into mainstream comics. Marvel Boy is the coolest and Grant's comment on the Aeon of Horus and Invisibles is prolly the man's Magnum Opus.

Jason

 

[Jason Durall]

Curious about some things...

For a Matrix campaign, would characters have two character sheets, one representing what they know in the "real" world and one what they know in the Matrix?

For example, while Neo was clearly capable of some mind-bending stuff in the Matrix, I doubt he could take a solid punch in the real post-apocalyptic world.

Secondly, does that Matrix Awareness skill cover the ability demonstrated by Morpheus and Trinity to understand the ebbs and flows of the Matrix's reality? How they were able to guide Mr. Anderson by predicting the future and demonstrating awareness of his surroundings.

 

[AereonBlaze]

Hey!

Well, I tried to bypass the two character sheets issue by making most of the Matrix abilities feats instead of actually changing the ability scores when in the Matrix. After all, Neo wasn't always stronger in the Matrix, only the short instances when he was able to convince himself to "free his mind". Thus, when out of the Matrix, I just simply wouldn't allow the use of the Matrix specific feats. I'm also going on the assumption that the force-learned knowledge they got in the Matrix ("I know kung-fu.") stays with them outside of it. So, a character wouldn't be able to knock someone back 20 feet with a punch, he'd keep his combat abilties because he still knows how to throw a punch.

I think that an understanding of the Matrix would probably be better covered in a Knowledge(The Matrix) skill rather than MA - which instead is just the persons ability to convince themself the world is false.

I'll be updating/adding new stuff soon in my other thread soon, including some stats for some sample Agents etc, tho Im running a different campaign atm which is taking up most of my time (which is why I haven't worked on the Matrix stuff in a week or so).