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Effect: A cache is a hidden and defensible place
for items, usually weapons. It keeps important items
from prying eyes. A cache can never be more
than half the Size of its parent object.
For example, a Size 6 car can
support no larger than a
Size 3 cache. A given
cache can hold two
items of its Size and
any reasonable num-
ber of smaller-sized
items. Its Availability
determines its dice bo-
nus, which both adds
to concealment rolls
and subtracts from
rolls to find the items
within.
Communications

Headset

Dice Bonus +2, Durability 0, Size 1, Structure
1, Availability ••
Effect: Communications headsets keep characters audience. A common example is a book code, where a page,
in constant contact. Different varieties work over different paragraph, and word from a certain book are used as the
distances, but most commercial models work over about 200 foundation for a cypher. This keeps any uninformed eyes off
feet. A common alternative is a conference call between cellu- the intended message. In the case of a book code, a book is
lar phones and Bluetooth headsets. If the users have practiced often chosen that all message recipients can access easily. This
using their headsets together, they gain the dice bonus on guarantees that the code never has to travel with the code key.
any coordinated efforts. In the case of a teamwork action, A successfully-designed cypher is difficult to break. The
the dice bonus only applies to the final roll. If the users are dice bonus acts as a penalty to any rolls to crack the code
unpracticed, the bonus falls to +1 and actors must make without the necessary reference key.
reflexive Wits + Composure rolls to participate successfully.
Any heavy objects can obstruct a headset’s signal. Anything Cracking Software
obstructing with Durability higher than 3 requires listeners to
make a Wits + Composure roll to understand shared messages. Dice Bonus +2, Durability N/A, Size N/A, Structure
Levy a -1 penalty for each point of Durability over 4. N/A, Availability •••
Effect: Crappy software’s a dime a dozen. Good, reliable
Crime Scene Kit cracking software is hard to come by. With solid software, a
hacker can force passwords, breach firewalls, and otherwise
Dice Bonus +2, Durability 2, Size 3, Structure 2, be a nuisance in computer systems. Beyond the dice pool
Availability •• modification, the benefit such software offers is a sort of
Effect: A crime scene (or CSI) kit is a toolbox full of buffer between the hacker and security. Any effort to track
investigative aids such as magnifiers, fingerprinting dust, the hacker takes two steps: one to identify the software, then
cameras, tape, testing chemicals, and sample bags. While one to trace it back to the source. Functionally, this means
the kits offer a dice bonus to Investigation rolls, the more rolling twice on behalf of the security personnel, with an
important benefit of the CSI kit is that it allows evidence opportunity for the hacker to withdraw before detection.
to be moved and digested elsewhere. Properly applied, it
allows investigators to do the bulk of their work offsite and Digital Recorder
at their own pace.
Dice Bonus +1 or +2, Durability 1, Size 1, Structure 2,
Code Kit Availability • or ••
Effect: In the last decade, digital audio recorders have
Dice Bonus +5, Durability 1, Size 2, Structure 1, gotten smaller, more effective, and more affordable. Now,
Availability • any student can carry a coin-sized device that would have
Effect: A code kit is a series of tools created for the put intelligence agencies of the 1980s to shame. The cheaper
purpose of making and interpreting a code for a specific model of recorder gives its +1 bonus to any rolls to catch
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