Slicer

SLICER TALENT TREE You move like a ghost through cyberspace and can hack into enemy mainframes and computer systems with astonishing grace.

Electronic Forgery: You can use your Use Computer modifier in place of your Deception modifier to create a deceptive appearance with forged electronic documents. Prerequisite: Trained in the Use Computer skill. Electronic Sabotage: You excel at causing havoc with computers and electronics. As a standard action, you can lock down a computer terminal by making a Use Computer check, making it potentially difficult for anyone else to access. That computer is considered unfriendly to anyone other than you who attempts to use it, and the result of your Use Computer check replaces the computer’s Will Defense on an attempt to change its attitude. This effect ends if anyone else succeeds in adjusting the computer’s attitude to indifferent. You cannot take 20 on this Use Computer check. Prerequisite: Trained in the Use Computer skill. Gimmick: You can issue a routine command a computer as a swift action. Master Slicer: You may choose to reroll any Use Computer check made to improve access on a computer or break a barrier, keeping the better of the two results. Prerequisite: Gimmick. Security Slicer: You are an expert in electronic security. When you make a Mechanics check to disable a security system, you can do so without the help of a security kit. Additionally, something goes wrong only when you fail the Mechanics check by 10 or more. Prerequisite: Trained in the Mechanics skill. Trace: You can substitute your Use Computer skill for any Gather Information check as long as you have access to a computer network. Virus: You can substitute a Use Computer check for a Mechanics check when disabling a computerized device. The effort takes 1 minute and the DC is equal to the computer’s Will Defense. In addition, whenever anyone accesses the effected computer using another computerized device, that computer’s attitude immediately becomes unfriendly. Prerequisites: Electronic Sabotage, trained in Use Computer.