AI House Rules

AI
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AI will be allowed as player characters, however the Xenosapient[v][v2] and Protosapient[v][v2] variants are banned.

## General Changes

* AI may reboot themselves when on their home device to let them drop overwatch.
* AI can get link-locked even without a device.
* AI can use Control Devices to do meatspace stuff. (This is just a counter to them not being able to do stuff in the meat. Buy an anthrodrone, make it your home device, take up an autosoft slot or two.)
* Optimization does not automatically grant a Autosoft/Program/App slot to a Home device, but may be selected as an optimization as a free action.
* AI are required to live on a device, they cannot live on hosts.
* Test run AI normal disruption rules.

### Reallocatable Augment / Depth Flex Bonus [v]

AI receive a number of points equal to their Depth that they can distributed between their attributes. These points are not subject to AugMax but an AI can put no more points into a single attribute than the Device Rating of the device they are currently running on.

Changing this configuration is a Complex Action.

## Programs & Advanced Programs

When used on AI the threshold of **Crash Program** is the AI's Depth.

**FNORD**: IC cannot be targeted by this program.

**Psychotropic Biofeedback**: Has to be Biofeedback Damage

**Spotter** (Page 160, Data Trails): shall be modified to provide the following affect instead:

* Spotter allows a free Take Aim action; which grants the maximum bonus you can get from multiple take aim actions based on WIL/2 or DEP/2; whichever one is smaller.

**Teergrube**: Requires failed cybercombat or hacking against the AI.

## Qualities

### Altered Qualities

#### MUNGE

Players my not benefit from MUNGE during downtime. it must be performed at the table. (Please don’t abuse as protosapients)

#### Pilot Origins

May be purchased after character generation.

#### Virtual Stability

The Virtual Machine cyberprogram is a prerequisite for purchasing this quality.

#### Fragmentation

Remove Addiction from the list of mental defects that can be inflicted by this quality. As per Market ruling on Addiction this behavior should be represented by the Dependents quality instead.

#### Persnickety Renter (Clarification)

Home devices must be at least Device Rating 4 *in addition* to being of the right type.

#### Real World Naivete (Clarification)

Negative dice pool when thinking about the real world as a concept, and decision making based on that.

### Additional Allowed Qualities

* Buddy System
* Deck Builder
* Fractal Punch
* Hold The Door
* Impenetrable Logic
* Lone Wolf
* Rootkit
* Silence is Golden (centered on the AI's home device)
* Team Player[v] (See house rules)
* Trust Data, Not Lore/Trust Lore, Not Data
* Unique Avatar
* Dealer Connection,
* Grease Monkey,
* Speed Demon,
* Stunt Driver,
 Negative
* Down The Rabbit Hole
* Frostbite
* Malware Infection
* Matrix Troll
* Sloppy Code
* Too Much Data

#### Notes

References to "Being in the Vehicle" would be 'being loaded into an autosoft slot of the vehicle'

## Records

AI Playtesting changes vote

Allowing the Change Ownership Action

AI experience and benefit from BTL chips

Reverberant Quality remains off limits to AI

AI do not qualify for Mundane-Only Qualities, Buffs, etc.