Cyberpathy

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This is the ability to control electronic equipment, the cyberpath can read the data stored on computers. All uses of cyberpathy require the psychic to be within sight of the computers. Generally speaking these powers take 10- 15 minutes to use though the cyberpath can use successes from the roll to reduce the time by a minute per success.

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Roll: Perception + Computer

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• Analyze Structure
At this level the cyberpath possesses the ability to examine the directory structure of the computer. He can see what files are stored on the hard drive but cannot access them. This can be useful to cyberpath hackers looking for a specific piece of data.

•• Read-Only Mode
The cyberpath not only can travel the directory structure but can read the files. Simple text and graphics files are easy to comprehend. Additionally, he can grasp the functions of executable programs. Unscrambling encrypted files remains beyond him at this level.

••• Download
The psychic can copy a file from a computer to his mind, writing the data in unused sections of his brain. While he can read text files, observe graphics or sound files and understand the nature of an executable program he cannot run the program in his brain. With the level two power he can upload the data back onto another computer. The cyberpath can download one file into his mind for every dot in mental attributes he has. (Example Intel 3, Perc 3, Wits 3 = 9 files). Large files such as movies may take up more than one spot in the characters head, storytellers discretion.

•••• Remote Access
With this power the cyberpath connects to any computer that his local computer connects to. He has no additional powers beyond the ability to treat a remote computer as if it were sitting on his desktop. For every hop between computers, the cyberpath looses one die from his pools.

••••• Decrypt
The cyberpaths understanding of computers as progresses to the point where he can decrypt encrypted data. The data can be on a computer or downloaded into the psychics mind.