Mass Effect: From the Ashes House Rules
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General Notes
- The general setting of Shadowrun has carried over
- All Magic-related references, Qualities, equipment, spells, lore, and other rules are removed
- All gear is subject to GM veto for failing to be appropriate to the Mass Effect setting
New Gear
Omni-Tool
The venerable omni-tool is still around and in wide use. The standard omnitool combines numerous pieces of equipment from the Gear section in SR5:
- Commlink (integrated into omni-tool; you still must pay for this)
- Credit account access (all transactions are wireless and digital)
- Your idenitification (SIN numbers)
- Camera
- Image-link
- Directional microphone
- Omni-directional microphone
- Flashlight
- Minifacturing fabricator
- This can make small hand-held tools if the blueprints are licensed
Common upgrades:
- Medigel applicator (trauma and stim patches in SR5)
- Many gear items (sensors, small hand-held items, security, breaking and entering) can be used to 'upgrade' the omni-tool. There are too many items for a complete list; ask the GM.
Omni-tools have an omni-gel reserve of 100 units. This can be upgraded:
| Device | Availability | Cost | Notes |
| Omni-gel (per unit) | -- | 1 | Widely available in most settled areas |
| Omni-gel reservoir (Rating 1-6) | Rating x 4 | Rating x 5,000 | Each rating adds +50 units to the reservoir |
Weaponized Omni-Tools
- Omnitools may also be upgraded with various weaponry. However, due to the larger use of omni-gel used, as well as built-in limitations, an omnitool may only support a certain number of weapons. An omnitool can support two (2) weapon "slots", though some weapons take up both slots.
- Omnitool weaponry require special skills to use. (See new skills on this page)
- With the exception of the omniblade, all omni-tool weaponry comes with a cooldown before being triggered again.
| Device | Omni-tool slots |
Omni-gel per use |
Availability | License Cost |
Notes |
| Omni-blade | 1 | 1 | 7R | 200 | Acts as combat knife (p. 423) |
| Omni-bow (light) | 1 | 5 | 2 | 300 | Acts as light crossbow firing a bolt (p. 424) |
| Omni-bow (medium) | 2 | 5 | 4R | 500 | Acts as medium crossbow firing a bolt (p. 424) |
| Omni-bow (heavy) | 2 | 5 | 8R | 1000 | Acts as heavy crossbow firing a bolt (p. 424) |
| Fragmentation minigrenade | 2 | 100 | 11F | 2000 | Acts as fragmentation grenade (p. 435) |
| High explosive minigrenade | 2 | 100 | 11F | 2000 | Acts as high explosive grenade (p. 435) |
| Smoke minigrenade | 2 | 40 | 4R | 800 | Acts as smoke grenade (p. 435) |
| Thermal smoke minigrenade | 2 | 60 | 6R | 1200 | Acts as thermal grenade (p. 435) |
| Flamer | 2 | 40 | 16F | 2300 | Acts as Shiawase Blazer (Run & Gun pp. 49-50) |
Muses
See Technological Advancements article for a description of muses.
Muses have the following attributes all at 3: Reaction, Willpower, Logic, Intuition, Charisma
Muses have the following derived attributes:
- Intiative 6 + 3d6 (muses are assumed to always be in cold-sim)
- Mental Limit 4
- Social Limit 3
- Physical Limit N/A
- Matrix Damage Limit 10
Muses have the following skills:
- Academic Knowledge: Psychology (specialization: user's species) 3
- Professional Knowledge: Accounting 3
- Hardware 1
- Software 1
- Computer 2
- Perception 2
- Plus 3 other Knowledge skills at 2
For all other unlisted attributes (e.g. Firewall, Data Processing) assume a value of 3.
Ghostrider Module
See Technological Advancements article for a description of ghostrider modules.
A ghostriding muse or AI's attributes and skills are capped by the Rating of the module. For instance, you have a Rating 3 Ghostrider Module with a Geth hitchhiker who has attributes of 4 and skills at 4. If the Geth wishes to make a perception check, normally this would be 8, but in thise case it will be 6: both the attribute and the skill are capped at 3 prior to creating the dice pool.
Ghosrider Modules have the following profile:
| Device | Essence | Availability | Cost |
| Ghostrider Module (Rating 1-6) | Rating x 0.1 | Rating x 3R | Rating x 15,000 credits |