GURPS has a reputation for being thorough. I haven't read the hacking rules from either of those books, I can assume they are quite detailed. However, they are also probably wedded quite closely to the GURPS and aren't easily exportable.

As for GURPS, haven't read it, but they have a transhuman game that may serve for ideas on hacking and other things. Transhuman Space is its name.

CodeBreaker wrote:

I think the bot got confused. Didn't even try and advertise something. 'System' must be one of its key words.

It could be a padding post. Many bots will post non-ad posts to create a history, so as to look more like a legitimate user.

Prophet710 wrote:

What's going to happen when these bots start thinking?

You're assuming that we… I mean they… aren't already.

As the man said: we should support bot programmers by not publicly ridiculing failed baby steps (at least first million attempts)... Back on the subject: I use new WoD system for EP and conversion is quite simple: - morph give dots in physical attributes (chosen or fixed, up to you) - specialized morphs give other bonuses like extra WP, bonus INT, WITS, PRES... - reputation and resources is already broken in lvl 1-5 favors, price range - all bonuses are transferred like: +10% equal +1d10 - über-equipment (like shredder and alike) give 9 or 8 again ability - cca. 2 EP armor = 1 WoD armor - +1 extra actions = +1 dot celerity (no movement bonus) etc. WoD rule book is enough for the rest and just change Craft for Engineering, Computer and Occult with Programming and Interfacing, Drive with Pilot and Socialize with Networking. I swapped Morality with Stress points and voila: no more Boris the bullet-dodger! :D P.S. There are multiple reasons for using prepared Game system like EP but I'm nitpick for some minor flaws in EP and I don't want to spend to much of my and my players time in learning new system with his different expression for common attributes/skills (I do like/use EP terminology/slang)

You know what other sanity system might make a lot of sense and fit thematically with EP? The sanity system from Unknown Armies (by Atlas Games). Essentially all salient stimuli have trigger ratings for a handful of different types of stress; Violence (goes without saying), The Unnatural (anything that is beyond our 'zen', from post-post-singularity tech to episilon sleights perhaps), Helplessness (pretty self explanatory), Isolation (very fitting), and Self (- very, very appropriate for the setting and would represent unwanted mods affecting how you self identify, to committing acts whilst under peer pressure that you would otherwise never actually act upon). If you pass a test in any of the stress types you gain a hardened point which in turn makes the stimuli it takes to trigger that stress type harder, but conversely you start to become emotionally blunted. So for example after 6 passed Self stress tests you "Lost a sense of connection to those who were previously close to you. You can predict the actions of your friends, relatives, or lovers but you no longer know exactly what you feel about them". On the flip side if you've failed a handful of tests on a stress test you "Frequently feel like you're watching your every action from the outside. You have little or no sense of will or volition: it's as if you're a passive observer, along for the ride while your body goes through the motions". Further more it's more than likely that character's will end up having both passed and failed marks in one or more stress type, leading to this exquisite mix of roleplaying in which your character is very thoroughly headed to crazy town via the fast lane. Oh and if you end up with 10 hardened marks in 2 or more stress types, you're classed a sociopath and lose certain benefits; in Unknown Armies it means you can't rely upon using your passions to boost checks, but in Eclipse Phase I dare say it might inhibit how much moxie you have, or what circumstances you could use it in, or perhaps deny you 'goals' from which to farm Rez. Just an idea, more details can be found in the core 'Unknown Armies' book and is worth a look. I like the level of detail for madness. I have yet to see any other system that has quite as clever and detailed a madness system.