Increase Noise / Decrease Noise

INCREASE NOISE
(Environmental, Area)
Type: P Range: LOS(A)
Duration: S Drain: F-3
DECREASE NOISE
(Environmental, Area)
Type: P Range: LOS(A)
Duration: S Drain: F-1
Noise is the static on the wireless Matrix that saps your signal and slows down your access (p. 230, SR5). Spellcasters can leverage this set of spells to artificially increase or decrease the noise within the range of the spell. The spellcaster is not immune to her alternations of the noise and may indeed be hoisted on her own petard should she attempt to use the Matrix after she has increased the noise.

The spellcaster must achieve enough hits to beat thresholds as follows: public grid (2), local grid (4), global grid (6).. Each net hit achieved increases or reduces the noise of the Matrix by 1 within the boundaries of the spell. For more information about the effects of noise and the Matrix, refer to the chart on p. 231, CRB.

Unusual changes in the noise of a specific area may attract undue attention and increase the Overwatch Score (p. 231, CRB). For every net hit on the Spellcasting Test above 4, increase all Overwatch Scores of hackers in the affected area by 1D6 per minute.

(p116 SG)

Related School

Manipulation