Warding Subroutines

Sometimes known as attack barriers or guardians, warding subroutines are "smart" but non-sapient software, usually designed to protect against intrusion, including tampering with The Archives of an object or location, often causing mental feedback to the intruder. Some go so far as to summon powerful Animal Subroutines or specialized Process from the item's archives.

Example wards:

• Pi in the Face Trap: If activated, this attack barrier implants a command to calculate pi (or another irrational number) into the intruder's mind, potentially wasting memory space or providing an ongoing distraction to their computation functions.
• Psychic Venom: Often delivered by a snake-like subroutine, this type of barrier can do various forms of mental damage or corrupt an avatar's code.
• Tracer Worm: This guardian is more concerned with leaving a trail leading to an intruder than causing harm, often taking up space in the intruder's memory.

Item type

Trap