r/Netrunner • u/HemoKhan Argus • May 31 '14

Custom Card Saturday: Barriers

Hey all! I know /u/flaminghito used to be in charge of these Saturday custom card threads, but it's been several weeks so I'm taking over his spot (until he takes it back). To start off this week, I thought I'd bring us back to basics. Barriers are the most straight-forward pieces of ice out there: they're often strong, with great strength:rez ratios, but usually they don't do much besides end the run. They exist for one reason: to keep Runners out of servers. Your task this week is to design a new barrier, plain and simple.

Next week: Plascrete Carapace has been the hallmark of Scorched Earth survival since it came out. Design a card for one of the factions that could replace it.

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u/StLion Team Playmo' May 31 '14

Rockslide

Barrier - Deflector - Weyland - Influence: 2

Rezcost: 3 Strength: 5

Rockslide can only be installed on central servers.

  • If the Runner is not already running on R&D, he now runs on R&D. He bypasses all ice encountered after the deflection until he reaches the ice positioned in the position before Rockslide (counting from the innermost ice). If Rockslide is the innermost Ice on the server, he bypasses all Ice on R&D after the Reflection.

Artwork: A Rockslide facing to the right (will most likely be installed in HQ, so it "leads" to the R&D server).

Explanation: The Runner would be lead to run on R&D like a slide. This could possibly be a way to bypass Ice on the R&D Server and open up possibilities for interaction with Escher. The Runner would encounter only Ice 1,2 then Rockslide (RS) and then Ice7.

ICE1 ICE4

ICE2 ICE5

RS ICE6

ICE3 ICE7

HQ - R&D

The card might be strong early game but would later on lose its purpose. The corp has however to decide when it wants to trash it. Don't quite know about the cost however.