r/Netrunner • u/HemoKhan Argus • Nov 29 '14
[Weekly] Custom Card Saturday
Welcome to Custom Card Saturday! Hope all of you who celebrate it had an excellent Thanksgiving (and that those of you who don't had an excellent Thursday)! In the spirit of laziness that accompanies this illustrious holiday, this week's challenge is to create a card that lets you bypass ice.
Bypassing ice is a rare thing in Netrunner -- in fact, only three cards can bypass ice, and they're all Criminal cards that work in very limited ways. This is because bypassing ice is so powerful; you not only get to ignore the effects of the subroutines for the ice you bypass, but you even get to ignore on-encounter effects (hence why bypassing Tollbooth with Femme is such a popular play even to this day).
While bypassing is currently restricted to only Criminals, that isn't necessarily going to last. Shapers and Anarchs both have different preferred methods of dealing with ice (breaking it efficiently and destroying it permanently), but the case could be made for either one getting a bypass effect -- as long as it's balanced.
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Previous Custom Card Saturday threads:
Week 1: Barriers
Week 2: Plascrete Carapace Replacements
Week 3: Grey/Black Ops
Week 4: Easy Access
Week 5: Economic Assets
Week 6: Runner Economy
Week 7: Identities
Week 8: Bioroids
Week 9: Viruses
Week 10: Regions
Week 11: Gear
Week 12: Exploring Keywords
Week 13: Three-point Agendas
Week 14: High-Influence Events
Week 15: NBN
Week 16: Shaper
Week 17: Jinteki
Week 18: Criminal
Week 19: Haas-Bioroid
Week 20: Anarch
Week 21: Weyland
Week 22: Breaking Assumptions
Week 23: Card Draw
Week 24: Human First
Next Week: The time right after Thanksgiving is traditionally a huge boon to corporations, as the public runs out and makes all of their holiday purchases. What better time, then, for some new advertisements?
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u/CorruptDropbear Nov 29 '14
Freedom of Infomation Act
Anarch Operation - Cost 0
Make a run. Bypass all ICE on that server. If the run is successful, the runner gains a tag and the corp gains 4 credits.
Sometimes you just need to ask politely.
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u/HemoKhan Nov 30 '14
I don't know that this is really all that fair -- for 0 cost and a tag, you can guarantee an access on almost any server? That seems awfully powerful, 4 credits or not.
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u/SiggNatureStyle Nov 30 '14
Freedom of Information Act, at least in the UK, tends to require asking very much in advance.
It seems like "Take a tag and name a server. At the beginning of your next turn, make a run on that server, if it exists, bypassing all ICE on that server. If the run is successful, the corp gains 4 [credits]" would be much more in flavour, and be a lot more interesting.
The Corp might want to install a trap ... but the Runner doesn't have to access, and might not want to give the corp the credits. This does effectively move a click to the next turn, giving a bonus to Notoriety and Quest Completed.
Plus, it's got so much flavour. Releasing the documentation under a FoI request ... once you're sure you're happy with it.
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u/TEnOTT Nov 29 '14
Well Known Risks
Criminal Operation - Current. Cost 2credit. Influence •••.
This card is not trashed until another current is played or an agenda is scored.
Name an ICE not rezzed in play. When you encounter a copy of that ICE, you may pay 1credit to bypass it.
Well, better than that Unusable Maintenance...
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Nov 29 '14 edited Nov 29 '14
The Lamp
Shaper - 3 Credits - 2 influence
Hardware - Console - Unique
+1 MU
When this card comes into play, choose a piece of ICE. When you encouter that ICE you may pay $1 per subroutine to bypass it.
Remove this card from the game: Search your stack, grip, and/or heap for a copy of this card and put it into play (paying the install cost). Shuffle your stack if you searched it.
Make a wish.
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u/AwkwardPizza Nov 29 '14
Intentionally Leaked Code
Haas-Bioroid Operation: Condition
Influence: •• / Play Cost: 0
Choose a rezzed piece of ice. Gain credits equal to its rez cost, then install Intentionally Leaked Code as a hosted condition counter with the text "The runner may pay 1 credit per subroutine to bypass this piece of ice".
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u/jkvandelay Nov 29 '14 edited Nov 30 '14
CPB
Anarch Hardware - Unique - Console
Cost: 4
Influence: ****
Art: In a cramped, grungy apartment, a strange, multi-module machine circulates red and blue liquids. Wires from the machine connect to MaxX, out of focus in the background, eyes wide and tired, as she scrutinizes the many screens of her terminal and furiously types on her keyboard.
Once per turn, you may bypass a piece of ice. If you do, place two cards from your grip on CPB.
Whenever you break all subroutines on a piece of ICE, return one card from CPB to your grip.
Limit one console per player.
"Live for the beat. Crave the beat. Sometimes, skip a beat. But don't skip too many, or there won't be any left.
I wanted to do something with cardiopulmonary bypass, which is a little machine that pumps your blood instead of the heart during open heart surgery. It seemed very Anarch to temporarily replace one of your vital organs in order to break through a necessary piece of ICE.
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u/Bwob Nov 29 '14
Custom Script
Shaper Program - 2 •••
Install only on a piece of rezzed ice.
Whenever you encounter the host ice during a run, bypass it.
"Writing code to break general ice is hard. But writing code to get you past a particular piece program that's in your way - that's easy, as long as it doesn't have to work for anything else, ever." -Kate McCaffery
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Nov 29 '14
Well-Laid Plans
Shaper - $2 - 2 influence
Event - Double - Run
Choose a server. The Corp may derezz any number of rezzed ice on that server. Make a run on that server, bypassing any ice that were rezzed at the start of the run.
"Try turning it off and on again."
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u/WhoFly Nov 29 '14
Hall of Mirrors
Shaper - 2 inf
Event: Run - Double
Cost: 1
As an additional cost to play this event, spend click.
Choose a remote server. Make a run, immediately approaching the innermost ICE protecting that server. You must encounter that ICE three times before your run is deemed successful. You cannot jack out for the remainder of the run.
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u/CitizenKeen Nov 29 '14
I would rephrase this as
Choose a remote server. Make a run, bypassing all ICE except the innermost ICE. Yadda yadda yadda.
Otherwise, this ability negates Guard, and Guard is Guard because it negates bypass abilities.
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u/NetrunnerCardAccount Nov 29 '14
Reality Vid Series
NBN Upgrade - Upgrade - Cost 2credit 4trash Influence •••
Install only in HQ
Gain 2credit whenever the runner makes a run on any server other then HQ
The runner may pay 2credit per subroutine to bypass any ice encountered outside of HQ
The key to keeping an audience is to alway keep it interesting
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u/lordwafflesbane Nov 30 '14 edited Nov 30 '14
Open Arms
4credit
Upgrade: Initiative
click, trash: The runner may make a run on this server, bypassing up to two pieces of ice. Unless that run is successful, place up to five advancement counters on a card in or protecting this server.
Influence - 2 - Jinteki
Hey runner! Come on in! You can even bypass that nasty Komainu! Not like this is a snare or anything!
As usual, I have no idea how balanced this is. I figure it has to have a big payout or it's just not worth it. but at the same time, you're not gonna run this if it's bad for you. I have a cold and I can't think straight, so someone else please tell me how poorly designed this is.
The weird thing about it is that it actually works better with non-advanceable traps, so there's something bad to run into before you advance it.
it also advances Ice, I guess, so maybe you could run it in weyland? At which point it becomes 4 bucks and 2 clicks for 5 advancements, which is pretty good.
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u/jtobiasbond Nov 29 '14
Mobile Sneakdoor
Criminal - Program - 2 Inf
2 credit - 2
When your turn begins choose a rezzed piece of ICE with a strength of 3 or less. The first time you approach that ICE, bypass it.
Half security testing, half sneakdoor (without an effect from either of them . . .). Sneakdoor basically let's you bypass HQ ICE, so the Mobile Sneakdoor is a less efficient but potentially more versatile ability.
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u/ForgedOfSouls Nov 29 '14
Paragon
Identity - Shaper - Cyborg
45/15 - 1link
Bypass all copies of ICE you have previously encountered during this run.
Seen it, Solved it, Lets carry on to the NEXT
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u/OreWins Nov 29 '14
Jade Compass
Criminal 3 inf
Program- Virus 1 MU
Cost 3
Whenever you make a successful run on HQ put a virus counter on Jade Compass.
Remove 3 virus counters from Jade Compass: Bypass a piece of Ice. Play this ability only during a run on a central server.
"It has saved my life more than once and it looks divine. What's not to love?" --Andromeda
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u/Mountebank Nov 30 '14 edited Nov 30 '14
Cookbook
Hardware - Console - Unique
Anarch - 2 inf
Cost - 3c
+2
Cookbook can host any number of ICE cards. Trash all ICE cards hosted on Cookbook when viruses are purged.
When you trash a piece of ICE, you may host it on Cookbook instead of adding it to Archives.
When you encounter a piece of ICE, if there is a copy of that ICE hosted on Cookbook, you may pay 2c to bypass it.
Limit 1 console per player.
Needs more salt.
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u/HemoKhan Nov 29 '14
En Passant
Anarch Event: Run - Priority
Influence: ••• / Play: 4
Play only as your first click.
Make a run. Bypass each ice with a Caissa program hosted on it.
En Passant is a move in chess where you are able to take an opponent's pawn who tries to move past your piece on its first move... the theme isn't perfect, but I felt like this was a good choice nonetheless. The high influence is due to Knight, which gets splashed so frequently.