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===MATRIX PERSONA===
'''Basic Persona''': Anyone with AR or Emersion ability can use a Persona which acts as their Icon within the Matrix. This Persona exists only in electronic form and is stored on the comlink with a Constant Duration. Personas can look like almost anything you can imagine. 

[[File:SR.D5.Persona.jpg | 300px | left]]Dexterity is meaningless in the Matrix and your physical body has no effect on your electronic construct. Your Intelligence, Wisdom and Charisma don’t change and use those stats for any skill or ability check or saves you might make (but Charisma skill are rarely if ever used in the Matrix).

If you have access to the emersion ability you can project yourself into the Matrix ‘naked’ but there are a lot of disadvantage to this. First you Matrix stats low – your Matrix Strength is ½ your Intelligence score (round down) and your Matrix Constitution is ½ your Wisdom score (round down). Your Matrix Hit Points are equal to the total of your Matrix Strength and Constitution. Your Matrix Armor Class is 10 + your Intelligence modifier. You deal 1d4 plus your Matrix Strength modifier damage in the Matrix and you cannot add extra Programs while projecting in this way. Also you suffer 1 hit points of damage that ignores all resistance and hardness every minute your mind is exposed to the unfiltered Matrix biofeedback.

A Persona Icon in the Matrix grants you both Matrix Strength and Constitution along with Matrix AC and HP that work only in the Matrix. If you are ever incapacitated or knocked to 0 Matrix HP you are forced out of the Matrix violently (see Dumpshock). A Persona can also have a Hardness that only helps verse Matrix attacks and damage. As range is irrelevant in the Matrix all attacks are considered ‘melee’.

A Stock Persona costs 500¥ (Restricted) has a Matrix Strength and Constitution of 12 and basic Matrix attack deal 1d6 plus their Matrix Strength modifier in damage. Base Matrix AC is 12+ Intelligence modifier + Firewall rating. Matrix Hit Points are equal to its Matrix Constitution Modifier + 8 + your character Level. There are two basic skills in the Matrix that all Personas (and an optional comlink upgrade) have access to – Scan which is sort of an electronic Perception and Search which is your basic electronic Investigation. A Stock Persona’s Scan and Search are equal to the Decker’s proficiency bonus + Intelligence modifier. Finally all gain the comlink’s Firewall rating bonus towards Matrix Strength and Constitution saves. The Decker uses her own saves for Intelligence, Wisdom and Charisma but also gain their comlink’s Firewall bonus to them also.

'''System Upgrades''' – these boost the basic/Stock Matrix stats and ratings.
* '''Boost Matrix Constitution''' – adds +2 to Matrix Constitution score per rank up to a maximum rating of 4 (for Matrix Constitution of 20). Cost 1,000¥ x Rank (Restricted).
* '''Boost Matrix Hit Points''' – adds +5 Matrix Hit Points total per rating up to a maximum of 6 ranks. Cost 500¥ x Rank 1-3 and 1,500¥ x Rank 4-6 (Restricted).
* '''Boosted Search''' – adds +1 equipment bonus to your skill per rank up to a maximum of +6. Cost 500¥ x Rank.
* '''Boosted Scan''' –adds +1 equipment bonus to your skill per rank up to a maximum of +f 6. Cost 500¥ x Rank.
* '''Boost Matrix Strength''' (max Rating 4) – a adds +2 to Matrix Strength score per rank up to a maximum rating of 4 (for a Matrix Strength of 20). Cost 1,000¥ x Rank (Restricted).
* '''Matrix Save''' – Constitution or Strength: Persona’s Constitution and Strength saves in the Matrix can add the decker’s Proficiency bonus to the attribute modifier. Each must be purchased separately for 2,000¥ (Restricted).