From:	Loki <daddyjim@**********.COM>
Subject:	Re: Loki can you forward these questions?
Date:	Tue, 30 Sep 1997 09:35:12 -0700

---Nemein wrote:
>
> ---Loki <daddyjim@**********.COM> wrote:
> >
> [snip]
> > > 2) Does cyberware such as the CyberARM augment the
overall
> > > threat rating when a character uses a firearm?
> > > Example: Can Stomper 6/7, use a cyberarm +2/0 and a Uzi
> > > +1/0 for a overall threat rating of 9/7?
> >
> > Yes, the modifiers that aren't cumulative are when it's explicitly
> > labelled "ranged" or "hand-to-hand". Coincidentally Bam's
Bam's
> > special would add his Melee to damage when using an Uzi as well.
> > (Guess he shoots you and then beats you with the gun.)
> >
>
> To play devil's advocate again :-) Are you sure about this one.

Yes, I am.

> Here's a couple of selections from the rbt:
>
> In the section on Cyberware:
> " Some Cyberware cards function as weapons, while others modify a
> Runner's skills."
>
> In the section on weapons:
> "A Runner may hold any number of Weapon cards but may use only one
> Weapon per Challenge or combat. "
>
> We've always taken this to mean that cyberware with threat ratings
> (weapons) can't be used with other gear/weapon cards in combat. So
> you can go over and slice them with the hand razor, or stand back and
> spray them with the Uzi.
>
> Just how we've been doing things, could be wrong....

If you're talking about Hand Razors, you're correct. It has a
designation of Gear (Cyberware/Weapon) and only one type of weapon may
be used per combat.

However, the original question was about cyberware like the Cyberarm.
Cyberarms, Muscle Augmentation, Dermal Plating are simply Gear
(Cyberware). They augment the Threat Rating, but lack any sort of
keyword Weapon, thus a weapon of choice may be used in conjunction
with their bonuses. Same thing for a shaman using the Ally Spirit's
bonuses as well as an Ares Predator.

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