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From: Noah Overton <NOAH_OVERTON@*************.OM.HP.COM>
Subject: Re: Cyber-psychosis
Date: Fri, 22 May 1998 15:46:56 -0700
>Hey Gang,
>
> Earlier in the week or so, the question on whether or not
>Cyber-psychosis was a one shot deal or not came up. Well, I got a
>ruling from the Jim Nelson on it and he says that it sticks around
for >more than one turn. So basically, it either kills the runner, he
drools >a lot, or you get rid of it (via Luck of the Irish or
similar). This >can be a lot nastier than Infected Chrome.
>
>And cheaper and nastier than Infected Chrome. For this reason, we
ruled >that the card has its effect only once (one roll). Anyway,
this card >killed a runner 75% of the time on the first roll. With
this kind of >odds, why bother ??

the reason it is here is to combat the cheapness and abuse of
cyberware. look at the cycberwear only one cost more then 3 nuyen.
and all have huge affects.

Noah

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