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Message no. 1
From: "Jason Carter, Nightstalker" <CARTER@***.EDU>
Subject: Etiquette, Enhanced Articulation, and Skillsofts
Date: Wed, 9 Dec 92 19:48:26 CET
Soren Blackshadow sayes:
>> I agree with most of the opinions expressed previously, but I can see an
>>argument for Enhanced Articulation giving bonuses to Etiquette skills:
(Deleted to save space)
>> Now granted, Etiquette skills are much more than just physical. A great
>>deal of them is knowing what lingo to use, when to drop a name, etc... It
>>follows then that the Etiquette skills are comprised of /both/ parts: Mental
>>and Physical. The Mental knowledge without the Physical actions will not get
>>you far, and the Physical without the Knowledge could easily get you Geeked.

I like your argument Soren, but still have to disagree with allowing Enhanced
Articulation to add to Etiquette skills. The first reason is in your last
paragraph (which I left above). Etiquette skills are both mental and physical.
Enhanced Articulation just adds to the physical leaving the man on the street
saying, "Damn he moved smooth, but the way he talked told me he was a newbie."
The second reason is actually a game balance thing. Hook you samurai up
with Skillwires 3, Enhanced Articulation, and Tailored Phermones 2. Gives him
skill softs level 3 for any social skill and his effective level is 6! That is
just plain gross.
BTW for you guys who don't allow Etiquette Skill softs, my GM allows them, but
treats them like degrading Decking Utilities. In other word for every week you
own them the effective value drops by 1. This reflects the fact that what is in
style one week is "way lame" the next and one year's fashion setter is the next
year's fashion disaster. This allows people who don't have the skill get it but
hits them hard and often in the old credstick.

Using my personal Matrix Etiquette,
Jason J Carter
The Nightstalker
Message no. 2
From: Richard Pieri <ratinox@******.COE.NORTHEASTERN.EDU>
Subject: Re: Etiquette, Enhanced Articulation, and Skillsofts
Date: Thu, 10 Dec 92 11:19:02 EST
>>>>> On Wed, 9 Dec 92 19:48:26 CET, "Jason Carter, Nightstalker"
>>>>> <CARTER@***.EDU> said:

JCN> BTW for you guys who don't allow Etiquette Skill softs, my GM
JCN> allows them, but treats them like degrading Decking Utilities.
JCN> In other word for every week you own them the effective value
JCN> drops by 1. This reflects the fact that what is in style one
JCN> week is "way lame" the next and one year's fashion setter is the
JCN> next year's fashion disaster. This allows people who don't have
JCN> the skill get it but hits them hard and often in the old
JCN> credstick.

That's probably how I'd do it. You wouldn't need skillwires, but...

It's like this. Etiquette(Street) is pretty much what other games call
"Streetwise". It lets you find things, know who to talk to, and how to
ask for it, among other things. So say you're looking for some
military grade weapons for some bizarre reason. You've got a two-week
old Etiquette(Street) 5 skillsoft that says Benny the Jeep's the man
to talk to. Except that Benny may have sold his stock last week, and
LoneStar decided to finally get around to busting him. Your skillsoft
won't reflect this knowledge like the natural skill would, and has an
effective rating of 3. In another week or two, anything on that chip
is seriously out of date.

--Rat
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