| From: | steven mancini <mancinis@******.CC.PURDUE.EDU> |
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| Subject: | Cybersurgery |
| Date: | Tue, 10 May 1994 13:40:00 EST |
a bit. Someone asked about doctor fees for cyber-installation. So, turning to
my handy-dandy-binder-disintegrating Shadowrun 1st Edition rulebook I
found the following (with some help from a friend):
Surgery (includes cost of surgeon):
Minor Cosmetic 1,000
Minor Evasive 5,000
Major 25,000
Drastic 250,000
(p. 145)
Okay so then let's contemplate alpha and beta ware, as per the Street
Samurai Catalog, 1st Edition (p. 99):
"Doctor's fees and hospitalization are 50 times the rates listed
on page 145 of the Shadowrun basic rules."
So we then get something like this:
Surgery Street Alpha/Beta
Minor C 1000 50,000
Minor E 5000 250,000
Major 25000 1,250,000
Drastic 250000 12,500,000
NOW, let's take a look at the average 'payment' offered in the FASA modules-
does anyone else see a major problem here? Does it seem impossible to you
folks for players to obtain aplha/betaware?
Given that my players like to split things evenly, and there are 5 players,
we are talking some SERIOUS money exchanging hands.
Notice, however, that the p. 145 citation has the words "INCLUDES cost of
surgeon".
How has everyone else dealt with this economic dilemma?
How much (%) of the Surgery cost would you say go to the surgeon? Could
this be a way to ease the financial burden?
-Da Minotaur
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