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Message no. 1
From: Christopher Bellovary <bellovar@***.WISC.EDU>
Subject: Re: Unarmed Combat and Decking.
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 1993 12:32:27 CDT
> How about having Unarmed Combat concentrations (read: martial arts)
> do (1/2 str)L physical damage for "free"? it makes some sense. or maybe
> just allow Unarmed to do (1/2 str)L physical damage anyway. ok, so it
> takes something away from the physads and chromers with bone lacing, but
> not much.

> patric
> progers@******.bitnet

Makes sense to me. If people wish to do it that way. Of course,
by the rules, any blunt weapon causes stun damage, but is you reduce the
damage code by one and the power rating by half as you propose with those
rules, seems to me that is a decent trade to cause physical damage.
Myself - I'm still going to just knock `em senseless, but it at least is
an interesting option. What does everyone else think of that?

Hmm... I had a half formed idea I wanted to toss up and see what
everyone else thought of it.... geez... now I have the perfect chance to
do it and I can't even recall what it related to let alone what the idea
was. In that case - I will toss up a simpler one. What possibilities
can you think of if a decker directly jacked into - not the matrix, but
another deckers cyberdeck. Or one of his own via a second deck. Would
this be faster than running a diagnostics program? Could you organize
all of the programs to either take up less space or run more efficiently
(perhaps using more memory in the process though)? Just quick ideas,
any comments?

Chris Bellovary
-- CrossFire --

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