| From: | Rob Rubin <TYGER@****.WINONA.MSUS.EDU> |
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| Subject: | Wow, recognition! |
| Date: | Tue, 13 Apr 1993 23:04:33 -0500 |
Well, I don't have a cool mailer like all you folks, so I have to do this the
hard way, analog.
Patric (Dark Lord Aspirant) said (to the effect)
(It regards to the 'extra limbs' string)
He had drawn on my 'Shadowfurries' post as to the body cost on adding new arms
(as a bio-ware addition.) He also added that the bioware cost involved in
anything is closely related to a cyberware cost as well.
And yes, he's right, to an extent. There is a similarity, but it differs to
the side of cyber being a bit cheaper.
Crossfire replied (to the effect)
"Genetics in Shadowrun is not supposed to be that far advanced as in
'Shadowfurries', but diffrent people play diffrent levels of tech - and it was
such a neat post - I didn't bother sayint anything."
(Thanks...) He goes on about his fencing expirence, and how another limb
would be too much of a bother. I tend to agree on this. A tail, as they tend
to be, is relatively out of the way for mundaine tasks like shooting, decking,
and (to an extent) running. [Personally, I would like a word with the guys in
the evolution department about losing prehensile tails...]
Someone in this mess had mentioned about how many neural lines an arm has when
compared to a tail, but keep in mind that a tail has no fingers, it's basically
an extension of the spinal cord that is highly flexable.
But on an essense-cost ratio for shadowfurry, I harken back to Grimore1. It
says under spell making (No book, I just recall this one.) That half the
spells in the SR blue-book (SR1) were assigned a drain code that 'looked good'
and made sense. Same went for Shadowfurry, to an extent. The costs just
'felt right'. (Then again, I made the rules when we went on the most BORING
vacation ever... they were well thought out, to say the least.)
Oh yeah, If 'yall would like to see more shadowfurry packages, please mail
me at the above address (I'm working on a centaur type, it's tougher than you
would think...)
(Drat, I forgot to mention something...) I think that Sfurry can be considered
'in time' for the main book. Modern science can do some nifty tricks, one
being cloning (We can do it now, just not very well.)
So what's to stop a scientist from cloning an organ (skin) and manipulating
the genes (the ones we know about that control it) to induce it to grow 'fur'?
Just a thought...
-Tyger
(PS:Am I rambling again?)
