From:	Fade <runefo@***.UIO.NO>
Subject:	Re: Cyberzombie
Date:	Fri, 5 Dec 1997 17:50:26 +0000

Mike wrote:
> > ALSO note that there is no limit on armor. So if you want nasty, make
> > a alpha - grade full conversion, boost up strength a bit, give him
> > 100/100 armor and, say,an UZI III and average skills.
> > Nowhere near as expensive and actually interesting as an enemy. No
> > way you can kill him, but then, he's not that dangerous either.
> > (Give him a quickened force 10 astral static to help against them
> > nasty spells, too. Hm. And air lungs and a few other things so he
> > won't be gassed, poisoned, or whatever either. :)
> >
> You are correct when you say there is no limit to the amount of armor, but
> overall the highest armor value that you can have from the cyber
> armor-plating is a 4 ... reread the section in the rules part with regards to
> the armor again ...

This is, if you read even more carefully, meant as '4 points more
than other locations'. The limit is specifically to prevent someone
just taking, say, a skull replacement, pack 500 points of armor in
and get an indestructible person.

I also call your attention to the 'Cyber Zombie' NPC in the back of
the book, which has 8 armor points (hardened) in every location, and
receives 8/8 armor. While errors are known to crop up in NPC designs,
I have not heard any comments on that one.

I'll respond to the bit about muscle replacement (another post) here
as well to save noise.

Muscle replacement or augmentation are not compatible with
cyberlimbs. This is clearly stated in the Cybertechnology book.

(Considering the cost, for increasing str and quickness from 6 to 7
overall for a zombie is some 4*150000+4*175000=1.3M nuyen and
8*0.4*0.5=1.6 essence, compared to 20k and 1 essence, I can see the
attraction of saying it was.).

--
Fade

And the Prince of Lies said:
"To reign is worth ambition, though in Hell:
Better to reign in hell than to serve in heaven."
-John Milton, Paradise Lost