| From: | Gurth <gurth@******.NL> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: Prison in Shadowrun |
| Date: | Thu, 11 Dec 1997 11:21:58 +0100 |
> Something that just came to my mind, concerning prisons and police:
>
> In William Gibsons "Mona Lisa Overdrive" one guy (Slick Henry) had
> something in his brain, that would kill his short-time memorys if he got
> excited. He got that as a good-bye-present in prison. I think it had a
> russian name, but I can't remember (And I don't want to read through the
> whole book right now)
>
> Can anyone remember the name? (Hey Gurth, you re-read thr triology a few
> month ago, right?)
I did, but I can't remember it either. I'll look it up, hold on...
"Korsakov's" it's called in chapter 18. It's some kind of chemical
treatment whose effects kick in when Slick gets stressed.
> Anyway, I came up with some stats:
>
> Name <please insert>
> cost: 2000Y
> essence cost: 0.3
Why does this cost Essence, and why is it so cheap? Or is the cost per
dose? If it is, I think you should adjust the rules somewhat -- Slick got
this as a treatment in a prison, and he's still suffering from it much
later on.
> What it does is just the same as the thing from the book: it erases the
> short-time memorys.So if someone has a lot of adrenaline in his blood (like
> during fights, while decking/rigging or casting non-trivial spells) he
> forgets what he did...say for the last two hours (Does anyone know how long
> the STM lasts?).
Not all that long, in the case of Slick Henry. I don't think it's two
hours, unless Gentry is in the matrix for a very long time.
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