| From: | Joshua Bell <joshbell@**********.COM> |
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| Subject: | Re: The talks on my Cyberware post. |
| Date: | Fri, 1 May 1998 15:37:26 -0400 |
>> SUPER EPSILON (-99% essence, x200 cost, Avail. +35)
Munchkinism.. I think not, you mearly miss my point.
I was mearly taking the "Essence" term of shadowrun to its logical
conclusion. I DON'T want runners with every piece of cyberware in the
books instaled in them. What I was going towards is the perfect synergy of
man and machine. Think about it. Essence cost IMHO is not just a
"limitation" for players so they do not get to powerful, but an indication
of "Man vs. Machine." So it is quite logical that as time passes, we as a
culture (in shadowrun), will be able to implant people with cyberware
without making them more "machine."
Think about the artificial limbs out now ( in the real world) for people
without arms and legs, in the beginning they were little more than steal
hooks, and now we have them computer controled, and very real looking, yet
of course, not like the real thing.
So if you or I have players that want every piece of cyberware in the
books, we can stop it by as I said destroying the cyberware in some way, or
simply rule that they can not find it (Due to its EXCESSIVE availability).
I mean REALLY guys, I did read CyberTechnology, and IMHO I would much
rather have a runner with GAMMA or EPSILON implants than have to deal with
a Cyber Zombie PC.
Again I welcome you opinions, as this message is mine...
