| From: | The Vagabond <nomad74@*******.COM> |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Re: The talks on my Cyberware post. |
| Date: | Sat, 2 May 1998 11:14:15 PDT |
>>> 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."
Er go, "I'm not trying to make them more munchkin, just trying to cram
as much cyber into a body as humanly possible without any penalties
being applied."
Mother Nature and Father Technology are very estranged- that's the
whole point of Shadowrun. And no, it's not logical that as time passes
we will be able to cram cyber into someone with a 1% essence reduction.
I believe the saying is "Denile just ain't a river in Egypt."
I'm not slighting what you are doing. If your PCs want to be
munchkin, that's fine. If YOU want to be munchkin that's fine. But
don't sit there and tell me a 1% essence reduction- at whatever cost-
isn't munchkin. It's simple rules manipulation to cram as much cyber
into a body as possible without feeling the effects. Munchkinism
defined.
> 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.
If you read Cybertech, how come you were so far off base about
Deltaware? At any rate...
Your the GM(I assume)- you shouldn't have to deal with either Cyber
zombies OR Deltaware(or higher) if you don't want to. Like I said,
Delta Clincs are *RARE*. You can't have a delta-cyberfiend, or
CyberZombie unless they sell their soul- and even then it's not certain
they'll survive the cyberzombie process.
"Sometimes, dead is better."
-Vagabond
"Under wandering stars I've grown"
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