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From: David Thompson <david.s.thompson@****.EDU>
Subject: Re: Cyberware and Regeneration
Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 12:16:02 -0400
>In the case of a shapeshifter shifting from one form to another I
>believe that cyberware would be rejected because it's unaffected by
>the ability that allows a shifter to shift shape. So when a shifter
>shifts shape (say that three times fast ;) the configuration of the
>cyberware doesn't change. It's like having a square peg in a square
>hole and turning the square hole into a round hole. When the shifter
>shifts shape the cyberware is "static" and causes damage as the flesh
>that surrounds it changes position. Since the cyberware is no longer
>where it's supposed to be, it's treated as a foreign object and is
>rejected as the shifter regenerates the damage.
>
>Just my two cents.

I like that, except that the disparity between shapechange spell and
shapeshifting isn't addressed. I guess if you just say they work
differently, this becomes a good conclusion, but not necessarily the only one.

--DT

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