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From: David Buehrer <dbuehrer@******.CARL.ORG>
Subject: Re: Cyberware and Regeneration
Date: Tue, 12 May 1998 11:22:00 -0600
David Thompson wrote:
/
/ >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.

Definitely not the only one, just one among many :)

-DB
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