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From: David Buehrer <dbuehrer@******.CARL.ORG>
Subject: Re: Ultra Boy in Shadowrun
Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 08:33:22 -0600
DisnyShamn wrote:
/
/ Demosthenes Three wrote:
/ > / For a Shadowrun twist to the idea, what about a street samurai that
/ > / has a TON of cyberware implanted in him, with the limitation that he
/ > / can only access one system?
/
/ Which prompted David to opine:
/
/ > While it would work well for a superhero game (in fact, I'll try it out
/ > on my next Champion's character) I don't think it would go over well in
/ > actual application in Shadowrun, at least not in my group.
/ >
/ > In SR a Street Samurai is a Street Samurai, and a Rigger is a Rigger,
/ > and so on.
/
/ Aha. Inspiration particle encountered. How's about a limited form of physad
/ (physical adept adept? ::shrug::), can only use one ability at a time. Now, of
/ course, this could be cheesed by only GETTING one or two powers, but hey.

I could see it. I'd add an addendum, in that it requires a complex
action to deactivate a power and another complex action to activate a
power

-David
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