From:	Scott Wheelock iscottw@*****.nb.ca
Subject:	A question for the lollipop guild...
Date:	Wed, 10 Feb 1999 07:57:39 -0400

"And now, a Channel 6 editorial reply to Bill Thompson."
]...or EGM's everywhere.

Not me, not yet. I have to work my way past FGM first.

]What kind of limit would you set on built-in devices for cyberlimbs? The
rules
]leave it up to the GM, but I wanted to get some opinions.

Common sense. Size restricts the stuff you can pack in there (but remember
that stuff made for cyberlimbs is smaller). Some ingenious things a PC in my
group popped in a cyberarm: Remote Control Deck, bug scanner, shock glove.
Some things I'd love to put in a cyberlimb in the future: skillsoft jukebox,
softlink, compressed air tank (oxygen or otherwise), jelly bean dispenser.

]While we're at it, would you consider a cyberskull or cybertorso a limb with
]the ability to install other components at a reduced essence cost?

Ohhhhh yeeeeesssssss.......the possibilities are horrendous....
Although, thinking about it, I'd limit the torso's carrying capacity.
Remember,
it's got to move and bend in so many nifty, humanlike ways. That makes
putting a package of crackers in your kidney-compartment an itchy
proposition. Seriously though, I think that mobility would seriously restrict
capacity. Maybe that's something to think about with cyberlimbs, too.
Damn, there goes that jelly bean dispenser.

Scott
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