| From: | Paul Gettle RunnerPaul@*****.com |
|---|---|
| Subject: | Q?: Mist form - Ghouls - Decking |
| Date: | Tue, 23 Feb 1999 16:28:08 -0500 |
At 03:13 PM 2/23/99 -0500, Protokol13 wrote:
>Wouldn't it really suck to be a vamp with cyberware then? I would
think
>that since a part of someone's essence is lost in the process of
>installation, the cyberware in fact dematerializes, because it is
>indiscernible from the the rest of the body at that point. But I
would
>also be one to argue completely on a vamp getting cyberware during
the
>infection, because of the apparent essence instability within the
infected
>being. As such, I would reduce it down the the following rules:
>
>* A drawback of being infected is not being able to get any further
>cyberware, for it has no permanent essence to rely on.
Actually, there's an even simpler explanation behind banning vamps
from getting new cyberware/bioware than the "No Permanent Essence"
explanation.
Vampires have the critter power of Regeneration. Any non-fatal wounds
they recieve heal almost instantly (within the space of a three second
combat turn). When a surgeon implants cyber, he has to inflict a
surgical wound in the patient. If the patient is a vampire, that wound
will heal up too fast for even the most skilled surgeon to implant
anything. (Even if the surgeon had Move-By-Wire 4 and Synaptic
Accelerator 1 implanted in himself)
(I don't have the SR3 Critters booklet, so I don't know if Regen has
changed signifigantly for SR3, but it'd have to be a pretty drastic
change to allow for a Regenerator to get new cyber implanted.)
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