From:	Ken Ken@********.com
Subject:	Mundanes
Date:	Thu, 22 Jul 1999 17:32:28 -0400

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> [mailto:shadowrn-admin@*********.org]On Behalf Of Kelson
> Sent: Thursday, July 22, 1999 9:20 AM
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> Subject: Re: Mundanes
>
>
> On Wed, 21 Jul 1999 15:05:13 Dave Post wrote:
>
> >One thought on this. How many people in 2060 are COMPLETELY
> uncybered? I
> >can easily envision a large minority of the people having maybe
> a datajack,
> >and perhaps some cybereyes, maybe some other (legal) cyberware.
>
> >So, if this is true, then having a character with < 1 point of
> cyber would
> >still qualify in my book as a mundane.
>
> I don't see a large chunk of the population having cyberware.
> Why would Joe Average need his eyes scraped out for mechanical
> ones? Don't most people have enough ways to spend their money
> already than on something not-so-useful to their job/lifestyle?
> Heck, even if Joe Average wanted to be able to see better in the
> dark, then the most comfortable choice would be to buy a set of
> low light goggles. Having your eyes completely removed is more
> drastic and wouldn't be as easy to swallow for most people. I
> can see a good chunk of the population having datajacks
> (although, probably still less than 50%). It's much more
> efficient to push data in the matrix than through a keyboard or
> via voice recognition software. Heck, some jobs might require a
> datajack (and will gladly install one for you, if necessary -
> perhaps requiring a contract or somesuch).
>
> Shadowrunners are a different story, however, in that their
> profession tends to encourage having some sort of edge over the
> oh-so-deadly competition. This edge is generally
> cyberware/bioware/magic/lots of toys, etc.
>
> I've had a couple of players play very lightly cybered or
> magicked characters, but I haven't had any yet who were
> completely uncybered/magicked. It would be interesting to
> see/try, though.
>
> >Dave
>
> Justin
>
>
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usually any magical chars I play are totally uncybered. Even Adepts
although I've only ever had one Adept. It does make for a bit of a
challenge although you DO learn to find effective cover as fast as (if not
faster) than Robo-Sam...

Ken

Be quick (or covered) or be dead...