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Old 09-12-2017, 07:23 PM   #8
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Default Re: Cybernetic costs and modifiers both 3e & 34e

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Originally Posted by hal View Post
Agreed - until you hit that critical threshold and you forgot to change the batteries and you have but 2 hours left right? But that then becomes one of "less than 1 month" overall. Correct?
Yeah, it could theoretically be disadvantageous in the rare circumstance where it shows up, but that doesn't mean it's a disadvantage worth points. In the case of something that won't show up except once every 6 months or once per year it's just below the level where it's worth points. In rule design you have to set a cutoff level, because if every 6 months is worth points what about every 2 years? Every 5 years? What if it requires a major and inconvenient overhaul every 50 years? There has to be a cutoff point somewhere, and one month is as good a cutoff as any.
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