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Old 01-06-2016, 11:09 AM   #1
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At what TL could Accelerated Learning (Back to school page 13) be Gengineered? The section "Smart drugs" (Back to school page 14) says in drug form you can get Accelerated Learning 1 at TL8 and Accelerated Learning 2 at TL9.
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Old 01-06-2016, 01:12 PM   #2
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At what TL could Accelerated Learning (Back to school page 13) be Gengineered? The section "Smart drugs" (Back to school page 14) says in drug form you can get Accelerated Learning 1 at TL8 and Accelerated Learning 2 at TL9.
It's effectively a Wonder Gland (Pyramid 3/51 p.15) that produces Notropic drugs (Bio-tech p.158) so that makes it TL9 as an Implant and probably as a genemod too.
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Old 01-07-2016, 10:22 AM   #3
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It's effectively a Wonder Gland (Pyramid 3/51 p.15) that produces Notropic drugs (Bio-tech p.158) so that makes it TL9 as an Implant and probably as a genemod too.
Would you say it would be a Eugenic, Species or Radical modification?
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At what TL could Accelerated Learning (Back to school page 13) be Gengineered? The section "Smart drugs" (Back to school page 14) says in drug form you can get Accelerated Learning 1 at TL8 and Accelerated Learning 2 at TL9.
Aspected Accelerated Learning 1 at TL9, Aspected 2 at TL10, general Accelerated Learning 1 at TL11, and the 2 version at TL2?
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Aspected Accelerated Learning 1 at TL9, Aspected 2 at TL10, general Accelerated Learning 1 at TL11, and the 2 version at TL2?
Aspected Accelerated Learning?
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Aspected Accelerated Learning?
Yes. Proper playtesting would have resulted in it being included as an explicitly legal Limitation.
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Aspected Accelerated Learning 1 at TL9, Aspected 2 at TL10, general Accelerated Learning 1 at TL11, and the 2 version at TL2?
Any reason for those TLs? Fred Brackin makes a convincing argument.
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Old 01-07-2016, 06:47 PM   #8
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Aspected Accelerated Learning 1 at TL9, Aspected 2 at TL10, general Accelerated Learning 1 at TL11, and the 2 version at TL2?
You can't do Aspected accelerated Learning as a limited form of that advantage. It's already included in Talents where it mgith make up 1pt of the total cost.
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Any reason for those TLs? Fred Brackin makes a convincing argument.
I don't believe in nootropic drugs that can have such a profound and powerful effect, so I'm seeing it as changes to brain structure, although at least Aspected Accelerated Learning 1 could still be the kind of genetic engineering that results in an individual who's interfertile with baseline Humans.
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I don't believe in nootropic drugs that can have such a profound and powerful effect, so I'm seeing it as changes to brain structure, although at least Aspected Accelerated Learning 1 could still be the kind of genetic engineering that results in an individual who's interfertile with baseline Humans.
Why is your belief in them relevant? Accelerated learning drugs have already been published—in GURPS Bio-Tech, I think; I included them in Back to School because they're obviously something that affects learning. Of course they may not be realistic. Magical spells that help you learn aren't realistic, either, but I discussed those. Whether to allow either in your campaign is your decision, based on your world concept.
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