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Originally Posted by The Colonel
One thing that has often puzzled me in cyberpunk "humanity loss" is cause and effect - it's one thing to be all David Jensen: to be torn to pieces and rebuilt with so much metal that you find yourself questioning your humanity, but when you choose to remove healthy flesh and replace it with metal so that you can be a better killer, has the humanity loss caused the cyberware rather than vice-versa?
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I assume you're referring here to Adam Jensen, the protagonist of the
Deus Ex prequels. But that does suggest an interesting way of handling things. To
voluntarily get your bits replaced, you need to have already lost some degree of Humanity... and having your bits replaced without your consent (as happened to Jensen) can cause you to slowly lose Humanity.
Of course, practically, I feel this wouldn't really work as a game mechanic, due to creating perverse incentives - "I'm only 5 puppy-kicks away from losing enough Humanity to be able to put some Mantis Blades in my character's arms!"