03-28-2022, 07:43 AM | #11 | |
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And as someone pointed out, there was also the option of regaining humanity in some cases. |
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03-28-2022, 07:58 AM | #12 | ||
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But it's a central theme for some stories, so some handling of it is worthwhile.
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03-28-2022, 08:30 AM | #13 | |
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Note that the character is effectively getting more cp than the collective value of those Disads. This is because he's punting on all social interactions except possibly Intimidation and he's saving all the points he would have spent on those things too. It doesn't matter ruleswise "why" the character is an ice cold killing machine but that's the way the player made him.
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03-28-2022, 08:44 AM | #14 |
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I think I'm going to ditch humanity loss as a hard rule. There are really too many variables to make it work effectively. Just let people decide for themselves if they adjusted well or not to their 'ware.
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03-28-2022, 09:26 AM | #15 |
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That would likely be the big effect. Getting extreme cyberware might make you ostracized, which could make you bitter ("If I cannot inspire love, I will cause fear."). If you did so willingly, it's likely that you were already well outside societal norms.
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03-28-2022, 09:49 AM | #16 |
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IMHO you are using the wrong mindset in considering the concept of humanity in Cyberpunk.
Cyberware is not prostetics or replacement, it's "upgrade" (Chrome is better than flesh) the core idea is that you HAVE to install Cyberware because otherwise the World will leave you in the dust. Sure you may have a limb or two missing in action but would you replace them with cheap squishy bodybank parts, or will you use the chance to get back in the sprawl with new shining surprises for the punks that sent you to the ripperjack? Healthcare is hell in a Cyberpunk World, probably you "didn't ask for this" but corpos wrote that in fine prints in the contract so now you have new army surplus cyberarms and a six figure medical bill to repay, what will you do? Humanity in Cyberpunk 2020 is the will to stick it to the Man, oppose the anarcho-capitalist grind and its expectation about your role in the cog. It works like the "light side" of the force: it's harder, longer, more painful, but it's the only "right" way.
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03-28-2022, 11:59 AM | #17 |
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03-29-2022, 03:17 AM | #18 | |
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This what I mean about cutting up healthy flesh - to have something defective fixed is fairly normative for a human, although there's still scope for a sense of alienation, phantom limb problems and what have you. It's removing something that works that smacks of dysmorphia... |
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03-29-2022, 08:35 AM | #19 | |
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I had the cataract-filled lenses of my eyes removed and replaced with synthetic lenses. The surgical proceedure is truly trivial. You can walk out of the horpital less than 3 hours after you go in and most of that time was either waiting for the surgery or waking up after it. The only downside was that there was excess glue under my eyelid which caused some irritation and a little blurring for the rest of that day. I wake up the next morning and 30 years had been taken off my eyes. You're going to need a category of trivially difficult and invasive proceedures with basically no downsides and with futuristic technology that list could be even broader than it is today.
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03-29-2022, 10:00 AM | #20 | |
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