[CyberPunk] CyberPsychosis

[kigmatzomat]

IMO, the implants are the expression of the psychosis, not the cause. Only under the rare case where the process was involuntary would implants cause psychosis.

If you want to imply that implants would bring an existing prediliction for a particular psychosis to the forefront, alright. But allow it to be bought off in some fashion to reflect those people that do NOT have that innate psychological weakness.

And I'd prefer a general "addiction" mechanic that includes implants next to alchohol, stimulants, MMORPGs, Pokemon and depressants.

 

[interwyrm]

I think it would be a great idea to have psychoses induced by in-game events. Cybernetic implants shouldn't cause alienation, but just make characters more vulnerable to gaining new psychoses. The actual implantation might force a check for a new psychosis too.


I have to say though, people currently who have body modifications feel alienated *before* getting them, and less so afterwards. Having straight 'alienation' as a result makes little sense. People with implants would be less alienated from each other even if they are alienated from the world at large.