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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lord Zardoz" data-source="post: 475818" data-attributes="member: 704">Making mod's stat limited is not idealI agree that a limiting factor is needed.  However, I am not convinced that the limiting factor should be a stat.  Since Shadowrun also has BioGenetic mods (its in one of the source books), lets assume that the mods affect the same stat.What we can do is assume that all implants of any sort should count against a Rejection Threshold.  When the threshold is crossed, a few things should happen.1)  The character should suffer Stat damage to Str, Dex, and Con for every day that he is beyond the rejection threshold.2)  The character should be unable to heal naturally until he is brought back below the rejection threshold.3)  Each implant must have a description of what happens when a character goes beyond the rejection threshold.  For say, titanium bone lacing, nothing should happen.  For an implant that displays info (a Heads Up Display), it should just stop working.  For a sensory mod (night vision), the affected sense should stop functioning (if you are in rejection and have an artificial eye, you go blind in the relevant eyes).  For an artifical heart, well, death seems appropriate.Some other things to consider:The rejection threshold should be the same for all characters.  Otherwise, its like saying a character with a high Int can use more magic items then someone with a low int.As for the incremental cost, you can have each implant cause a permanant penalty of an appropriate sort until it is successfully removed.  Unsuccessful removal (failed skill check from the surgeon) will cause the penalty to become permanant.  This will cause your players to pick their gear carefully.The penalty could be any one of the following:- penalty to ability / skill checks- Save penalty- AC penalty- Movement rate reduction- permanant status affliction (slowed, fatigued,)A penalty of -2 to all Str checks is a pretty harsh deterent.  A penalty of -2 to any Hide or Move Silently Check is less of a deterent.END COMMUNICATION</blockquote>

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