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<blockquote data-quote="Angel Tarragon" data-source="post: 3550036" data-attributes="member: 23733"><p>I am surprised that Dragonstar hasn't been mentioned yet; it introduces the concept of spellware, a form of arcane biomodification.</p><p></p><p>When a character upgrades tmeslf, they must see an NPC or other character that has ranks in Surgeon an spend XP. The DM must make a Surgeon check based on the difficulty of the procedure for each day the player's character needs to be tended to. A failure by 5 points or more indicated no progress is made for that day. The process of implanting spellware takes 1 hour per 1,000 credits the procedure costs and minimum of 8 hours worth of work by the surgeon must be made with one day's worth of work.</p><p></p><p>Here is some sample spellware: </p><p>[code]Aquaform Changes respiratory sytem to allow extraction of oxygen from water</p><p>Enhanced Ability Tissue implants allows a +2, +4 or +6 to any one physical ability score</p><p>Fast Healing Runic surgery allows charater to gain said ability; can choose to gain FH 1 or FH2</p><p>Retractable Claws Think Wolverine</p><p>Subdermal Armor Runic surgery used to modify skin and muscle to give the character damage reduction of 5/magic or 10/magic</p><p>Translator Modifies the speech center of the brain; it allows the character to speak and understand the language of any intelligent creature ala [i]tongues[/i][/code]</p><p>These samples are just a portion of arcane spellware. There is also Divine Spellware.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Angel Tarragon, post: 3550036, member: 23733"] I am surprised that Dragonstar hasn't been mentioned yet; it introduces the concept of spellware, a form of arcane biomodification. When a character upgrades tmeslf, they must see an NPC or other character that has ranks in Surgeon an spend XP. The DM must make a Surgeon check based on the difficulty of the procedure for each day the player's character needs to be tended to. A failure by 5 points or more indicated no progress is made for that day. The process of implanting spellware takes 1 hour per 1,000 credits the procedure costs and minimum of 8 hours worth of work by the surgeon must be made with one day's worth of work. Here is some sample spellware: [code]Aquaform Changes respiratory sytem to allow extraction of oxygen from water Enhanced Ability Tissue implants allows a +2, +4 or +6 to any one physical ability score Fast Healing Runic surgery allows charater to gain said ability; can choose to gain FH 1 or FH2 Retractable Claws Think Wolverine Subdermal Armor Runic surgery used to modify skin and muscle to give the character damage reduction of 5/magic or 10/magic Translator Modifies the speech center of the brain; it allows the character to speak and understand the language of any intelligent creature ala [i]tongues[/i][/code] These samples are just a portion of arcane spellware. There is also Divine Spellware. [/QUOTE]
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