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<blockquote data-quote="ColonelHardisson" data-source="post: 52761" data-attributes="member: 363"><p>Yes, I believe you are correct; I mixed up Shadowrun with Cyberpunk; I was playing them at about the same time. However, the fact that you die because your essence goes below a certain point again seems nonsensical to me, based on the fact that there are plenty of people who have had mechanical replacements for body parts - again, from dentures to hearts, with everything in between - and they don't seem any more machine-like or less filled with "essence" than anyone else. What about amputees - say quadruple amputees - who have artificial limbs? What about the folk with implants for hearing or sight (or, for that matter, any type of implants)? They often seem pretty normal to me. As I said earlier, there are devices that now link directly into the brain, and rather than seeming more machine-like, those with such devices often seem even more lively than they would have otherwise. Again, the only reason I object is that we have actual cases of such things in real life to draw from, and the cyberware rules go against actual empirical data. Unlike magic or aliens or any other RPG staple based on fictional stuff, we actually have real data to work with.</p><p></p><p>Let me make something clear; I like the Shadowrun setting. I just think the rules aren't very good.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ColonelHardisson, post: 52761, member: 363"] Yes, I believe you are correct; I mixed up Shadowrun with Cyberpunk; I was playing them at about the same time. However, the fact that you die because your essence goes below a certain point again seems nonsensical to me, based on the fact that there are plenty of people who have had mechanical replacements for body parts - again, from dentures to hearts, with everything in between - and they don't seem any more machine-like or less filled with "essence" than anyone else. What about amputees - say quadruple amputees - who have artificial limbs? What about the folk with implants for hearing or sight (or, for that matter, any type of implants)? They often seem pretty normal to me. As I said earlier, there are devices that now link directly into the brain, and rather than seeming more machine-like, those with such devices often seem even more lively than they would have otherwise. Again, the only reason I object is that we have actual cases of such things in real life to draw from, and the cyberware rules go against actual empirical data. Unlike magic or aliens or any other RPG staple based on fictional stuff, we actually have real data to work with. Let me make something clear; I like the Shadowrun setting. I just think the rules aren't very good. [/QUOTE]
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