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If Shadowrun got the reboot treatment, what sacred cows (mechanics/setting) would you put up for slaughter?
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<blockquote data-quote="Raduin711" data-source="post: 7903880" data-attributes="member: 15303"><p>To clarify, by beef with Essence has less to do with the idea that there is a cost associated with cyberware, and more about the form that it takes.</p><p></p><p>If I replace my arm with a cyberarm (or I never had an arm to begin with) that prosthetic reduces my essence. In other words, I am less... myself. If I keep replacing parts, eventually my score hits 0 and I cease to exist and in my place is a murder robot. Why? Who knows.</p><p></p><p>It's like Theseus gets on a ship and goes out to sea. He replaces parts of the ship, part by part, until the final part gets replaced, and then the ship comes to life and eats him.</p><p></p><p>While the "luddite mage" idea is a cute balancing concept, I think the idea that I am, in some way, my arm is kind of odd, and maybe a little insulting to people who did not have limbs to begin with... that by getting a prosthetic they would lose essence and somehow become less themselves.</p><p></p><p>I find the idea that someone who has cyberware installed might have to spend time and experience for the whole physical therapy process to be preferable and more realistic and a better balancing mechanic, and in some ways better exemplifies the "magic meets machine" aspects of the setting. Just my 2 cents.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Raduin711, post: 7903880, member: 15303"] To clarify, by beef with Essence has less to do with the idea that there is a cost associated with cyberware, and more about the form that it takes. If I replace my arm with a cyberarm (or I never had an arm to begin with) that prosthetic reduces my essence. In other words, I am less... myself. If I keep replacing parts, eventually my score hits 0 and I cease to exist and in my place is a murder robot. Why? Who knows. It's like Theseus gets on a ship and goes out to sea. He replaces parts of the ship, part by part, until the final part gets replaced, and then the ship comes to life and eats him. While the "luddite mage" idea is a cute balancing concept, I think the idea that I am, in some way, my arm is kind of odd, and maybe a little insulting to people who did not have limbs to begin with... that by getting a prosthetic they would lose essence and somehow become less themselves. I find the idea that someone who has cyberware installed might have to spend time and experience for the whole physical therapy process to be preferable and more realistic and a better balancing mechanic, and in some ways better exemplifies the "magic meets machine" aspects of the setting. Just my 2 cents. [/QUOTE]
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