The Main Man Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 I considered posting this in the Rifts HERO thread, but I decided that it is a broad enough concept to merit its own thread. So... in some cyberpunk games (Ghost in the Shell immediately comes to mind) characters can completely replace their flesh and blood body with a bionic/cybernetic one. In common HERO parlance, Restrainable (-1/4) is applied to cybernetic enhancements. To me though, something about that becomes dubious when it comes to a complete bionic body. Should Restrainable (-1/4) be used for base CHAR? Should it be an all-in one Physical Complication? Could there be a comfortable set of conditions for certain abilities i.e. some are covered by a Physical Complication while others are covered by Restrainable (-1/4). What's it to my fellow HEROphiles? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xavier Onassiss Posted November 20, 2012 Report Share Posted November 20, 2012 Re: Complete Bionic Body I'm just heading out the door, so I must be brief. See the cyborg rules in Kazei 5. They're awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tasha Posted November 22, 2012 Report Share Posted November 22, 2012 Re: Complete Bionic Body I considered posting this in the Rifts HERO thread, but I decided that it is a broad enough concept to merit its own thread. So... in some cyberpunk games (Ghost in the Shell immediately comes to mind) characters can completely replace their flesh and blood body with a bionic/cybernetic one. In common HERO parlance, Restrainable (-1/4) is applied to cybernetic enhancements. To me though, something about that becomes dubious when it comes to a complete bionic body. Should Restrainable (-1/4) be used for base CHAR? Should it be an all-in one Physical Complication? Could there be a comfortable set of conditions for certain abilities i.e. some are covered by a Physical Complication while others are covered by Restrainable (-1/4). What's it to my fellow HEROphiles? It sounds like a special effect for having high stats. Probably also has the complication (Doesn't Heal Normally, must be repaired). Xavier has it right though. Kazei 5 has the best cybernetic rules every published for Hero. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted November 22, 2012 Report Share Posted November 22, 2012 Re: Complete Bionic Body I'm just heading out the door, so I must be brief. See the cyborg rules in Kazei 5. They're awesome. Agreed. It has excellent write-ups on how to do everything from a simple replacement of just a limb or eye to doing a full-conversion cyborg. I can't recommend it highly enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheQuestionMan Posted November 23, 2012 Report Share Posted November 23, 2012 Re: Complete Bionic Body Kazei 5 is the best. Cheers QM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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