Hi all
I've recently been playing about with the idea of creating implant/augmentation packages. Basically this idea was prompted by the fact that I've been planning a game with a new player who was slightly daunted by the list of gear/implants etc. The main utility for these packages is to allow new players to start a game without having to go on extensive shopping trips. I also thought that this might be of use for quick customisation of morphs in game, for example an academic character transferring into a Ruster morph wishes to retain certain mental augmentations. Even someone using a highly specialised morph such as a Ghost could benefit from something like the Covert Suite. This could also be used as a short hand for GMs, so that for NPCs they merely note a package rather than a potentially long list of augmentations.
For the sake of simplicity I have kept the price of packages to rounded numbers. All prices have been modified accordingly, with military and covert packages being the most expensive. The packages are intended to be complimentary, so that someone who wished to create a combat orientated character might choose both the Military Suite and the High Performance Suite. A detective/investigator on the other hand might take the Covert Suite, Academic Suite and Enhanced Sensory Suite.
I may put this together in the form of a corporate catalogue once I get my hands on a copy of InDesign.
These are what I have come up with so far:
ENHANCED SENSORY SUITE - 4,000 Credits
Includes:
Hearing
Vision
Smell
Anti-Glare
Taste/Touch available as add-ons for additional 1,000 (justification is that these are likely to be considered luxury enhancements for those of a hedonistic disposition)
HIGH PERFORMANCE SUITE - 8,000 Credits
Enhanced Respiration
Hardened Skeleton
Muscle Augmentations
HOSTILE ENVIROMENT SUITE - 4,000 Credits
Toxin Filters
Temperature Tolerance
Oxygen Reserve
Direction Sense
WELLBEING SUITE - 3,000 Credits
Medichines
Clean Metabolism
Nano-Phages
Circadian Regulation
ACADEMIC SUITE - 4,000 Credits
Eidetic Memory
Math Boost or Hyper Linguist
Mental Speed
COVERT SUITE - 15,000 Credits
Emotional Dampers
Endocrine Control
Neurachem Level 1
MILITARY SUITE - 10,000 Credits
Bioweave Armour (Light)
Respirocytes
Adrenal Boost
Dead Switch
Other suites I have considered include a business/media darling suite, a law enforcement suite and a pleasure suite.
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Augmentation packages
Sat, 2009-12-05 18:57
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Augmentation packages
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Mea Culpa: My mode of speech can make others feel uninvited to argue or participate. This is the EXACT opposite of what I intend when I post.