The two Rusters in the quickstart are not 1000CP Characters?. Well, The NPC Prime 1 characters are not supposed to be playable characters anyway (it's called NPC for something), and, if I take that out of the consideration, well, there's a fairly even spread of roughly 1 sample character per type (and that's good enough). The thing i've missed was a steel liberators adherant that was not a case morph, but one of the new types of morphs showcased in Sunward. But I see your point (in the way that the Quickstart and NPC Prime one characters are really not sample characters for players). Maybe, simply one can state that Synthmorphs are very uncommon, except for Cases in indentured service or super-high end completely non-humanoid models like the Reaper, or the Arachnoid.

Maybe the correct statement will be "Uncommon as a Morph's choice for a Firewall sentinel", as you have pointed in one of the posts, even if a Synthmorph can actually be an advantage for a Sentinel (not a Case in any case, because the Lemon trait will screw you up in any mission, and Firewall will give you a better morph. Period).

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There are plenty of advantages to purely synthetic bodies, but it isn't completely accurate to state that it is all advantages. There are certainly trade-offs, and not all of them are aesthetic in nature.

Some disadvantages of Synth bodies over Biological bodies: 1.- Maintenance. In EP, nanotechnology makes easy to build self-mantaining machines (as easy as put medichines in a Synth), but there are other issues with maintenance (nuclear power supplies and the such) that has to be taken in consideration. 2.- Lack of self reproduction, but in EP, building a SynthMorph is an easy task (except high-end custom models, but is more easy than building a Biomorph) 3.- Lack of some body features that transhuman egos are accustomed to (having sex by example), but Synth Skin adds some of that features. 4.- Tactile Precision. Synth bodies don't have the same degree of tactile precision of Biomorphs, but one can compensate with tools and upgrades. 5.- Cyberbrains are hackable. That's the greatest disadvantage of being a Synthmorph or a Pod. 6.- Social Stigma, associated of Synthmorphs being lazy, poor, or propense to TITAN hacking, and the bioconservationist movement. 7.- (Game Rules) A lot of traits are not available to Synthmorphs, included Psi. 8.- (Game Rules) Restricted selection of bioware mods. 9.- Cheap Synthmorphs come with the lemon trait. (But some biomorphs come with the planned obsolescence trait). 10.- The Uncanny Valley trait (only in Androids/Gynoids, but eliminable with Synth Skin). Some advantages of being a Synth: 1.- They not needs to breathing, eating or sleeping. (but loses the pleasure of eating, or having a nice dream) 2.- More resistant to damage and pain. 3.- Inmunity to Psi Sleights of level 1-2. 4.- Robotic Mods. One can have some of them in a biomorph, but only with Cybernetic Limbs. 5.- Inmunity to diseases, toxins, low/high temperatures, vacuum, and some attacks. 6.- Fast building and resleeving. 7.- Cheaper than a equally capable Biomorph. As every thing, being a SynthMorph has a lot of advantages and disadvantages. The important thing is the morph serves the purpose to the player (or NPC). For me, a Synth with a lot of upgrades and Synth Skin are very useful, but a Bouncer or a Ghost will not be a bad option.

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nikleonard wrote:

7.- Cheaper than a equally capable Biomorph.

Sex can be free, and it makes biomorphs. I'm just saying.... :D

I've nearly died of laugh on this one XD But remember, some biomorphs are sterile, and the pregnancy, delivery and rising the child to adulthood are not free. In the Psi inmunity trait, well, I think its like a consolation prize for having hackable cyberbrains, and biomorphs can do with implants and mods nearly everything a Synthmorph can do, but the same works in reverse. Biological Science appears to be more advanced than Robotics in Eclipse Phase, but both are capable of increible feats. (But, in a side note, having a Pod is like having the disadvantages of both Synthmorphs and Biomorphs, and nearly none of the advantages...) At the end, the problem is that one changes Psi inmunity for Hacking inmunity, and Biomods for Robotic mods, and lose the option of getting a lot of traits but gain a lot of traits for "free".

The problem is two things: 1.- Time, and 2.- (and more important), you are not creating a Biomorph, you are creating a person (Ego + Morph). A person that will not be able to be a new body to an infugee or for yourself when you get killed or bored (or at least not ethically). Its a more powerful and important act, but it's certainly not the creation of a Biomorph.