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post Mar 15 2010, 03:28 PM
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In another thread, someone mentioned how cheap Synaptic Boosters (bioware) are compared to Improved Reflexes (adept power): for 1.0 essence, you can get +2 Reaction and +2 IPs. With deltaware, you could get +3 Reaction and +3 IPs for a mere 0.75 essence: but deltaware is expensive, and you can't have any at character creation (even if you could afford it).

The quality Type O System seems to be a way around that restriction: it means that, for you, standard-grade bioware is the equivalent of deltaware when calculating essence cost. However, it's a 30 point quality, so you get that + Adept and you're done for positive qualities.

Synaptic Boosters (2), even at standard grade, are not cheap: 160,000 ¥ = 32 of your BP, and most of your gear allocation. Together with Type O System, that's 62 BP.

Assuming Adept with Magic 5 (4) = 45 BP, that leaves you with 200 BP for abilities, and 93 BP for everything else.

1/ How would you allocate those 4 remaining points of magic?

2/ What's the best use for the rest of that point of essence? I'm thinking 0.5 worth of cyberware, since eventually we'll want the Synaptic Boosters (3) = 0.75, so going over 0.5 in cyber would cost us another whole point eventually. On the other hand, if we skip cyber entirely and stick to bioware, we could stuff in the same 0.5 worth of standard-grade, thanks to our discount. 0.5 worth of standard-grade is pretty sweet: we could get five Skin Pockets! (...or Platelet Factories + Pain Editor.) Still, 0.5 worth of cyber is pretty sweet too, if we can expect to be able to get some use out of a Nanohive or six.

3/ It feels kinda wrong to be spending so many BPs on a single trick. However, it seems like a really good trick.

Thoughts?
Thanks, -- N
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- Nifft   Bio Adept   Mar 15 2010, 03:28 PM
- - The Jopp   Synaptic Boosters are already Cultured Bioware and...   Mar 15 2010, 03:35 PM
|- - Nifft   QUOTE (The Jopp @ Mar 15 2010, 10:35 AM) ...   Mar 15 2010, 03:38 PM
|- - Cheshyr   QUOTE (Nifft @ Mar 15 2010, 11:38 AM) D...   Mar 15 2010, 04:28 PM
|- - Nifft   QUOTE (Cheshyr @ Mar 15 2010, 11:28 AM) I...   Mar 15 2010, 05:23 PM
- - The Dragon Girl   you don't get .5 essence to play with anyhow, ...   Mar 15 2010, 05:35 PM
- - Bobfly   I'm sorry, I can't work it out. Can someon...   Mar 15 2010, 05:58 PM
- - Stahlseele   People are of the opinion that as cultured bioware...   Mar 15 2010, 06:03 PM
- - Cheshyr   The wording of the Type O quality states it only a...   Mar 15 2010, 06:14 PM
- - Tsithlis   From Aug P. 20 QUOTE Though exceptionally rare, a...   Mar 15 2010, 06:38 PM
- - TallMan   You could also grab Biocompatibilty (bioware), whi...   Mar 15 2010, 06:47 PM
|- - Nifft   QUOTE (The Dragon Girl @ Mar 15 2010, 12...   Mar 15 2010, 09:10 PM
|- - The Dragon Girl   QUOTE (Nifft @ Mar 15 2010, 04:10 PM) ......   Mar 15 2010, 10:15 PM
|- - Nifft   QUOTE (The Dragon Girl @ Mar 15 2010, 05...   Mar 15 2010, 10:59 PM
- - Tsithlis   And biocompatibility also leaves some extra +Quali...   Mar 15 2010, 06:53 PM
- - Dumori   I'm almost certain that basic biowear in the t...   Mar 15 2010, 11:04 PM
- - Muspellsheimr   QUOTE (Stahlseele @ Mar 15 2010, 11:03 AM...   Mar 16 2010, 12:31 AM
|- - Whipstitch   QUOTE (Muspellsheimr @ Mar 15 2010, 07:31...   Mar 16 2010, 01:34 AM
|- - Patrick the Gnome   QUOTE (Muspellsheimr @ Mar 15 2010, 07:31...   Mar 16 2010, 01:45 AM
|- - Draco18s   QUOTE (Muspellsheimr @ Mar 15 2010, 07:31...   Mar 16 2010, 04:14 AM
- - Dumori   Its RAW vs RAI. But ive forgotten what RAI was.   Mar 16 2010, 12:38 AM
|- - Tymeaus Jalynsfein   QUOTE (Dumori @ Mar 15 2010, 06:38 PM) It...   Mar 16 2010, 01:00 AM
- - Dumori   I mean I've forgoten what the RAI for this was...   Mar 16 2010, 01:04 AM
|- - Tymeaus Jalynsfein   QUOTE (Dumori @ Mar 15 2010, 07:04 PM) I ...   Mar 16 2010, 01:10 AM
- - Muspellsheimr   QUOTE (Augmentation p.61)By its nature, neural bio...   Mar 16 2010, 02:13 AM
|- - Patrick the Gnome   QUOTE (Muspellsheimr @ Mar 15 2010, 09:13...   Mar 16 2010, 02:36 AM
|- - Muspellsheimr   QUOTE (Patrick the Gnome @ Mar 15 2010, 08...   Mar 16 2010, 02:41 AM
|- - Patrick the Gnome   QUOTE (Muspellsheimr @ Mar 15 2010, 09:41...   Mar 16 2010, 02:46 AM
|- - Muspellsheimr   QUOTE (Patrick the Gnome @ Mar 15 2010, 07...   Mar 16 2010, 03:03 AM
- - Brol_The_Mighty   I've actually found that you can cram a better...   Mar 16 2010, 03:16 AM
|- - Patrick the Gnome   QUOTE (Brol_The_Mighty @ Mar 15 2010, 10...   Mar 16 2010, 04:11 AM
- - KCKitsune   You know guys, if you're paying for something ...   Mar 16 2010, 06:44 AM
|- - Patrick the Gnome   QUOTE (KCKitsune @ Mar 16 2010, 01:44 AM)...   Mar 16 2010, 06:55 AM
|- - darthmord   QUOTE (Patrick the Gnome @ Mar 16 2010, 01...   Mar 16 2010, 05:08 PM
- - Muspellsheimr   Type O System, in my game, has a cost of 25 BP and...   Mar 16 2010, 07:07 AM
|- - KCKitsune   QUOTE (Muspellsheimr @ Mar 16 2010, 02:07...   Mar 16 2010, 02:17 PM
|- - Whipstitch   QUOTE (Muspellsheimr @ Mar 16 2010, 02:07...   Mar 16 2010, 07:18 PM
- - The Jopp   The ”danger” of having a Type O system is a bit hy...   Mar 16 2010, 07:56 AM
- - Saint Sithney   I wouldn't think that a Type-O runner would ha...   Mar 16 2010, 10:57 AM
- - Stahlseele   You need to find the Ware first, though . . It cou...   Mar 16 2010, 11:45 AM


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