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post May 1 2007, 12:37 AM
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Eye covers, as described on page 332 of the SR4 book, are fairly simple. They cover your eyes, giving +2 points of armor on them. Not a bad choice, to be sure.

That said, how obvious are they? Can they be retractable? Can they go under the eyelids, or do they cover the entire ocular cavity, like a pair of glasses?

This has come up because I have a player who wants to have dead black eye covers that cover the whole eye, and are not removable. (This was inspired by Neuromancer.)

I don't think it's an immediate problem, but it seems to me that, in the long run, they would become a pretty easy way to identify him. Somehow, I can't imagine runners wanting something that obvious on themselves that they can't remove. Am I just overdoing it?
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- Shev   Eye covers.   May 1 2007, 12:37 AM
- - Ravor   Although I could be mistaken, my understanding is ...   May 1 2007, 12:44 AM
- - WhiskeyMac   I always thought they were kind of like contacts i...   May 1 2007, 01:25 AM
- - Jack Kain   QUOTE (WhiskeyMac) I always thought they were kind...   May 1 2007, 01:29 AM
- - Whipstitch   My gm basically treats the base protective covers ...   May 1 2007, 01:55 AM
- - Glayvin34   Yeah, you can get cosmetic surgery to make you loo...   May 1 2007, 02:42 AM
- - Squinky   I've always pictured them somewhat like frog e...   May 1 2007, 03:11 AM
- - Demerzel   QUOTE (Squinky) And my group plays it where you ca...   May 1 2007, 03:30 AM
- - Shev   QUOTE (Demerzel) I've always thought of them a...   May 1 2007, 04:07 AM
- - WhiskeyMac   They are 100 and have no availability which mean...   May 1 2007, 04:13 AM
- - Squinky   Can't they be clear? And even if they aren...   May 1 2007, 04:14 AM
- - Catharz Godfoot   QUOTE (Shev) (This was inspired by Neuromancer.) ...   May 1 2007, 04:24 AM
- - WhiskeyMac   The fact that they can be transparent makes me thi...   May 1 2007, 04:24 AM
- - Shev   QUOTE (WhiskeyMac) They are 100 and have no avai...   May 1 2007, 04:31 AM
- - Jack Kain   QUOTE (Shev) See, some things are are common place...   May 1 2007, 05:08 AM
- - Demerzel   It may be distinctive, but it would be like tellin...   May 1 2007, 05:11 AM
- - Whipstitch   Keep in mind that the distinctive style flaw is lo...   May 1 2007, 05:21 AM
- - knasser   Cosmetic eyes are common in 2070. Lots of teenager...   May 1 2007, 06:44 AM
- - Shev   QUOTE (Jack Kain @ May 1 2007, 12:08 AM) Spur...   May 1 2007, 03:18 PM
- - hyzmarca   But the covers can be removed and replaced. Your e...   May 1 2007, 03:28 PM
- - Shev   Well, if they can be removed with little effort, t...   May 1 2007, 03:29 PM
- - Demerzel   These covers were not designed for combat. They a...   May 1 2007, 03:31 PM
- - Whipstitch   Cosmetic eyes are not all that different though, r...   May 1 2007, 03:35 PM
- - Shev   QUOTE (Demerzel @ May 1 2007, 10:31 AM) These...   May 1 2007, 04:17 PM
- - Demerzel   QUOTE (Shev) So then, should I say they DON'T ...   May 1 2007, 04:38 PM
- - eidolon   FYI, as far as Shadowrun milieu is concerned, eye ...   May 1 2007, 04:52 PM
- - Mr. Unpronounceable   So, am I the only one that always pictured these a...   May 1 2007, 04:57 PM
- - ornot   I don't think cyber nictating membranes would ...   May 1 2007, 05:02 PM
- - eidolon   QUOTE (ornot)Something that spans from the upper o...   May 1 2007, 05:06 PM
- - Demerzel   I think also the batman effect should be considere...   May 1 2007, 05:16 PM
- - mfb   QUOTE i.e. they don't permanently cover your e...   May 1 2007, 05:17 PM
- - eidolon   QUOTE (Demerzel)Figure out why these things aren...   May 1 2007, 05:19 PM
- - knasser   Lets put it this way: QUOTE Lonestar: Did the pe...   May 1 2007, 05:37 PM
- - Shev   QUOTE (knasser) And apart from the fitting groove ...   May 1 2007, 06:13 PM
- - Shrike30   I run 'em as being "armored contacts...   May 1 2007, 06:49 PM
- - WhiskeyMac   So have we figured that vision mods can be added o...   May 1 2007, 06:50 PM
- - Shrike30   Vision mods can be placed on contacts. "Prot...   May 1 2007, 06:59 PM
- - JonathanC   QUOTE (Shev) QUOTE (Demerzel @ Apr 30 2007, 1...   May 1 2007, 08:40 PM
- - Thane36425   In older editions, the eye covers only provided pr...   May 1 2007, 08:53 PM
- - hyzmarca   I'm hoping that Arsenal will have rules that c...   May 1 2007, 10:26 PM
- - HappyDaze   It's unlikely that protective covers internal ...   May 25 2007, 02:45 PM


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