That's already been thoroughly stolen and re-purposed for use in SR from the previous editions of CP. Unless CP v.3 brings all sorts of new features to Mr. Studd, it's just old news.

It's cyberreplacement's answer to Viagra. (What was the ad copy? "All night, Every Night, and she'll never know...", of course, that was just the basic model. Get one tricked out with the optional features, and she'll know.)

That was it. If I recall correctly, that was the entire extent of the writeup on what the item did. That's pretty much all you needed to know as far as game mechanics.

On a related note, I recall when a female player asked -- with genuine seriousness -- if Wired Reflexes also increased the speed of your tongue.

I don't think she was looking for a bonus to Fast Talk.

Every time they are thrown into cold water in fact.

-Frank

What, you don't rub your crotch up against people when trying to woo them?

Although in the midnight lady version, I do think you might just have to say it outright (but who cares if the guy knows?)

Bad frank, naughty in your bed!!

tee hee, nice reference.

To add a little to the thread I would like to see the play being body mods, like mr Stud/midnight lady but all over...

If I ever play cyberpunk agian I will play a solo who was fitted with one as for an undercover job and now refuses to have it removed...

This is true. It is not a rumor. However, cybertech is radically different from what it was like before. Edgerunner NuCybe is built around rings and bracers that cover the body with muscle and steel. It's temporary. When you don't need it, the cyberware folds back up. The Corpore Metal, on the other hand, are an entire faction of full conversion borgs. They are pretty much posthumans, though their mechanical bodies are essentially designed to mimic human bodies, and hence, not screw around with their humanity. Translation: their stats are based off their baseline human stats, with some bonuses or penalties depending on the model of cyborg body in question.

It's not really overpowered. Ridiculous maybe. Definitely still cyberpunk.

Screw cyber. All you really needed was Reflexes 10, some Boosterware, and Combat Sense 10. Get the right weapon, and you can be assured of going first and popping a cap in the other guy's ass.

My point was that boosting your Empathy to 10 in CP2020 was not necessarily the optimal way to twink out your combat character. At least until they started releasing power armor and full conversion borgs, a well-twinked Solo who went first would probably take down his opponent in a straight-up fight.

On the other hand, who DIDN'T take Skinweave in Cp2020?

Oh yeah, anything about CP2020... your starting cash was based on your special "class" skill. The higher it was, the more starting cash. So, you had every incentive to start off with say, Combat Sense 10 as a Solo, and no reason not to.

The problem with that set up is that it's built on the assumption of one "other guy" to pop caps into the ass of.

The cyber's all there for those worst-case scenarious (ie, "actual fights") -- the ability to survive against multiple attackers, the strength or blades needed to win something besides a gunfight, the durability to stand a chance of taking a hit and hitting right back, the ability to see outside of opimal conditions, etc, etc, etc.

In an idealized "the gang leader and I stand ten paces apart at high noon, and wait for a sign to draw," yeah. Your fast-draw Solo's gonna win every time (well, nine times out of ten, a '1' on his to-hit roll will still ruin his day) -- but how often does that actually happen?

About as often as in Shadowrun.