Actually we purposefully did not include build/designing rules for cyberware and bioware either. What you have is rules for assemply, implantation and repair. All of which assume installing and upgrading implants or their ready-made components bought from the manufacturer (as opposed to building them yourself).

Building your own cybernetic arm from scratch is definitely not covered in the rules, nor is designing and growing a unique new bioware organ.

Designing a gene therapy from scratch (well, from existing research) still takes thousands of man-hours of work, a fully decked out geneshop or facility, several techs working on appropriate vectors and enabling processes, significant in vitro testing, and preferably quite a few animal and clinical trials to work out any unforseen kinks. Typically the process costs several hundred thousand nuyen, several months to a few years to perfect, besides the considerable research time.

This is so far beyond the scope of the vast majority of Shadowrun campaigns that we didn't include mechanics for it.

At the very least such activities would require very extended Cybertechnology Design Knowledge Skill test or Medicine Genetics Knowledge Skill test, having all the relevant equipment, then making (to simplify) a Cybertechnology or Medicine Test to actually produce the requisite retroviral agents/nanites/phages for the treatment, then labtesting it for unforseen effects on guinea pigs (animal or otherwise). Obviously the GM is free to throw as many hoops your way as he wants since this is the realm of corporate R&D and a one-man show street op is not going to be competing with the big boys in SOTA without a whole lot of hard work.

Most bioware organs that reproduce animal abilities or features (gamemaster's discretion, as usual) should be available as transgenic alterations - meaning organs that could believably occur in nature. Eventually SOTA will expand this to pretty much any type of bioware organ, but that's the next step. However, symbionts and similar vat-grown organisms that are independent of the host are obviously not included.

No. The transgenic alteration to produce bioware should have approximately the same costs in both nuyen and essence, however, instalation times are exceedingly long. Of course, it is up to the GM to determine if clinics with the necessary facilities and technology are available in the first place (using the medical providers list we included as a guideline) and whether or not their rarity affects the cost

Most beta or better clinics with a focus on geneware will have the necessary equipment (though certainly not all). I would say full body, human-sized immersion tanks would require a facility, though a shop might include a single vat.

This will be addressed in upcoming FAQ (and possibly errata). As soon as I have a full answer for you I'll post it.

The former is intended to work only on trauma - violent damage - inflicted on the user from an external source. It should not reduce damage from Fatigue or magical Drain. I would also extend this ruling to platelet factories since these are essentially designed to counter bleeding -though obviously a case could be made for Physical Drain.

This is still an open question? I thought it had been settled. I can wait for the FAQ, but Apple actually asked a multi-part question there and if it would be possible to answer just one part of it, that would be useful. Is the armour averaged over the whole body i.e. add up armour points and divide by six, or cumulative? I've been playing cumulative and found it balanced okay, but would love to know what the official stance is.

But if that were the part of the question that couldn't be answered until the FAQ, no problem.

-K.

FrankTrollman offered his interpretation of the rule on how armor is calculated, and in an unofficial capacity I'm inclined to agree with him (cumulative for the record).

However, as you've pointed out, Apple asked a multi-part question - one which I've actually forwarded to the person responsible for the rules to clarify his intent and to see whether this issue warrants errata or a FAQ entry. Pending that all I can offer are unofficial responses which may be overruled by errata and/or a FAQ.

Duh, good point.

Still, it makes me wonder about the 360 degree vision, could i have my Radar Sensor to spin with my POV?

Given the nature of Bedlam I'd allow it, though I'd probably add a modifier for the exotic nature of the pathogen.

Minor oversight here. For weaponized nanotech use Power for Nano hunter Opposed Tests (yeah, it means they're relatively weak against weapons grade nanotech).

I'm not Synner, but I did write that. It should be dice pool modifier. No, you do not add to the numbers on each die.

Also not Synner, but correct. Caps only apply when something adds directly to the Skill or Attribute, not the Pool itself.

...that's nice. So Violet (that's 3) can still get that Cerebral boosting 3 (on top of Genetic Adaptation [Logic] and Exceptional Attribute [Logic]) to have an Augmented logic of 11 (we use the "alternate" Attribute + Skill rule for Hacking tests).

Not that I can find.

@The Dunner

OK thanks that is why I was asking, so it is something for the errata then.

@KK
If you have Genetic Adaptation [Logic] and Exceptional Attribute [Logic] then the max Augmented attribute is a 12.

If you take Neural Amplifiers-Neocortical rating 3 that will add 3 dice to logic-linked related skills and then use PuSHed that will add another 1 dice so a total of 4 additional dice, for logic-linked tests.

The encephalon is not as cost effective as PuSHed is in essence cost and nuyen costs.

As for the Intuition cap there is no "wares" as RAW that add to towards the cap, but there is always Karma to get there.

WMS

And magic.

Do you allow the Karma purchase of Attributes above the Racial Maximum? If not, how would Karma help?

I understand that. It was not what I was asking.

This is what I was talking about.

I have no problems with house rules as long as they are presented as such. The implication I got from your previous post was that you seemed to think that it was actually a canon rule that a player could use Karma to improve their character's Attribute(s) up past the Racial Maximum all the way to the Augmented Maximum (which is what we were discussing).

Clearly this is not the case.

..sorry my bad. at work, don't have books in front of me.

So what then is Genetic Adaptation?

If you buy Alpha (non-cultured) Bioware when you possess the Type O Quality, you are wasting your money. There is no further discount. Cultured Bioware is unaffected by the Quality, and therefore the different Grades of that Bioware will still make a difference.

I don't believe this is stated anywhere, but personally I would go with the Delta reading, as the organs/bioware is supposed to blend with your body almost seamlessly.

@KK
The closest I can find in Augmentation is Environmental MicroAdaption ie Cold Adaption etc.

@Kerberos
Fortune is correct on question 1, there is a long discussion here in Augmentation Q&A on that exact question, search for it using "Type O Quality".

As for question 2, I agree with Fortune on his answer.

WMS

...that's where I saw it.

Haven't had a chance to just sit down and read through the PDF yet.