Cyberlimb Sensory Cut-off
All modern cyberlimbs come with sensory feedback systems
that attempt to reproduce tactile impressions such as texture,
warmth, softness, humidity, etc. This is accomplished using a
combination of micro-pressure sensors, nano-receptors, hair-fine
analyzers, and processing software that composites the feedback
into recognizable human sensations. In older models, these systems
were often only embedded in cyberhands.
Cutting off sensory feedback from such systems, when it’s
inconvenient or when the cyberlimb is damaged or undergoing repairs,
is simply a question of giving the built-in processor a mental
command over the neural link or a PAN-connection.
Switching off feedback from a cyberlimb allows characters
to perform actions with that cyberlimb which would normally
induce distracting or painful feedback, such as getting mauled by
a hellhound, putting a hand into a vat of acid, punching a wall, etc.
In these circumstances, the gamemaster should allow the character
to ignore wound modifiers from damage applied directly to that
cyberlimb for as long as the sensory feedback system is turned
off. In the case of damage applied to the character in general, not
specifically to that cyberlimb, the character can ignore a box of
Physical damage per sensory-disconnected full cyberlimb (not
partial limbs) solely for the purpose of calculating wound modifiers.
Note that neither of these options actually prevents damage,
it just allows the character to turn off some of the pain.
Cyberlimbs have sensory feedback for a reason, of course,
and turning that input off makes the cyberlimb clumsy and difficult
to use. At the gamemaster’s discretion, he may apply a –1 to
–3 modifier to the character’s actions involving that limb.