Oh, lord. Not this crap.

I know exactly what you're talking about, but that kind of thing has more to do with a lack of empathy (and, though this probably fades with maturity, being enamored with their penis) than a lack of intelligence and/or competence. And it's also not like lack of empathy is a universal trait among the male population.

/derail

No girls allowed! LOL.

But if we ban the gays, then we'd have to ban the lesbians...

And then there'd be no Lesbian Elf Stripper Ninjas.

And that just plain wouldn't be Shadowrun, would it?

No danger of that. Shadowrun has more guys playing elven lesbians than any other game, which means that Shadowrun players are the most tolerant and broad-minded of all roleplayers.

It takes a special kind of guy to work under the kind of pressure that hacking a penile implant can put him under.

OH NO ITS TVTROPES SAY GOODBYE TO YOUR MORNING

Cute.

The best part about the penile implant would be the ability to tone down feeling in it.
Everybody and their mom aims for a guys junk in a brawl, because it's fucking effective most of the time.
As long as you don't have somebody who does not feel any pain at all in that moment, you have felled one guy, no matter how big usually.
If you have somebody who does not feel any pain at that moment, he will beat you into a bloody pulp because he will be very hurt later on.
Now simply toning down the feelings down there before a brawl would be an advantage because you get one attack of opportunity, when somebody tries that and does not get the hoped for result.
And later on you simply turn it back up and it is as if nothing had happened . . and for the workaholics, it should be detacheable too . .
*comlink rings right in the middle of sexy fun times with partner* "Sorry Honey, gotta go, here, have fun without me 'till i'm back!" *click*

But it's the balls that hurt?

*shrugs* i'd think they'd be included in the penile implant . .

They just get covered with synth skin.

Imagine the Possibilities with a modular Penile Implant, it would make those long distance relationships easier...
What would be the Damage Code on Modular Penile Implant?
(Str/2 +1)S
(Str/2 +2)S Reach 1 (Troll Penile Implant)

Modular Cyberlimb, combine with penile implant and Jackhammer Attachment. Make bubba run.

Video from comedy Central Lost Penis

i wondered when anybody would post a link to that song *g*

Bah Can't find good clip S01E06 Ugly Americans

*Sings the song "Detachable Penis" in the key of off*

Well, there still would be the Vampire cyber zombies with silverguns.

That I like.

And Bubba.

I would partly blame Neuromancer(Is there anyone who HASN'T read it?) for this one , and its semi-okay description of it as 'Free Money'. You show up for work, clock in, turn the memory editor equivalent on, and wake up a bit sore some hours later, take your check, and go home. Which sounds kind of reasonable, if squicky. There's some level of respect for the employees, and I think that impression has stuck in peoples minds. Molly millions is sort of an edge case, in which she was using said money to pay for razorgirl ware which ended up causing glitches and incompatabilities, her manager found out and exploited it as viciously and profitably as he could.

The problem is that in shadowrun, that kind of exploitation is the norm, not the exception - especially when nasty crap like drugs and human trafficking get involved. When you stop to think about whats actually going on its kind of horrifying.

Personally, I'm kind of surprised this thread has reached three pages. I might as well share one of our groups funny moments discussing the implants.

It started with a fairly innocent question. "How much Capacity does a penile implant have?". "Compare its size to a cyberlimb and go from there?" "...."
Things went downhill when people started making hidden weapon jokes about monowhips, cracks about electronic warfare 'packages' and suggestions about an AI Fixer renting processing space on one - it might have been a commlink in one since its the same size, but I don't rightly recall - said AI's handle being Mr. Johnson, of course.

I swear that implant is the best damned troll in the entire edition.

Honestly, I'm not too sure about the pleasure-related options. BTLs more than cover that already, and they're more convenient than ever (with wireless distribution and no need for a chipjack).

There's a.. relation between penile implants and BTL. Penile implants are useless without the tactile sensors; there's pressure on the manufacturers to go a bit beyond regulations on those sensors...

Is it me, or is any guy who'd take a penile implant just Messed Up ™?

I really feel like it's a prosthetic, because of the *replacement* aspect. Like, he *got* messed up, so he needs a replacement. Because it just seems like BTLs already win for the pleasure side. Obviously there are reasons to 'upgrade' yourself, so I'm only referring to the sort of alternative sexuality ideas being batted around. I'm saying that it doesn't seem like you'd get one *just* to feel more.

It's less a mere upgrade to the sensation you feel, and more the prospect of being in total control of your own sexuality. To be able to go all night long, or, alternately, to be able to turn it off, and resist any attempts to manipulate you with your libido, at will.

Yes, but then, no. I don't think that turning it off is the same as turning off your libido or your sexuality, not at all.

Ermmmmm....

And once again, the German errata wins - we have vaginal implants. And the concept of using synthetic muscles has been good for some nasty ideas

It's a fix for things like erectile dysfunction, which will be an increasing problem with the increased lifespan and virility of the better-to-dos in the Sixth World. It's also a vast improvement over masculinising genoplasty for those who would be so inclined.



This, a cyberhand, and an internal speaker.
Redifining 'talk to the hand.'

Psh, Sengir. The existing entry for Penile Implant already says that the vaginal version is an option.

It's like someone stuck a vibrator in a fleshlight.

At least in my version it only talks about giving a biologically female customer a penile implant, but not implanting an artificial vagina.

And the idea was more about a hooker using her cybered PC muscle as a blackmail device - either pay something extra, or it's gonna be really tight...

Ah, it does say transgendered.

Oh, go google up a .rarpeg ebook of it already. The sprawl trilogy is worth reading.