Chemically synthesized enablers
May 29, 2014 10:30:22 GMT -5
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Post by beverage on May 29, 2014 10:30:22 GMT -5
That's stimpax, headlozz, hyper V and Ye ole faithful Crammers to you chummer.
But perhaps you need a little extra help. A difficult negotiation, a slippery assassination target or that Damn terminal that refuses to be hacked/phracked?
Say you need a leg up and are willing to make a trade off?
My basic premise in keeping with CK rules is a product line of consumable "stims" that in game terms operate almost like "temporary implants".
eg take a dose of "Synapse ©" which "improves intelligence skills":
(hack/electronics +1) for YYHours
BUT
(adds XX Dv)(x2 exhaustion rate) for YYHours and incurs [before use/after wearing off?] a XHp/XMp damage to a minimum of 1hp/1mp (like headlozz with HP: barely breathing but won't kill you).
ps: And while I'm wishing, Crammers/Cram shot really need to do at least 1MP damage each use
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Buffing would have the gameplay side effect of needing to reheal/restim via consumables to avoid wasting buff time thus making supplies more of a concern aswell as balancing the DV to survivability challenge
possibly:
There could be a set of 4 for each "attributes skills"[eg "Cardiozyme" gives athletics&brawling +1, but strength unchanged; "Reflexene©" gives stealth&firearms +, but dexterity unchanged etc etc]
and similarly one each for the core attributes:
["Endurochrome©" boosts body+] and ["Cerebrinol©" boosts mind+]
I think this would still be balanced imo. TheDV cost and "ingestion/hangover cost" would dissuade players from abusing them until really necessary.
(like those couple of jobs to mars Corp where I know it's unwise but pay is worth it, plus I think buffs with downsides are the greatest rpg invention ever [except for the trese brothers games, I sincerely consider them artisans].
But perhaps you need a little extra help. A difficult negotiation, a slippery assassination target or that Damn terminal that refuses to be hacked/phracked?
Say you need a leg up and are willing to make a trade off?
My basic premise in keeping with CK rules is a product line of consumable "stims" that in game terms operate almost like "temporary implants".
eg take a dose of "Synapse ©" which "improves intelligence skills":
(hack/electronics +1) for YYHours
BUT
(adds XX Dv)(x2 exhaustion rate) for YYHours and incurs [before use/after wearing off?] a XHp/XMp damage to a minimum of 1hp/1mp (like headlozz with HP: barely breathing but won't kill you).
ps: And while I'm wishing, Crammers/Cram shot really need to do at least 1MP damage each use
continued...
Buffing would have the gameplay side effect of needing to reheal/restim via consumables to avoid wasting buff time thus making supplies more of a concern aswell as balancing the DV to survivability challenge
possibly:
There could be a set of 4 for each "attributes skills"[eg "Cardiozyme" gives athletics&brawling +1, but strength unchanged; "Reflexene©" gives stealth&firearms +, but dexterity unchanged etc etc]
and similarly one each for the core attributes:
["Endurochrome©" boosts body+] and ["Cerebrinol©" boosts mind+]
I think this would still be balanced imo. TheDV cost and "ingestion/hangover cost" would dissuade players from abusing them until really necessary.
(like those couple of jobs to mars Corp where I know it's unwise but pay is worth it, plus I think buffs with downsides are the greatest rpg invention ever [except for the trese brothers games, I sincerely consider them artisans].
Fixing it has forced us to fix many other systems in the game. Currently, working on expanding the size of the 36 map to allow for an improved ark of job difficulty, as an example.