pg 247 CRB 6e
It’s harder for trolls, and they experience a ten percent markup on everything. Even AR setting have to be adjusted to fit trolls’ thick fingers, and every piece of gear needs some kind of adjustment for their size, strength, and dermal deposits.
(Emphasis mine)
That makes no sense to me at all. Does anyone else think this makes sense?
A R1 cyberdeck, modified for a troll, costs 2500 nuyen more. OK, I can maybe see that; make it a bit bigger, ruggedise the case. Especially as cyberdecks are things you wear now, maybe. Although what if it's an implanted cyberdeck with just an AR interface? Why does it cost money to make an AR interface larger? And also, by and large, don't electronics get cheaper when you make them bigger? It's usually miniaturisation that's expensive, not going the other way. If cyberdecks got cheaper when you made them smaller, every decker would have one the size of wedding ring, and they'd be both less expensive and easier to hide.
But a R6 cyberdeck - that's gonna cost a troll 40k extra. So: what extra troll adaptation happened to the R6 'deck that didn't happen to the R1 'deck? And why and how did that adaption cost
four times the cost of a compact car?
Let's talk foci! "The physical form of a focus varies—bracelets, amulets, belts, wands, walking sticks, staves, cups, bottle caps, daggers, hats, hip flasks, pens, and so on and so forth — although most of the time a focus reflects the tradition of its maker." A rating 6 power focus is 108k for a human and 119k for a troll. What has changed about that focus that made it cost 19k more? Why has that change cost 19k, when the same adaptation for a R1 power focus cost only 3k? It does not cost twice the price of a Jackrabbit to make a walking stick or hip flask troll-sized instead of human sized. Does it? Surely the cost of a focus is in the magic power, and surely the magic power isn't any different in a focus for a troll.
I can go on! Fake SINs... do fake SINs cost 10% more? Why? How about a gun licence to put on that SIN?
How about programs for that cyberdeck? Do they need troll adaptation too? How about a knowsoft? Troll adaptation on those is 250 nuyen - what changes about the knowsoft for that? Do spell formulae get more expensive for trolls? How about reagents? Are troll grenades more expensive? Does that mean they're bigger? If they're bigger, why don't they do more damage? Do trolls pay more for RFID tags?
What about a slap patch? Do trolls pay more for slap patches? Does that mean they have a bigger dose or something? So what happens if you put a troll slap patch on a human? Or vice versa?
How far down this rabbit hole shall we go? Do
bullets cost more for trolls?
"It’s harder for trolls, and they experience a ten percent markup on
everything."
...I guess they do.