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Shadowrun General => Gear => Topic started by: Crazy Ivan on <02-02-14/0405:59>
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I'm sure this has come up somewhere in the past, but I was looking at MBW and had a question; is it
+2 Reaction/ Per Rating, +1 Dodge/ Per Rating, and +1 IP/ Per rating of the system, or is it
+2 Reaction (fixed), +1 Dodge (Fixed), and +1 IP per rating of the system. I can read it as either or when I'm reading the entry for it.
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+2 Reaction/ Per Rating, +1 Dodge/ Per Rating, and +1 IP/ Per rating is the correct reading. Don't forget the free Skillwires of course (SR4).
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I thought it was +2 Horrible Seizures, +1 Invasive Brain Surgery, and +1 Early Death.
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I know that's how Hero Lab does it where everything is per rating; I think Chummer did as well. Was there ever any official errata for it just for reference?
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I thought it was +2 Horrible Seizures, +1 Invasive Brain Surgery, and +1 Early Death.
IIRC there were no negative drawbacks aside from essence loss to MBW in 4th edition.
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I thought it was +2 Horrible Seizures, +1 Invasive Brain Surgery, and +1 Early Death.
IIRC there were no negative drawbacks aside from essence loss to MBW in 4th edition.
Did they ditch the temporal lobe epilepsy it causes as a side effect?
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It's there, but it's done in such a way that people can miss it, and / or consider it optional.
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According to my copy of Augmentation, MBW users suffer "occasional slight but uncontrollable muscle tremors when at rest" so fluff only and no RAW drawbacks.
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I'll put it this way, then; TLE-x is definitely in Augmentation, and the book says it's caused by stress from excessive cyberware, especially move-by-wire. In other words, easy to miss, and done in such a way that people can consider it optional.
On top of that, there's AEXD, which is basically a TLE-x preventative - you take it each week if you think you're at risk of developing TLE-x, and it adds 3 dice to resist a Power 5 disease. Which is ... of minimal help, lets say - but every bit adds up if you can afford it *and* make the threshold. (otherwise there's 1 week gene therapy, or brain shaving)
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Essentially, TLE-x is purely optional in SR4. Not "some people may consider it optional", but purely optional - there's no rule mandating that MbW cause TLE-x. A line like "caused by these things, especially this example" does not mean that the example always causes the disease/disorder/syndrome/whatever in question, just that it accounts for greater incidence than other things described by that line.
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Essentially, TLE-x is purely optional in SR4. Not "some people may consider it optional", but purely optional - there's no rule mandating that MbW cause TLE-x. A line like "caused by these things, especially this example" does not mean that the example always causes the disease/disorder/syndrome/whatever in question, just that it accounts for greater incidence than other things described by that line.
I guess since it's a little more balanced in this edition it makes sense to tone down or set aside the huge disadvantage it caused.