On Wed, 26 Jul 2006 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Technically, the answer is yes. A cybered razorboy for example, could be > knocked unconscious, and have the eyes ahem, surgically removed with a > vibro-blade. A cybernetic arm could be torn off from the shoulder and sold > as slightly used. As for losing an item? That is not the point of > "equipment" versus "gadgets". Per page 116, a gadget is something that > can't be produced by the most advanced technology. If you take a gun from > a TL 8 world to a TL 2 world, the gun would qualify perhaps as a "Gadget" > because it can't be produced by the most advanced technology there. > Question is, would a GM say "Ok, the gun can break, can be stolen easily, > has a size modifier of -2 - and grants you an innate attack of 1d6+2, now > you must pay X character points to use it"? A player could ask "Hey, it > wasn't something I had to pay character points for when the character was > in a TL 8 world, why does he suddenly have to pay character points to be > able to use the gun in a TL 2 world that he found himself in?" >
If all pcs are sent from TL8 to TL2 i'd say they all get a "assorted TL8 equipment" advantage, thats exact pointcost i don't specify on account of not being that anal. If only one pc has TL8 equipment and the others don't that is a situation that hardly ever would happen after chatacter generation. if i ever come into such a situation i make something up then. One mans groundfloor is an other mans earthmissle @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ Johannes Trimmel @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ _______________________________________________ GurpsNet-L mailing list <[email protected]> http://mail.sjgames.com/mailman/listinfo/gurpsnet-l
