[K5pbem] Give "Nats" something to do?

[Rob Rutherford]

On 1/18/06, Steve Kramer <scooter at guisarme.net> wrote:
> On Wed, 18 Jan 2006, Rob Rutherford wrote:
>
> > I can think of a good reason to play a nat: discrescion.  Nat just
> > don't attract attention the way the others do.  Nats can walk into a
> > store of building without having weapon or cyber sensors go off.
> > Espers don't notice anything special about them; many espers probably
> > actively ignore them.  This makes nats good for exciting prsositions
> > where people frequently don't want to be noticed assination, special
> > couriers, and recon.
> >
> So in game terms, espers, cyborgs, etc. would have a DF disad.  That might
> be good, but then, the esper/cyborg/etc. seems to be the default for PCs.
> Might be difficult in terms of playability.
>
> The more I think of it, the Batman analogy seems to be appropriate.  In
> more recent DC Universe stories, there seem to be all the other
> heroes...and then there's Batman, who is plain ol' smarter and tougher
> than they are.  Some of that is plotline stuff.  I wonder if there is a
> way of doing it in game terms?
>
> This is just thinking out loud; I'm not really trying to make a rules
> change or anything.


You are correct Esper's, Cyborgs, and Upgrades all have DF of varying
levels.  In addition cyberware has a 1/4 limitation cyberware, Mike
can talk to that.

A question for Mike would be if cyberware and upgrades are that
common, should it really be a DF?

(Personally I'm rather disgusted with Batgod, but that's kinda irrevelant.)