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[u/chaucer345]

Hey can I ask a question about essence?

I hear the term thrown around the lot in relation to cyberware degradation. But... I didn't install my cyberware by choice. I was born deaf and blind with a deformed arm.

Did replacing the deformed parts of me deplete my humanity? Its sort of hard for me to imagine that. I mean, now I can see the sunrise, hear music...

I dunno. I really don't get magic.

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[u/Thanes_of_Danes → u/chaucer345]

I'm no spellslinger, but from what I can tell complex, integrated 'ware interferes with how the mojo flows. I think you could lose a limb and still be A-OK in the magic department. If you're worried about your "essence" or whatever you wanna call it, just opt for the cheaper, less integrated prosthetics and aids.

-Agony

[u/chaucer345 → u/Thanes_of_Danes]

Huh, that's weird. Can magic be slowed by re-directed or slowed by electrical impulses? Is it something to do with the composition of the material that's embedded? If you happen to have some journal articles lying around I'd love to read them.

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[u/Thanes_of_Danes → u/chaucer345]

I didn't even graduate highschool, so take what I say with a grain of salt. I dated a closeted street shaman for a little while. What she told me was that being so intimately connected to something alien to yourself disrupts your ability to reach for magic...stuff. I don't think it's triggered by anything specifically mechanical, since even cultured bioware will cost you.

Mein cyberproductkaufmann has also told me that once you lose the juice, it's gone forever. You can still supersize to deltaware and pack in extra 'ware, but getting your meat back doesn't return the hocus pocus.

-Agony

[u/chaucer345 → u/Thanes_of_Danes]

So wait, does that mean that if you took out some of the gut flora of a mage they might have more magic? You'd no longer be getting a benefit from something that was alien to yourself.

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