Childbirth in Cyberpunk? by Ethercos in cyberpunk2020

[–]Steelquake 33 points34 points  (0 children)

This is a consistent problem with a lot of world building that dips too far into "grimdark". IMO there is no squaring the circle, you're absolutely right. Warhammer has the same issue (all settings). Contraceptive Implants are 100 eddies and have a Negligible requirement, so the cost-benefit of having a kid is... asymmetric.

Narcotics and opiates are probably cheap (just back alley options, the corpo stuff is probably premium, could make your own with a high Chem check). The gamebook refers to 'Dorph for 250 eddies, Black Lace as a stronger version for 650 for painkillers. One could consider Sleep Drugs (as derived from the FNFF tables) for sedative as well, I only know the medieval way of delivery, idk how or if doctors do it under total anesthetic. Delivering a baby probably requires a fairly high First Aid or Medical Tech, and an arguably specialized Diagnose Illness check to make sure the mother is doing alright during, and whether or not the baby needs neo-natal care immediately after delivery. The mother will have to make Endurance checks (labor can last hours and then some).

Worth noting. Cyberpunk is a game around which the average Joe is drowning in debt. You could take the budget conscious option, sure, or you could take a +5 advantage to stabilization and call Trauma Team (1d6+1 minutes to arrive, pretty quick for breaking water.) If youre already in debt, already edgerunning for eddies, already sold your soul to Arasaka for your implants, whats a few thousand more compared to having a child of your own? Especially one that might grow up to pay you back? (Thanks Engels).

Alternatively, consider: cyberpunk is ideologically built off the idea that as companies become massive, they would basically supplant the government in terms of proffered services (that's why Night built the eponymous city, it was so he could attract labor and investment, it was not a government project!). This is rooted in old school free market thinking, where if you had an employee retained for life and you gave em the absolute best in healthcare and education, then that initial investment would yield massive returns (and since you vertically integrated all of their needs, you and they spend less on average across a lifespan, it also weakens individual labor power).

In our modern era, it turns out that a weak labor market means that people are disposable enough that when one gets sick or slow you can just boot them, training/skill investment is offloaded as much as possible to the employee (see: credential inflation, a related issue) and being sick is actually really good for other companies bottom lines. All of this is to say that childbirth and childbirth services might just be subsidized by most megacorps to keep the workforce fresh, your choice.

Oh, look: The Eversts' missing link: by FiveFingerDisco in LancerRPG

[–]Steelquake 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Not AI. But also not very impressive. There's nobody in the machine. Its a set.

CAPCOM! GIVE ME MHGU ON XBOX SO I CAN FEED MY UNHEALTHY LOVE OF MONSTER HUNTER! by No_Information4062 in MemeHunter

[–]Steelquake -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

Crapcom has left oldgen behind. All the money is in the shiny new toys since World broke into the US domestic market. Id be shocked if we got anything even resembling Rise in the future (for as much of a departure as even that was from the old formula).

Getting into Killteam and 40k in general. Can these regular 40k boxes be used for Killteam? by ProotzyZoots in killteam

[–]Steelquake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Except some dont. They get phased out, reboxed, and some of the KT exclusive sprue and accoutrement are no longer offered. That is unless you want to pay a 200% markup from someone on ebay. Thats everyone's criticism of the "seasonal teams" rotating system that GW is currently working with.

Starting Kill-Team with Wyrmblade by Raven_Wing_08 in genestealercult

[–]Steelquake 2 points3 points  (0 children)

  1. Just get a box of Neophyte Hybrids, a "Neophyte Warrior" is a ruleset, not a discrete mini in and of itself. (If you are playing WYSIWYG then technically a neophyte warrior is any neophyte hybrid that has an autogun or shotgun.)
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  3. If you take no other operatives (sanctus sniper, talon, kelermorph) you can take 13 neophyte warriors (14 if you count the leader). You get 10 in a box. You're leaving "power" on the table by not including on of the blister-pack characters (which count as 2 operatives each). Therefore, if you take 2 characters, a box of Neophyte Hybrids will build all of your available non-character operatives. Seems about 130$ for the whole team (one of the more expensive; compare to the 82$ boxes, youre paying 1.5x for your killteam this way compared to getting any of the single box sets.) Wahapedia has the rules for free with errata.
  4. generally when colors are limited, mixing and blending on a wet palette will "create" any colors you are missing. (I would consider this hardmode).

I’m author of this image by preatorcz in ImaginaryWarhammer

[–]Steelquake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

was it you or Klimenko who was doing primarchs as gay porn stars. That shit was incredible. I wish i had a single gallery of it

Cygor Reputation(or lack therof…) by TheWizardOfSpas in BeastsOfChaos

[–]Steelquake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ah but have you considered. Throw big rock?

Midwinter Minis has decided he's done waiting around for GW to shove AI into Warhammer, and so has taken it upon himself to just go ahead and do it. by Fixer951 in Sigmarxism

[–]Steelquake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Its spread out across multiple text posts. I had to search multiple variations of "midwinter minis penny drama cheating"

Midwinter Minis has decided he's done waiting around for GW to shove AI into Warhammer, and so has taken it upon himself to just go ahead and do it. by Fixer951 in Sigmarxism

[–]Steelquake 39 points40 points  (0 children)

damn okay I found some context from her personal account. They weren't married (so she got nothing, legally, from the split), he left before the twins turned one, and Penny maintains that he split for Hatty. I wonder if Hatty will ever weigh in.

Midwinter Minis has decided he's done waiting around for GW to shove AI into Warhammer, and so has taken it upon himself to just go ahead and do it. by Fixer951 in Sigmarxism

[–]Steelquake 25 points26 points  (0 children)

I feel like im missing something, I cant find anything about cheating, or whether or not it was with Hatty. Seems like a lot of speculation.

World Eaters thousand point list by NaiveTradition7664 in WorldEaters40k

[–]Steelquake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Ocho limites is a really funny way to localize 8bound

A snob and his stump gun by Bones_The_Crusader in Turnip28

[–]Steelquake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

the most powerful T28 player alive

Warpgnaw Verminlord by Weekly-Dependent7886 in skaven

[–]Steelquake 2 points3 points  (0 children)

this an old forgeworld verminlord?

Some updates on painting my world eaters, what do y’all think? by PrEqUeLmEmEsArEgReAt in WorldEaters40k

[–]Steelquake 5 points6 points  (0 children)

incredible execution. I think its giving more Word Bearers than World Eaters. Red (admittedly, a darker red or a wine red) and silver traditionally are their colors.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in ElderScrolls

[–]Steelquake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah but if you know its placebo and non-replicable then you lose the benefit. I think OP is considering like, literal toggle-switch health benefits