SR 5th ed. Applying blanket discounts to Cyberware

[seelenamt]

Hi all, I was just wondering if someone with more experience with the herolab editor could help me out.

In my campaign we're tinkering with some houserules, one of which being a slight reduction to cyberware nuyen cost.

I'm wondering, is there any way to make an adjustment that would apply a percentage discount to all cyberware when added? Say, 10% for example

I know you can modify the cost but this would require doing each piece of cyberware individually.

 

[Alistair]

Well, there is a multiplier in the cyberware grade, maybe make a replacement for the affected cyberware grades?

 

[Mathias]

Take a look at the biocompatability qualities - see how they make modifications to the stored essence multipliers?

You can use that same script - note that the phase & priority is important, and just change the grEssMult field to grCostMult to change cost instead of essence.

Then, create a new item on the Mechanics tab, and put your script there - all Mechanics are added to all characters, so the script will always run.

 

[seelenamt]

Take a look at the biocompatability qualities - see how they make modifications to the stored essence multipliers?

You can use that same script - note that the phase & priority is important, and just change the grEssMult field to grCostMult to change cost instead of essence.

Then, create a new item on the Mechanics tab, and put your script there - all Mechanics are added to all characters, so the script will always run.

Thank you so much for the help- I made it as an adjustment, and as far as I can tell it works!

EDIT: Actually have a final question- would there be any way to make it not apply specifically to implanted cyberdecks or commlinks?

 

[Mathias]

Sorry, I can't think of a way for a user to add exceptions for certain categories - it's only set up for handling on the all-cyberware or all-bioware level.

 

[Kiirnodel]

As far as price of implanted decks and commlinks, changing the price of the implant shouldn't change the price of the actual commlink or cyberdeck, right? That's why they have a separate cost listing for the implant version, since the grade multiplier and such aren't supposed to alter the cost of the hardware, just the implant part. Right?

 

[adzling]

You are correct AFAIK Kirnodel, Hero Lab doesn't do it this way though I think it should as it opens up the "buy used cyberdeck head module" for cheaper than the cost of the deck itself!