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Arbitrary Augmentation Limit

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Arbitrary Augmentation Limit	label	Arbitrary Augmentation Limit
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Arbitrary Augmentation Limit	comment	In many science-fiction and some fantasy games your characters can obtain special abilities or enhance their existing abilities with Cybernetics, Bio-Augmentation, Nano Machines, magic, or assorted other Phlebtonium. This can prove a problem for game balance as players mod their characters far beyond their normal power level, so many games impose a limit on how many of these augmentations a character can have. Variety of Cap, Cybernetics Eat Your Soul can be used as a thematic justification for this. Other related tropes include Limited Move Arsenal, Arbitrary Headcount Limit, Limited Loadout.
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Arbitrary Augmentation Limit / int_1c631084	comment	Invisible, Inc.: each agent has four slots for augmentation, except for Sharp who has five.
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Arbitrary Augmentation Limit / int_38c57aa2	type	Arbitrary Augmentation Limit
Arbitrary Augmentation Limit / int_38c57aa2	comment	Eberron's Construct Grafts require the participant to make a Will saving throw whose difficulty scales dramatically with the number of grafts they've already received. On a failure, they literally lose their soul, become a Construct, and come to despise all organic life.
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Arbitrary Augmentation Limit / int_4064f208	type	Arbitrary Augmentation Limit
Arbitrary Augmentation Limit / int_4064f208	comment	In Aberrant the characters' limit to the superpowers they could obtain was determined by their Quantum level. Once they reached it, they could get more powers (or get them cheaper to begin with) by getting Taint levels. Of course, Taint being the characters' Sanity Meter, it also meant that they would become crazy and eventually unplayable that much faster.
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Arbitrary Augmentation Limit / int_51b993c8	type	Arbitrary Augmentation Limit
Arbitrary Augmentation Limit / int_51b993c8	comment	In Æon, a Psion (person with psychic powers) could "synch" with any biotech they owned in order to make it work just a little bit better than factory-standard (and in some specific examples the device wouldn't work at all unless it was synched with a Psion). However, the limit of biotech devices that a character could synch with total was equal to his psionic powers' level and if they went over it they would develop junkie-like symptoms until the device was taken away.
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Arbitrary Augmentation Limit / int_59da62aa	comment	Fallout: New Vegas zigzags this. The game limits the amount of implants that can be purchased from the New Vegas medical clinic based on the player's base Endurance stat, to the tune of one implant for every point of Endurance. The implants that can be earned through the Old World Blues DLC, however, ignore this restriction completely.
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Arbitrary Augmentation Limit / int_5cc59ec7	type	Arbitrary Augmentation Limit
Arbitrary Augmentation Limit / int_5cc59ec7	comment	Godbound: Augmentations require a certain number of integration points to function properly. Godbound gain them by permanently sacrificing Effort, while mortals can sacrifice Effort, stats, or take a talent.
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Arbitrary Augmentation Limit / int_6ac55ec7	type	Arbitrary Augmentation Limit
Arbitrary Augmentation Limit / int_6ac55ec7	comment	Dungeons & Dragons: Eberron's Construct Grafts require the participant to make a Will saving throw whose difficulty scales dramatically with the number of grafts they've already received. On a failure, they literally lose their soul, become a Construct, and come to despise all organic life. In 5th edition, you can only attune to a limited number of magic items (including limb replacements) at once: 3 for regular people, with high-level artificers gaining up to 6. Fortunately, not all magic items require attunement.
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Arbitrary Augmentation Limit / int_72f08b60	type	Arbitrary Augmentation Limit
Arbitrary Augmentation Limit / int_72f08b60	comment	Honkai Impact 3rd: You can equip up to 3 Stigmata onto your Valkyries in order to give them special passive abilities.
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Arbitrary Augmentation Limit / int_7785278d	type	Arbitrary Augmentation Limit
Arbitrary Augmentation Limit / int_7785278d	comment	BioShock limits the total equipped plasmid and gene tonic count. In BioShock gene tonics are categorized as Physical, Engineering, and Combat and the player can equip up to six of each type and six plasmids. In BioShock 2 the player can equip up to eight plasmids and eighteen gene tonics that aren't categorized.
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Arbitrary Augmentation Limit / int_791fca44	type	Arbitrary Augmentation Limit
Arbitrary Augmentation Limit / int_791fca44	comment	In BioShock gene tonics are categorized as Physical, Engineering, and Combat and the player can equip up to six of each type and six plasmids.
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Arbitrary Augmentation Limit / int_791fca45	comment	In BioShock 2 the player can equip up to eight plasmids and eighteen gene tonics that aren't categorized.
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Arbitrary Augmentation Limit / int_80d8708a	type	Arbitrary Augmentation Limit
Arbitrary Augmentation Limit / int_80d8708a	comment	In Numenera, there is a soft cap on how many Cyphers (one-shot magical items) a character can carry at once, with consequences of exceeding the cap varying from one of the Cyphers randomly deactivating to a hole getting ripped in reality and swallowing the hoarder up.
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Arbitrary Augmentation Limit / int_95226eb6	type	Arbitrary Augmentation Limit
Arbitrary Augmentation Limit / int_95226eb6	comment	Cyberpunk: Cybernetic augmentations decrease a character's Humanity score, running the risk of "Cyber-Psychosis", which drives the character violently insane.
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Arbitrary Augmentation Limit / int_a15c03fd	type	Arbitrary Augmentation Limit
Arbitrary Augmentation Limit / int_a15c03fd	comment	Starfinder: Most characters can only fit one augmentation per "system" (head, chest, limbs, etc.), the Augmented archetype can fit an additional augmentation in one system.
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Arbitrary Augmentation Limit / int_bcb32dc6	type	Arbitrary Augmentation Limit
Arbitrary Augmentation Limit / int_bcb32dc6	comment	Shadowrun is one of the more famous examples of Cybernetics Eat Your Soul with the Essence system. Essence measures the integrity of the connection between one's soul and body, and the installation of cyberware (even as a replacement to a lost limb) invariably damages this connection. As a character implants more cyberware their Essence score decreases, limiting their ability to use or benefit from magic. When one's Essence reaches zero, they die, though some unethical mages can reanimate them as a cyberzombie. Bioware also decreases Essence, though to a lesser degree.
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Arbitrary Augmentation Limit / int_c72021c5	comment	Deus Ex allows two 'augments' per body part (divided up as for Subsystem Damage), swappable as you find more. Some will have a different effect on different body parts: for example, faster running speed if used to augment your legs, higher encumbrance limit if arms. In the prequels, Jensen's augs all come pre-installed, but are mostly either deactivated or functioning at a minimal level. They're unlocked and upgraded with XP, to represent Jensen's body adapting to them over time.
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Arbitrary Augmentation Limit / int_d8cdb76	comment	Mega Man Zero 3: Played with. Like in previous games, you can use as many Cyber Elves as you want to augment yourselves, at the cost of mission points (elves that give permanent effects will also give permanent score penalty). This game introduces the "Satellite Elves" system so that you can use the elves without the score penalty, but you can only use 2 of them at a time.
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Arbitrary Augmentation Limit / int_dbd793bc	type	Arbitrary Augmentation Limit
Arbitrary Augmentation Limit / int_dbd793bc	comment	d20 Modern: Characters can accommodate a number of implants equal to their Constitution modifier +1 safely, and take "negative levels" if they exceed that limit.
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Arbitrary Augmentation Limit / int_e0609930	comment	In the Trinity Universe (White Wolf), Power at a Price is a standard. In Aberrant the characters' limit to the superpowers they could obtain was determined by their Quantum level. Once they reached it, they could get more powers (or get them cheaper to begin with) by getting Taint levels. Of course, Taint being the characters' Sanity Meter, it also meant that they would become crazy and eventually unplayable that much faster. In Æon, a Psion (person with psychic powers) could "synch" with any biotech they owned in order to make it work just a little bit better than factory-standard (and in some specific examples the device wouldn't work at all unless it was synched with a Psion). However, the limit of biotech devices that a character could synch with total was equal to his psionic powers' level and if they went over it they would develop junkie-like symptoms until the device was taken away.
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Arbitrary Augmentation Limit / int_fb9fefa6	comment	Hc Svnt Dracones: 1st edition: Some Surgeries have a limit to the number of times they can be taken in the description, most notably Reclamations are limited to three, while a character can only have as many Implants as they possess dots in Mind: Presence or Body: Resilience. 2nd Edition: Surgeries are classified as "Operations" or "Augmentations". Operations are limited to one in the character's head, torso, and dermis, while they can have three Augmentations in each of those areas (though some Operations can increase that limit). Reclamations don't count towards those limits but are tied to the experience track system instead.
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Arbitrary Augmentation Limit	processingCategory2	Acceptable Breaks from Reality
Cyberpunk (Tabletop Game) / int_272418ea	type	Arbitrary Augmentation Limit
d20 Modern (Tabletop Game) / int_272418ea	type	Arbitrary Augmentation Limit
Hc Svnt Dracones (Tabletop Game) / int_272418ea	type	Arbitrary Augmentation Limit
Dragon's Dogma (Video Game) / int_272418ea	type	Arbitrary Augmentation Limit

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