#Augmentation

[visuallifes]

[prosthetic-placebo]

[handlinepic]

[homebrewbydek]

Hey I did a thing and remembered!

Okay, so, here we stand at the first Artificer subclass that I did. This one is all about becoming a cyborg.

This was a fun one to build, and I absolutely had John Silver in mind while I wrote it, as well as some other cyborg/android inspirations, like Android 16 and Mercy Graves.

I also threw in a few Artificer infusions that I felt were fitting for the subclass.

As usual, the homebrewery link to this subclass can be found here and I welcome any feedback, especially if you play it!

Stay fresh, cheesebags!

[wootusart]

TechoRat Citizen

War Rats concept art

[francepittoresque]

HISTOIRE/ACTU | Augmentation de l’indemnité parlementaire, ou l’indécence politique dénoncée en 1926 ➽ http://bit.ly/Augmentation-Indemnite-Parlementaire Début 1926, cependant que les députés envisagent de s’octroyer, sans consulter un peuple auquel ils doivent leurs avantages, une augmentation de leur indemnité de 50%, le journaliste Louis Latzarus déplore que la politique soit un métier, et vitupère contre les membres d’une Chambre ne voyant plus les intérêts de la France qu’à travers les intérêts parlementaires de leur parti

[gothtransandroid]

Contemplating: Glasses and Augmenting Yourself

Do my glasses make me augmented? A weird thought at first, but not unrealistic or uncommon considering how many people wear glasses, contacts and go through corrective surgery to change their vision from what it sometimes naturally progresses to, though there are times such damage is inflicted but more commonly sight just deteriorates in a natural way.

This thought, as complicated as its getting, boils down to the Ship of Theseus argument, in which one questions whether or not a boat is the same boat after each part of it has been changed out either by repair or replacement. Am I still the same person now that I need glasses? Am I the same person after the fifteen years have passed for my skeleton to have regenerated and replaced all of its cells with new ones? Are copied and repeated electrical impulses burned over new brain cells enough to reinforce who I am or is that replacement of matter enough to change something in such a way where I will never be the same again?

If there is a line between the slight mental influence of a medical prosthesis, however small, and the complex mechanisms of damage over time to the mind in so much how they change who you are, where is that line? Is that line moved by public opinion and how a person is affected by it? Does outside influence matter at all or is it all internal up until where the line starts? Would I always change in some way before people get involved, or do you need others to cement those changes because they help to perceive you as yourself?

I could posit these questions forever but mostly I am using them as a means to question myself, probe and define myself up until such a point as I feel right about who I am versus the questions. I believe that the self is defined by all of these kinds of meditations, and they always start with the most recent change being where your questions lie. My new glasses blunt the stigmatism I have, make my vision less blurry and by virtue of both alleviates the headaches those problems brought with them. This has improved my mood and ability to read and focus on certain tasks, so in that small way a change has occured, but does that change who I am?

Small changes, much like the Ship of Theseus, stack up over time, but unlike the ship we have no absolute blueprint to ensure materials and shape stay the same, so those changes can never be as perfect as an ideal engineering of such a vessel could be if maintained in a vacuum. The Ship of Theseus could hypothetically be the same ship given ideal conditions but short of divine intervention there is no going back to or maintaining who we are indefinitely. I am different now that I need my glasses, however small that change is, and all I can do is meditate on that change and accept it as I wait for the next one.

[worldoftransmogs]

And my last mog to share today is "Alexstraza's Champion" a real simple mog but it goes really nicely together.

I hope you all enjoy.

[groxikavondarkside]

Dracthyr Isarion for the win!

[visuallifes]

[crimsonrune]

Comm - Cyberpunked Alt. (Edgerunners TF/TG)

With Halloween approaching, everybody's going to have to start thinking about their costumes soon. While not directly a piece about this sort of thing, this commission by ChaoticFufu (plus with colors by @AxiomTF, who features here alongside our other pal StellarVulpine!) does see us testing some costume components in the form of fancy new techno-whatsits. Unfortunately they come preloaded with a few features - such as new personality and appearance upgrades, turning us into the Edgerunners' own Lucy, Kiwi, and Rebecca! If nothing else, at least we'll have the most convincing cosplays of the season.

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[demerol-ohgodhestakingdemerol]

i’m glad you’re not friends with mary anymore, she was an attention whore

[evs-muhin]

hell citizens

[judahmaccabees]

[belabras]

Starfinder - Titanium Tentacles and Other Augments

This week we look at augments that draw from popular media, and add in a little tentacle surprise just for you!

https://solorunstudio.com/2023/11/12/starfinder-titanium-tentacles-and-other-augments/

[rabidhiss]

Human Revolution was a masterpiece.