Cyberpunk RPG idea: yeah, it has an Essence/Humanity/Empathy stat.
It's drained by /money/, not cyberware.
In universe it's common knowledge that cyberware eats your soul, but it's based on conflation: the /rich/ are the ones that /can/ chrome the hell out of themselves, and none of them were even remotely human to begin with.
Regular people who get chromed (usually as puppets for the rich, sort of like Molly Millions in the Sprawl series) are just people, but since they're often coming from disadvantaged backgrounds with the trauma and psych baggage that entails, any negative traits they have are blamed on chrome
Feb 2, 2026 00:13
