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* [[TabletopGame/{{Traveller}} Cepheus Deluxe]]: Characters get six Cybernetics Points, with the Cyborg Compatibility trait adding three more, and implants cost 0 to 3 points depending on how comprehensive the alterations are.
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* As of patch 2.0, augmentations in ''VideoGame/Cyberpunk2077'' are limited by your cyberwear rating, which increases as you level up, although there are also perks that can increase the limit. The ''Edgerunner'' perk allows you to exceed the limit by a certain amount, and for each point that you push beyond that limit, you have a chance of entering a "Rage" state when you're in combat, dramatically increasing your damage while it lasts. [[LaughingMad While also laughing like a maniac, since you've just entered a temporary state of cyberpsychosis]].
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* In the ''TabletopGame/TrinityUniverse'', PowerAtAPrice is a standard.
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* In the ''TabletopGame/TrinityUniverse'', ''TabletopGame/TrinityUniverseWhiteWolf'', PowerAtAPrice is a standard.
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* ''TabletopGame/AlteredCarbonTheRoleplayingGame'': Due to the prevalence of body swapping and artificial "sleeves," a sleeve's capacity for upgrades is dependent on its origin. Naturally born sleeves can only install a limited amount of upgrades, and primarily on localized bionics such as ArtificialLimbs, while synthetic sleeves come with a number of tech points that can be spent on upgrades based on the sleeve quality.
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* ''TabletopGame/TheOneRing'': Each piece of war gear can be upgraded with a total of three special qualities by spending ExperiencePoints. These include general qualities, like reducing a weapon's encumbrance or increasing its chance of a CriticalHit, or qualities unique to specific character backgrounds, like Dunlending spears that can deal an ArmorPiercingAttack to a human.
* ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasyRoleplay'': A single item (i.e.: weapon, set of armor, or talisman) can be enchanted with at most three {{Run|icMagic}}es or one Master Rune, which has led to them being called the "jealous magic" in-universe. Moreover, any attempt to combine runes with non-runic enchantments [[MagicMisfire explodes]].
* ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasyRoleplay'': A single item (i.e.: weapon, set of armor, or talisman) can be enchanted with at most three {{Run|icMagic}}es or one Master Rune, which has led to them being called the "jealous magic" in-universe. Moreover, any attempt to combine runes with non-runic enchantments [[MagicMisfire explodes]].
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* In ''VideoGame/{{Warframe}}'', mods have a set cost attached to them and it's impossible to attach one if it goes over the limit of the item it's being equipped to. This limit can be increased to up to 30 by leveling it up and doubled to 60 with an Orokin Catalyst or Reactor. For even more expensive builds, Forma can be used to assign polarities to slots that halve the cost of a mod if its polarity matches the slot's.
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Cyberpunk}}'': Cybernetic augmentations decrease a character's Humanity score, running the risk of "Cyber-Psychosis".
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Cyberpunk}}'': Cybernetic augmentations decrease a character's Humanity score, running the risk of "Cyber-Psychosis"."Cyber-Psychosis", which drives the character [[AxCrazy violently insane]].
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* ''TabletopGame/{{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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* ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasyRoleplay'': A single item (i.e.: weapon, set of armour, armor, or talisman) can be enchanted with at most three {{Run|icMagic}}es or one Master Rune, which has led to them being called the "jealous magic" in-universe. Moreover, any attempt to combine runes with non-runic enchantments [[MagicMisfire explodes]].
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* ''VideoGame/InvisibleInc'': each agent has four slots for agumentation, except for Sharp who has five.
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* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': ''TabletopGame/{{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'' [[CyberneticsEatYourSoul lose their soul]], become a Construct, and come to despise all organic life.
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** ''TabletopGame/{{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'' [[CyberneticsEatYourSoul lose their soul]], become a Construct, and come to despise all organiclife.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.
** ''TabletopGame/{{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'' [[CyberneticsEatYourSoul lose their soul]], become a Construct, and come to despise all organic
** 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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* ''TabletopGame/{{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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* ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasyRoleplay'': A single item (i.e.: weapon, set of armour, or talisman) can be enchanted with at most three {{Run|icMagic}}es or one Master Rune, which has led to them being called the "jealous magic" in-universe. Any attempt to add more fails, and Moreover, any attempt to combine runes with non-runic enchantments [[MagicMisfire explodes]].
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* ''TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasyRoleplay'': A single item (i.e.: weapon, set of armour, or talisman) can be enchanted with at most three {{Rune|Magic}}s or one Master Rune, which has led to them being called the "jealous magic" in-universe. Any attempt to add more fails, and any attempt to combine runes with non-runic enchantments [[MagicMisfire explodes]].
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* ''TabletopGame/TheOneRing'': Each piece of war gear can be upgraded with a total of three special qualities by spending ExperiencePoints. These include general qualities, like reducing a weapon's encumbrance or increasing its chance of a CriticalHit, or qualities unique to specific character backgrounds, like Dunlending spears that can deal an ArmorPiercingAttack to a human.
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** In ''TabletopGame/{{Aeon}}'', 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. 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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** In ''TabletopGame/{{Aeon}}'', 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.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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* In the ''TabletopGsme/Trinity Universe'', PowerAtAPrice is a standard.
** In ''TabletopGame/{{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 ''TabletopGame/{{Aeon}}'', 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. 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.
** In ''TabletopGame/{{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 ''TabletopGame/{{Aeon}}'', 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. 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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* ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'' is one of the more famous examples of CyberneticsEatYourSoul with the Essence system. 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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* ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'' is one of the more famous examples of CyberneticsEatYourSoul 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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** 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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* In ''VideoGame/{{Warframe}}'', mods have a set cost attached to them and it's impossible to attach one if it goes over the limit of the item it's being equipped to. This limit can be increased to up to 30 by leveling it up and doubled to 60 with an Orokin Catalyst or Reactor. For even more expensive builds, Forma can be used to assign polarities to slots that halve the cost of a mod if its polarity matches the slot's.
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* ''VideoGame/DeusEx'' allows two 'augments' per body part (divided up as for SubsystemDamage), 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.
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* In ''Star Munchkin D20'', points of Constitution are lost for every cybernetic - but since this is a ''Munchkin'' game there are ways around that, such as the Mutation feat that grants +4 Con and can be taken as many times as desired.
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In many science-fiction and some fantasy games your characters can obtain special abilities or enhance their existing abilities with [[{{Cyborg}} Cybernetics]], BioAugmentation, NanoMachines, 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}}, CyberneticsEatYourSoul can be used as a thematic justification for this. Other related tropes include LimitedMoveArsenal, ArbitraryHeadcountLimit, LimitedLoadout.
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Cyberpunk}}'': Cybernetic augmentations decrease a character's Humanity score, running the risk of "Cyber-Psychosis".
* ''TabletopGame/D20Modern'': Characters can accommodate a number of implants equal to their Constitution modifier +1 safely, and take "negative levels" if they exceed that limit.
* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': ''TabletopGame/{{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'' [[CyberneticsEatYourSoul lose their soul]], become a Construct, and come to despise all organic life.
* ''TabletopGame/HcSvntDracones'':
** 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.
* In ''TabletopGame/{{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 [[RocksFallEveryoneDies a hole getting ripped in reality and swallowing the hoarder up]].
* ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'' is one of the more famous examples of CyberneticsEatYourSoul with the Essence system. 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.
* In ''TabletopGame/TinyFrontiers'' characters are limited to two cybernetic traits.
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* ''VideoGame/BioShock'' limits the total equipped plasmid and gene tonic count.
** In ''VideoGame/BioShock1'' gene tonics are categorized as Physical, Engineering, and Combat and the player can equip up to six of each type and six plasmids.
** In ''VideoGame/BioShock2'' the player can equip up to eight plasmids and eighteen gene tonics that aren't categorized.
* ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' [[ZigZaggedTrope 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.
* ''VideoGame/HonkaiImpact3rd'': You can equip up to 3 [[PowerTattoo Stigmata]] onto your Valkyries in order to give them special passive abilities.
* ''VideoGame/InvisibleInc'': each agent has four slots for agumentation, except for Sharp who has five.
* ''VideoGame/MegaManZero3'': Played with. Like in previous games, you can use as many [[EnergyBeing 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.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Warframe}}'', mods have a set cost attached to them and it's impossible to attach one if it goes over the limit of the item it's being equipped to. This limit can be increased to up to 30 by leveling it up and doubled to 60 with an Orokin Catalyst or Reactor. For even more expensive builds, Forma can be used to assign polarities to slots that halve the cost of a mod if its polarity matches the slot's.
Variety of {{Cap}}, CyberneticsEatYourSoul can be used as a thematic justification for this. Other related tropes include LimitedMoveArsenal, ArbitraryHeadcountLimit, LimitedLoadout.
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* ''TabletopGame/{{Cyberpunk}}'': Cybernetic augmentations decrease a character's Humanity score, running the risk of "Cyber-Psychosis".
* ''TabletopGame/D20Modern'': Characters can accommodate a number of implants equal to their Constitution modifier +1 safely, and take "negative levels" if they exceed that limit.
* ''TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons'': ''TabletopGame/{{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'' [[CyberneticsEatYourSoul lose their soul]], become a Construct, and come to despise all organic life.
* ''TabletopGame/HcSvntDracones'':
** 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.
* In ''TabletopGame/{{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 [[RocksFallEveryoneDies a hole getting ripped in reality and swallowing the hoarder up]].
* ''TabletopGame/{{Shadowrun}}'' is one of the more famous examples of CyberneticsEatYourSoul with the Essence system. 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.
* In ''TabletopGame/TinyFrontiers'' characters are limited to two cybernetic traits.
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* ''VideoGame/BioShock'' limits the total equipped plasmid and gene tonic count.
** In ''VideoGame/BioShock1'' gene tonics are categorized as Physical, Engineering, and Combat and the player can equip up to six of each type and six plasmids.
** In ''VideoGame/BioShock2'' the player can equip up to eight plasmids and eighteen gene tonics that aren't categorized.
* ''VideoGame/FalloutNewVegas'' [[ZigZaggedTrope 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.
* ''VideoGame/HonkaiImpact3rd'': You can equip up to 3 [[PowerTattoo Stigmata]] onto your Valkyries in order to give them special passive abilities.
* ''VideoGame/InvisibleInc'': each agent has four slots for agumentation, except for Sharp who has five.
* ''VideoGame/MegaManZero3'': Played with. Like in previous games, you can use as many [[EnergyBeing 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.
* In ''VideoGame/{{Warframe}}'', mods have a set cost attached to them and it's impossible to attach one if it goes over the limit of the item it's being equipped to. This limit can be increased to up to 30 by leveling it up and doubled to 60 with an Orokin Catalyst or Reactor. For even more expensive builds, Forma can be used to assign polarities to slots that halve the cost of a mod if its polarity matches the slot's.
