List of 'ware Incompatibilities
This is a listing of the explicit incompatibilities coded into Awakened Worlds CE. In general, these follow the Shadowrun 3 rulebooks.
However, some house rules do exist, either because of code issues or balancing.
NOTE: There are also functional incompatibilities not listed here (e.g., you can install both a pain editor and a trauma damper, but the damper is nonfunctional while the pain editor is active).
Cyberware vs Cyberware
| 'ware | Incompatible with… | Comments |
| Filters | Filters of the same type | NERP |
| Vehicle Control Rig | Boosted Reflexes | |
| Boosted Reflexes | Vehicle Control Rig, Wired Reflexes, Move-By-Wire | Doesn't stack with spell/adept reaction/init |
| Wired Reflexes | Boosted Reflexes, Move-By-Wire | Doesn't stack with spell/adept reaction/init |
| Move-By-Wire | Boosted Reflexes, Wired Reflexes, Reaction Enhancers | Doesn't stack with spell/adept reaction/init |
| Oral Weapons | Other Oral Weapons | Only one oral weapon per body |
| Dermal Plating | Dermal Sheathing, Cyberskull, Cybertorso, Cyberarms/legs | |
| Dermal Sheathing | Dermal Plating, Cyberskull, Cybertorso, Cyberarms/legs | |
| Reaction Enhancers | Move-By-Wire | Doesn't stack with spell/adept reaction/init |
| Cyberskull | Dermal Plating, Dermal Sheathing | Only available to mundanes |
| Cybertorso | Dermal Plating, Dermal Sheathing, Bone Lacing | Only available to mundanes |
| Cyberarms/legs | Dermal Plating, Dermal Sheathing, Bone Lacing, Muscle Replacement | Only available to mundanes |
| Muscle Replacement | Cyberarms/legs | |
| Bone Lacing | Cybertorso, Cyberarms/legs | |
| Optical Magnification | Electronic Magnification | |
| Electronic Magnification | Optical Magnification | |
| Any type of datajack | Other datajacks | |
Cyberware vs Bioware
| 'ware | Incompatible With… | Comments |
| Air Filtration | Tracheal Filter | NERP |
| Ingested Filtration | Digestive Expansion | NERP |
| Move-By-Wire | Adrenal Pump, Synaptic Accelerator, Suprathyroid | Doesn't stack with spell/adept reaction/init |
| Wired Reflexes | Synaptic Aceelerator | Doesn't stack with spell/adept reaction/init |
| Cyber Eyes & Eye Mods | Cat's Eyes, Nicitating Membranes | This includes Protective Covers |
| Muscle Replacement | Muscle Augmentation, Muscle Toner, Calcitonin, Erythropoitin | |
| Dermal Plating | Orthoskin | |
| Dermal Sheathing | Orthoskin | |
| Cyberskull | Orthoskin | |
| Cybertorso | Orthoskin | |
| Cyberarms/legs | Orthoskin, Muscle Augmentation, Muscle Toner, Calcitonin | |
Bioware vs Bioware
| 'ware | Incompatible With… | Comments |
| Calcitonin | Platelet Factories | Only available to mundanes |
| Platelet Factories | Calcitonin | Aspirin/anticoagulants to avoid heart attacks |
| Metabolic Arrester | Adrenal Pump, Suprathyroid | |
| Adrenal Pump | Metabolic Arrester | |
| Suprathyroid | Metabolic Arrester | |
NOTE: Erythropoitin and Phenotypic Alteration are also only available to mundanes.
NOTE: while the Trauma Damper is technically compatible with Pain Editors and Damage Compensators, their effects are not. A trauma damper does not function with an activated pain editor, and only functions if damage would otherwise cause the character to exceed the limits of their damage compensators.
