[Reaver]

there was a like/smite function about a year ago, but it got abused too badly.

[Mirikon]

Sometime I wish there was a like button. Some of These posts are amazing.

There was, but the butthurt rose to critical levels, so they removed it.

[CanRay]

Put a glowstick on the weight end of a mono-whip.

Most lethal rave ever! 

[incrdbil]

Hmm heres a silly Shadowrun tall tale to possible use to street characters. The legend of the deadly carwash.

"There was this rigger, tough guy. His enemies couldn't get him. His tech was bleeding edge, skills were unsurpassed, he was just the man.

Then, one day, he got the ARO for a free car wash at his favorite and trusted place. He went by, first in for the day.  Sadly, some of his enemies had got there first.  The little 'brushless' foam spinner had been laced with monowires.  Just a soggy pile of blood oozing debris came out. True Story!"

[Blackwatch]

Next thought: the fingertip compartment is so cliché. Ohinking of other ways to hide a monofilament whip. (I meant disguising the normal handheld version; other cyber implant locations, while amusing, seem a bit...unwieldy, even if they may have a shock factor.)

My current favored idea is to put it in the bottom of the handle on a collapsible baton. Cut them to ribbons, then flip the weapon over when KE comes up to find you holding a legal weapon with no blood on it... "I chased off the scary murderhobo with my stick!!!"

[CanRay]

Another option:  The Dorothy System!

[Inconnu]

Another option:  The Dorothy System!

that looks kind of like you'd need to make checks to move with it on

[firebug]

The swinging end of a mono-filament whip is weighted, so holding the handle turns it into a wire cheese slicer. If either end isn't properly weighted, you might as well be waving paper streamers around.

I seriously had a massive giggle-fit at the idea of my badass ex-ganger twirling around paper streamers to fight with.

On a related note...  She has Skillwires and crap strength.  A mono-whip would be a good way to use melee attacks...  But when it says "tests made with a skillsoft cannot be boosted in any way with Edge" does that mean Exotic Melee Weapon (Monofilament Whip) would be the worst kind of activesoft?  Or do you think I could still negate glitches with it since it's not adding to the dice pool or rerolling?

[Mirikon]

That depends on how permissive your GM is, firebug. By a strict reading of the rules, then no, you couldn't use Edge in any way with a skill boosted by a skillsoft, including rerolling your failures. There was actually an extra piece of cyberware in 4E that made an exception and allowed you to use edge to reroll failures, IIRC. Best put that as an actual skill.

[CanRay]

Another option:  The Dorothy System!

that looks kind of like you'd need to make checks to move with it on

Only when you click your heels together. 

[Inconnu]

Another option:  The Dorothy System!

that looks kind of like you'd need to make checks to move with it on

Only when you click your heels together. 

As in, you'd trip. And you'd need to make a attack roll to hit with it and either way you're prone. Not practical.

One idea I had was the monofilament cat o' nine tails.

also known as the "Cheese Grater".

[firebug]

One idea I had was the monofilament cat o' nine tails.

also known as the "Cheese Grater".

I'd love to see what's left of a runner after they critical glitch with one of those...

[Inconnu]

One idea I had was the monofilament cat o' nine tails.

also known as the "Cheese Grater".

I'd love to see what's left of a runner after they critical glitch with one of those...

Actually, they should be fine as long as the strands are shorter than the handle.

Now, their TEAMMATES....

[Reaver]

One idea I had was the monofilament cat o' nine tails.

also known as the "Cheese Grater".

I'd love to see what's left of a runner after they critical glitch with one of those...

Actually, they should be fine as long as the strands are shorter than the handle.

Now, their TEAMMATES....

...... if the strands are shorter then the handle, on a crit glitch you run the risk of chopping off your own hand or fingers wouldn't you? Or destroying your weapon as the strands slice through the extra handle....

[firebug]

Strands shorter than the handle?  Is this like a polearm?  Some kinda wire-rake of death?  Or is it like a normal-ish handle that's maybe 10 inches long, meaning the whips are only like five or so inches and you're prettymuch just stabbing a guy with a deadly feather duster?