Genetics: A discussion

[JackMoloney]

Come on, if you're not willing to make a 1-in-20 gamble then how little risk are you willing to accept? Even (especially!) in combat situation it's too good odds not to try, unless you don't actually believe genes are going to make a difference in a fight.

The issue is that the gamble happens very often. Genetechs often have a lot of stabilized abilities for use, and even when empowering them, they usually have about 2-3. Considering that the gamble failure result often ends up being death (especially in a combat scenario/with combat oriented powers), you can see the issue. And even then, if you are an antag with gene abilities, you only have to fail once to lose.

Also, realistically, its probably not going to be a 5% chance and something higher, since useful powers take up triple or double as much.