Is the Ninja Juicer Edge Worth the Upgrade?

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The discussion centers on the Ninja Juicer Upgrade Edge from the RPG sourcebook WB7 Japan. Key points include the Ninja Juicer's abilities, such as reduced physical strength, meditation for normalcy, breath-holding for five minutes, stealth while running, and enhanced skills in Climbing, Acrobatics, and Prowl. However, there is concern that many of these abilities overlap with existing Edges like Acrobat, Free Runner, and Gymnastic Mastery, suggesting that the Ninja Juicer should have these as prerequisites. The idea of modifying the Upgrade Edge to enhance these existing Edges instead of merely adding them was proposed, but there is hesitation about creating an Edge that solely serves to add other Edges. The conversation veered off-topic, leading to confusion among participants, prompting the thread to be locked due to a lack of clarity and relevance.
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One of my players asked about playing a Ninja Juicer (WB7 Japan, p. 84), and I figured it was a reasonable Upgrade Edge.

So looking at what changes with the NJ, they get slightly reduced P.S. (so either lower Strength or no Brawny), meditation which let's them seem normal (this is just flavor), the ability to hold breath for 5 minutes, and use stealth even when running, the ability to walk over rice paper and tightropes, enhanced Climbing, Acrobatics, and Prowl (Stealth), and is quiet enough to kind of unnerve people (again, just flavor).

Thing is, I feel like most of these abilities are either covered by Acrobat, Free Runner, and Gymnastic Mastery or should have those as prereqs. In other words, a Ninja Juicer should definitely have some or all of those Edges. So at first, I thought, "Maybe this Upgrade Edge should just remove some abilities and add those three Edges?" But that seemed . . . wrong, somehow. Like, I don't want an Edge that does nothing but add Edges. So then it occurred to me that the Upgrade Edge could instead upgrade those Edges, basically forcing the Juicer to take them but making it well worth their while to do so. And we could do a bit of rearranging so they start with one.
 
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