From:	Mike & Linda Frankl mlfrankl@***.com
Subject:	Burnout or Realism? was Re: Decker Mage
Date:	Wed, 31 May 2000 22:23:03 -0400

D. Ghost wrote:
> Ahem. Sustaining Foci/Quickened:
> Force 6 Enhance Aim, Force X Increase Reflexes, Force 6 Armor.
> End result? More problems than cyberware have caused ...

Not an easy thing to do in my game either.

> There are many ways to "break the game". Versatility is not automaticly
> one of them. Overspecialization is death. Particularly for a
> Shadowrunner. Versatility should be reward (or perhaps be its own
> reward), not punished.

This is my point. I am just trying to keep a balanced game running and
despite what some of the people say on this list there are some real jerks
out there. If you don't reign them in then they can wreck a good gaming
table.

> So everyone with the ability to "work with the raw power of the universe"
> would automatically seek to develop that ability in lieu of everything
> else? There won't be one soul who will say "you know, magic's cool and
> all but I don't want to dedicate my life to it." Not one?

I have yet to have a player come to me with these concepts based on game or
story occurrences. It's always a points thing. As I said to Lady Jestyr, I
hope that I get to live in that universe someday.

> Not necessarily so. Essence, or more importantly Magic Rating /might/
> exist, but it wouldn't be quanticized (sp?) into whole numbers.

Now you're just being contrary.

> My favorite character has her skills spread around. She's decent at many
> things from shooting and pummeling to Conjuring and ...err... Sorcering.
> :) Most of her skills are around the 3 to 4 range with a few 5's. She's a
> magician's way adept and she's hardly overpowered. She is nearly the
> universal backup character. She needs a few more skills and more spells
> before she can really claim that title though. (Btw, I mean backup as in
> spare, not as in the calvary.)

Good now we just need to clone you.

;)

Smilin' Jack
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