From:	JOHN SPAIN <93135653@****.DCU.IE>
Subject:	Re: Rules ahoy!
Date:	Fri, 20 Oct 1995 22:35:17 +0000

>Well, for my own edification then, how exactly are nega-mages supposed to
>work? I'd look up the mechanics myself, but noone's been able to furnish
>me a reference. Is it like intrinsic Shielding or what?

I saw the nega-mage in a british rpg magazine. I don't have it, but I remember
well enough the salient points:

A nega mage invests his 3 priority to magic, something like an adept, but instead of
getting partial magical powers, he gets a complete lack of magic. I assume
this is something the character has since he is born. The character is basically a wlking
magic-free zone. He is invisible in astral space, spirits cannot see
him or react to his presence (Although they will avoid walking into him)
and magic simply has no effect. Every time the character implants cyberware,
he runs the risk (Can't remember the exact dice rolls) of losing his power
completely. That's about it.

Not an overly powerful character really. He is lunchmeat in front of a Samurai,
no matter how good he is, and a mage can take him fairly easy once he knows
what he is by using spells with elemental effects (He might be immune to magic,
but he'd be pretty vulnerable to a rock thrown by telekinesis, for example)

-J.S.