From:	mneideng@****.caltech.edu (Mark L. Neidengard)
Subject:	Re: The Trap (coming soon to a theatre near you)
Date:	Thu, 4 Apr 1996 13:20:57 -0800 (PST)

According to Kris Maxwell:
>
>Blademaster LOVES BLADES. He uses them well enough that he can knock
>someone out from combined cuts, but not kill them.

A _trifle_ difficult to manage...

>He has healing and
>treat, and will not hesitate to use them if needs be. If anyone withough
>cyberware wants an attribute upped(inc. reac and reflexes too) let him
>know, he can do it. Cyberweare is smartlink, hearing amp, datajack and
>damper. Weapons are bvlades of any type, if it gets hairy, manaball and
>manabolt. Will have at least one barrier(spell lock, rating 8, effective
>23 body(armor with magic pool spell lock and body inc. +4) and 12+4d6 init.)

The barrier doesn't increase body, it acts as a Barrier. Meaning you figure
out if an attack penetrates and reduce the Power by the Barrier's effective
rating if it does. For normal bullets of high enough power (greater than
the Barrier's rating) this means you subtract the base Barrier rating. =)

I've actually unwound the horribly-worded barrier section of the rules, and
I can furnish people a concise summary if anyone is interested. =)

>Spells mentioned here are either spell locked and WILL be on( I.E. any
>mage in astral can try, but rating 8 manabarrier there too.) coverws most
>bases, and Should be semi-retired, but can not stand SoG, if he shows,
>Blademaster will grab and flee with the SOB and anynoe tryibng to follow
>will see him disappear(imp invis) after a few rounds. If guns are
>required, uses rifles and shotguns best.

Hm. A tad obtrusive on the Astral front, eh? 'Ware the Elemental that strikes
at midnight. =) Of course, I'd still worry about the folks with the
Smartlinked SMG's and the like: physical barriers are really easy to destroy
for anyone with sensibly-applied firepower...
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