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Message no. 1
From: Tony Glinka <glinka@**.NETCOM.COM>
Subject: Fatigue
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 1997 17:50:05 -0700
I have a question about Fatigue, since it has come up a few times
that fatigue only affects the Power/Attack value of the threat rating.
On p. 64 of the rulebook is says that to represent fatigue you subtract
the amount of damage "taken from both the Attack Value and his Body."
3 options here. Either a) the body part is meant to be the damage
taken or b) it is in addition to the damage (Ouch!) or c) it is worded
in the rulebook wrong.

a) If it is the damage taken then runners with stamina take no damage
and are either at full health or trashed. Doesn't seem right.
b) If it is in addition to the damage, it is double dipping and major
pain for the runners. I really don't think this is the correct
interpretation.
c) Fatigue should only affect the attack value and not the body (actual
damage would lower the body not the fatigue, but for the most part it is
the same effect). I think this is the right way to read it and the way
we have played it. Also if so why is the rulebook worded the way it is?

I just would like to have it stated for me in a nice simple
straight-forward manner. Is that so much to be ask? :)

Tony
Message no. 2
From: Loki <daddyjim@**********.COM>
Subject: Re: Fatigue
Date: Sat, 30 Aug 1997 13:11:15 -0700
---Tony Glinka wrote:
>
> c) Fatigue should only affect the attack value and not the body
(actual
> damage would lower the body not the fatigue, but for the most part
it is
> the same effect). I think this is the right way to read it and the
way
> we have played it. Also if so why is the rulebook worded the way it
is?
>
> I just would like to have it stated for me in a nice simple
> straight-forward manner. Is that so much to be ask? :)

I feel the same, and I've already written FASA an email to hopefully
have this come up in the FAQ.

If you remember, when the related question came up on why dealing
damage first is a big deal and how fatigue plays into it, I'd said
that though the rule book reads as so-and-so it makes more sense to me
to think of it as...

It does get muddy, but I believe you're understanding it right. Once I
hear back from FASA with something official, I'll post it.

===
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