From:	Matb <mbreton@**.NETCOM.COM>
Subject:	Re: Questions from a few playing sessions
Date:	Wed, 3 Sep 1997 16:54:47 -0700

A long time ago when the Earth was green, Bodrake said:

> These are some questions that came up in our last playing sessions.
> Sorry if some answers seem obvious, but the owner of the store where
> we play insisted that they be included. I have emailed these to
> fasacorp2 but no answer yet.

> 1. Can a Ceska be trashed for the 1 nuyen if the runner using it is
> trashed(killed) during a shadowrun?

Ambiguous. I'd say no, just for the sake of "real world"ism, but a lot
of these special abilities are more or less treated like Stingers, so...

> 2. Does a revealed Motion Detector Challenge still count towards the
> max number of challenges?

I'd assume that, like the Integrated Command Center, any Challenge that
gets permanently affixed to the Objective does not count toward the
number of Challenges. They're not quite as worthwhile if they do count.

> 3. Does a runner with a katana add Melee skill to attack even if using
> another weapon (like a pistol)?

A Runner may only use one Gear.Weapon card per Challenge or combat.
Since the Runner isn't using the Katana, he doesn't gain the bonus. (I
think Handrazors might be an exception to this.)

I find it easiest to play Gear.Weapon cards by way of L5R, where each
Runner can have only one - but I can see reasons why you might want to
equip a Runner with more (one word - Razorheads.)

> 4. Do flechette rds double just power of the weapon, or double the
> power of the whole attack?

I assume its doubling the power of the entire attack. (Otherwise,
firearms should only deal out their bonus in the attack, not add to its
user's Attack Value.) Yes, this makes them incredibly nasty.