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From: Jeroen de Wijn <J.Wijn@*********.NL>
Subject: Re: The essence of Cyborgs.
Date: Thu, 18 Sep 1997 00:17:00 +0100
Forrest wrote:

>> There is no specific mention of Cyborgs in the rulebook.
>> Not even in the Cyberware part of the rulebook.
>> That means that Cyborgs must adhere to the 6-essence point rule.
>> I and most others I talked to find this a bit odd.
>Given that the Hatchman2057 explicitly states that there is no essence
>loss due to cyberware then I would say that yes cyborgs still have an
>essence of 6. We never really used cyborgs in the RPG so I don't know
>how this fits in with game terms.
What I gathered from people who did is that it works totally
different with the RPG.

>Then again the CCG and RPG are
>different in other respects so that might not be a good comparison.
:-) True.
And I stipulate that the game initially can't be too complex, or it might
scare people away (and suffer the fate of briljant CCG's like Jihad and
Guardians).
I would not be at all surprised if cyberware and cyborgs will
feature prominently in an expansion...

me.
"I honor and express all facets of my being, regardless of state and
local laws."

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