From:	Loki <daddyjim@**********.COM>
Subject:	Re: Rulings From Fasa....
Date:	Sun, 28 Sep 1997 22:54:46 -0700

---">>>>> Axlrose - ... <<<<<" wrote:
>
> Not to sound harsh, but if an assistant answers the replies, does
that mean
> he/she will have to be double checked each and every time? Or is
this more
> for clarification of two differing points of view?

It's just probable cause for the differing rulings. It's happened once
before with answers given to list members, about a week before FASA
FAQ 2.0 was posted to their page.

> >Just curious as I work to real hammer down when we get two different
> >rulings from FASA. I'll write to the guys and try and get a
definitive
> >"2-out-of-3" on the street scum. I personally like them taking
> >cyberware, 'cause if you say no the 'ware then you also get
questions
> >like "how do they steal spells/spirits and so forth.
>
> Well, if going along with the Shadowrun universe via the role-playing
> books, there are new strains of bacteria that seem to have a mana
leeching
> ability. Maybe Street Scum have Fab-Guns (I think that is what
they're
> called) that can drain off the spells and spirits. Maybe some
renegade
> riggers that can override a player's drone. With numbers, can steal
gear.
> But cyberwear becomes a part of the person, thus the essence loss.

Organleggers and street docs could "harvest" the cyberware from the
victims of Street Scum w/o having to kill them. Hell, my players once
did this to a teammate they didn't much care for in our game (RPG).

> If the
> Street Scum can steal that off a person, does the person then regain
the
> lost essence? If not, why not?

If you go by the RPG, then no the Essence wouldn't return. Short of
those infected with HMHVV, Essence once lost can never be regained,
even by removal of the cyberware. (Though you do have a "hole" that
could be filled by another piece of cyberware. i.e. - remove 1 essence
point worth of cyber and replace it with another costing 1 point.)

However, the SRTCG does not necessarily follow the black and white of
the RPG rules, so it could be that a gear/cyberware card taken off a
runner no longer counts towards essence loss.

-== Loki ==-
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