From:	Matb <mbreton@**.NETCOM.COM>
Subject:	Re: SRCARD Digest - 15 Nov 1997 to 16 Nov 1997
Date:	Sat, 15 Nov 1997 18:29:04 -0800

> Anyway, me and my group were playing and the other night, and here are a few
> questions that came up:

> 1) We have a runner in play with 2 fireballs on him. He uses the first
> fireball and rolls a 1. The player wanted to know if he could then use the
> second fireball to "replace" the first fireball. We are aware that you
> cannot use both and sum the damage, but can you use the second one to
> replace the first?

I've always played this as a "yes" -- assuming the Runner has Sorcery-2
and hasn't used any other spell that turn, etcet.

I suppose if you go hardcore on the card text, you might not be allowed
to. (The card reads, "use Attack Value of (foo) instead of user's"; the
first would replace the user's, while the second would have to replace
the first, which it can't do. I say t'heck with that!)

> 2) If a runner is holding a gun or weapon can that runner NOT use the weapon
> during any given combat. I ask because of the card "Monofilament whip".
If
> I have a runner with 4 body who has taken 3 damage from the whip previously,
> it would be stupid if the runner had to continue to use the whip on the next
> combat and risk killing himself.

You *don't* have to use any Gear that's played on a Runner; you
obviously wouldn't gain the Attack bonus for it, but neither would you
lose your other hand....

I can remember a similar thread about doing the same with armor, to
avoid trashing it however; I made an off-the-cuff statement I might
allow a Runner to "leave it at home" -- that is, they can't use it for
the entire Run, rather than picking and choosing. It's cards like this
that make me think otherwise.

> 3) The card "Sudden Goblinization", if I choose to goblinize a card and
turn
> that card into a troll it says that the card "loses all skills". Are
things
> like Fame, Guard, Stamina, etc. considered skills?

They're all traits. When Static trolls on the Internet... eh, I mean,
when Static turns into a Troll, he can still Recon, and he's still
Anti-Social.

> 4) Can Guard be used more that once during a turn? IE - can the runner with
> guard take damage for other runners as the shadowrunning group moves from
> challenge to challenge?

I suppose there might (someday) be a Runner with Guard-2. Just like
Biotech, it would turn a Runner outside of a shadowrun, and so can only
be used simultaneously during a shadowrun.

You might look into having two or three Runners with Guard at the same
time, which would duplicate the feat. Can't see anyone (who's taking
the majority of the damage on the Run) lasting all that long, either.



-Mb