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From: Loki <daddyjim@**********.COM>
Subject: Re: A few queries
Date: Wed, 31 Dec 1997 15:49:41 -0800
---Matb <mbreton@**.NETCOM.COM> wrote:
>
> I believe this was handled by email from Mike Nelson; no, you can't
pump
> past zero.

Exactly. That's the word we got from Jim Nelson. (BTW Skuzzy's name is
Mike Nielsen).

> I don't agree that the +/- pumpers are weaker than the +/+ pumpers.
> Ancients' Turf requires Piloting-2 (easy, especially with Riggers) or
> Street-3; Halloweeners have a sleaze of Social-2 and Street-2, two of
> the rarer skills; Yak Attack requires Social-2 or Street-2, and
> benefits from being a "Street" only Challenge - playable indoors or
out,
> and unsleazable by Sleep, Invisibility, or Sleaze. The +/- pumpers
all
> benefit that they pump on just one yen, compared to two or three for
> most of the +/+ pumpers. For the most part, I've yet to see a +/+
> pumper ever get pumped more than four or five Y, but that may just
be a
> play issue.

Not to mention my favorite trick of tossing a +/- pumpable on an
Objective that gives a bonus to body (i.e. Fort Knocks, Operation
Cottonmouth, etc.) so I can squeeze 2 or 3 more pumps outta them
before hitting a body of zero. ;o)

-== Loki ==-
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