From:	Norman McLeod <mcleodn@***********.NET>
Subject:	Re: Magical awakening
Date:	Fri, 10 Apr 1998 00:56:03 -0400

>> I seem to recall in one of the novels a runner with cyberware becoming
>> awakened. I can't remember for sure, but it seems to me the
>cyberware may
>> have been burned out of the character at the end of the book. With
>this in
>> mind, how about allowing the card to be played on any runner with the
>> penalty that his cyberware is trashed?
>
>I agree with the idea that playing such a card on a Runner with gear
>(cyberware) would trash the cyber. This holds with the RBT stating
>that Mages and Shamans cannot use cyberware and avoids muddiness or
>rules debates over the fact that my Drake with Muscle Rep and Dermal
>can now sling a mighty Fireball as well.


No offence, but so what if your Drake can also hurl a fireball, all but two
of the Mages that I can think (those being The Preacher and Jackyl) of cost
less even than the cheaper version of the card (5 Nuyen), so why would I
want to pay five to give my Lord Torgo Sorcery when I can pay four and get a
Tempest on the table?