From:	Bolton Sara <pin12962@*******.PING.BE>
Subject:	Re: Couple of rules ?'s:
Date:	Tue, 5 May 1998 21:24:00 +0200

At 13:34 5/05/98 -0500, you wrote:
>I've been reading the (online) rulebook and I have
>a few questions:
<<<snip>>>

>Why? Why even bother pumping up the defense rating if the
>runner is going to die anyways if it takes more damage than
>it's base defense rating? I would think that the reason behind
>pumping up the defense is so that they *wouldn't* get killed
>if they took alot of damage.

Because he is alive until end of turn,wich mean that:

-You can heal him (only with "stimpatces", the spell doesn't work)
-He is still able to take an objective,even if he is a "walking dead".



>It says you can only put 1 challenge on a 3+ player game (more
>if there are fewer players). Why? I would think that it would be
>the other way around.
>
>Except from book:
>"In a multi-player game, the Objective's owner chooses which
>Challenge stack the shadowrunning player will encounter first.
>The Runners must encounter all the Challenges in one stack
>before moving on to the next stack."
>
>Different stacks? It says there can be only 1 challenge card
>on an objective in a multi-player game?

There can be 2 challenges by player in a 3 players game, 1 challenge by
player in a 4+ player game.

>* Q 3:
>Could someone explain Bluffing (and why you would do that)
>in a little more detail?

"Bluffing" is when you put a non-challenge card on an objective instead of a
challenge card.

You can do that, for exemple, if you had no (or not enough) challenge cards
in hand and will not be able to intercept. this can make your oponnent
doubt.(if you are not able to intercept and have an unprotected objective,
your opponent will surely take it).

>* Q 4:
>Nothing more is needed to intercept a Shadowrun than a
>player declaring their desire to intercept? How are challenges
>even faced by the Shadowrunning team? I would think that
>most SRs would be intercepted?
>
To intercept a shadowrun:
1 the shadowrun must be unprotected (At the start of the run,there is no
challenge that can stop the shadowrunning player)

2 You must declare you want to intercept and turn the runner(s) you send to
intercept.(that mean a runner vs runner fight )

3 YOU CAN ONLY INTERCEPT ONCE FOR EACH OBJECTIVE.

>Thanks again for the help

Hope this help.

Schmitt vincent.