From:	"Bourgault, Patrick" <pbourgau@***.CA>
Subject:	Re: Cyber-psychosis
Date:	Mon, 25 May 1998 07:39:00 PDT

>Take no offense in this, but I will challenge your opinion. First of
>all, you roll a die and add essence cost so far accumulated. Lets put
an
>example: 2 hand razors, 2 points of essence, d6+2 -> on a roll of 1,
your
>runner is safe; on a roll of 2-3, your runner drolls; on 4+, trash your
>runner. All this for the low cost of 2 points of essence. Put some
>probability in that and your runner is useless or dead. This card is
>even nastier than Widow's Trap with an All or Nothing!

Except for the opportunities to get rid of it via LOTI, Lucky Wabbit's
Foot,
etc., and the condition that the runner must have lost essence for it to
take effect, etc.

>Second, IMHO, it's not because a card is rare that it must have a major
>effect. I mean, I prefer Wanted than Knock-knock. The card is more
>versatile, cheaper, and gives you rep points.


This especially works in shadowrun. There are common cards I'll use in
every
deck, and Rares I'll never use, but having this card be a one shot deal
makes it almost useless. Besides, note the wording "This turn", which
would
seem to indicate a series of turns.

Let me quote the text: "Runner's owner must roll a D6 at the start of
his turn". It doesn't say Every Turn or Next Turn but, at the start of
his turn, no turnS. That's why we rule that the card only has one shot.