From:	cyberbunny <cyberbunny@*****.COM>
Subject:	Re: Essence Loss
Date:	Thu, 16 Jul 1998 16:10:43 -0400

If Hatchetman is already dead, then he really doesn't have a mind to drive
batty?
Oh, well.

-----Original Message-----
From: Jonathan Edwards <jonathan.edwards@*****.COM>
To: SRCARD@********.ITRIBE.NET <SRCARD@********.ITRIBE.NET>
Date: Thursday, July 16, 1998 5:07 PM
Subject: Essence Loss


<snip! Lots of text>
>Perhaps I missed it and the memory fails me here, but because H-man does
>not suffer from essence loss (according to the RPG, he's already 'dead' and
>getting a complete body transplant), cards like Cyber Psychosis will not
>affect him, because of the round-about wording of the cards. Having a
>negative essence kills a runner, but the unique H-man has no ill-affects
>from negative essence so...
<snip! Rest of text>


This is probably just quibbling on the use of words, but the way I
interpreted the card was while Hatchetman ignores essence lost, it doesn't
mean that he doesn't still lose it. It just exempts him from the limit of
cyberware that is placed on him that could kill him. However, I would
still assume taht in calculating the amount of essence lost would still
count toward the end goal of driving him batty.

I suppose it could be played either way. I was just under the opinion of
the above.


Aren't you glad this isn't the Torgo / LOTP debate? :-)


Cheers,

Jon