From:	Matt Breton <mbreton@**.NETCOM.COM>
Subject:	Re: Drive By
Date:	Thu, 16 Jul 1998 17:57:06 -0500

>I have a question about the card Drive By. How does this card work is this a
>one shot deal? or do you place the card on the runner with piolting and use
>it once per turn? Please explain to me how this card works.

It's a one-shot deal. Specials and Stingers stay in play only as long as they need to -
or as determined by its effect.

A couple easy catch-phrases:

"Play on a .... ": These Specials and Stingers stay in play (and active)
indefinitely - until the card they're played on is removed from play, another card such as
LOTI removes the Special, or the card text itself trashes the card. Bad Lunch is a
perfect example of this type of card.

There's one clarification that goes along with this: a Special that places tokens on a
card falls under the "generates effect and is trashed" category.

"Turn a ... (and roll d6) to ... ": These cards are played, their effect
resolved, and the Special is trashed. Cement Shoes, for instance, is only usable once.
You can't turn multiple Mafia Runners to frag multiple targets, or turn a Mafia on two
different turns to frag two different Runners. Or even two of the same Runner, I suppose.

"All .. you control are ...": Gang HQs and similar cards remain in play
indefinitely.

"While (Special) is in play..." Obviously, any Special that needs to stay in
play to accomplish something stays in play. (In many cases, though, this wording is
implied: Gang HQs really fall under this category.)

Most other Specials are paid, played, and trashed. These are just general outlines; there
may be a few special cases I've missed.

Totems, for instance, continually drench the Shaman they're played on with their
blessings; once they're played, they stay in play until the Runner is killed or the Totem
is LOTI'd. Ambidextrous, Outstanding Performance, and other similar cards should work
this way.

Matrix Crash, Bad Lunch, and (after a fashion) Block Party all have their duration
determined by the card -- until the die roll turns up, or that initial wad of Nuyen is
used up, they remain in play. Barring the ever-popular LOTI.

Drive-By, however, inflicts damage once (you can think of the Runner being turned as part
of the cost). If Drive-By read, "Play on a Runner with Piloting. This Runner may
turn to inflict 3 damage on target Runner", Drive By would stay in play indefinitely.
It would also be a much more powerful card (and not just because of the ability to repeat
the feat).