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From: Doctor Doom <JCH8169@*****.TAMU.EDU>
Subject: Body/Weight ratios... Are we talking Jupiter's gravity here???
Date: Fri, 23 Oct 92 02:24:59 CET
>]On p. 157 of SR II, the rules say that the target number for the spell
>]success test of a telekinetic manipulation is increased +1 for each 50
>]kilos of body mass the target has. The rules then say that each point of
>]body masses about 50 kilos. That would mean that the average person
>]weighs 50*3=0kg*2.2=30 pounds! Is there some errata for this?
>]
>]Thanks,
>]Justin

>>Right. Is this true?!?!?!?! This is silly. The average weight of
>the standard human is 60kg. NOT 150kg!! Owie, owie,owie!!!

>>>>>><<-Fidgit->>

This would add a whole new meaning to the phrase:
"I've fallen...and can't get up!!!"

>>>>>Doctor Doom

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