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Message no. 1
From: Christopher Higgins <as812@*******.CARLETON.CA>
Subject: Re: Essence=0
Date: Sat, 11 Jun 1994 15:17:02 -0400
>
>Way to go Chris!!!(High Five) It's about time people took the time to read
>all the rules and apply them. That was a wonderful rant! And you didn't even
>have to flame him, although the poor fence-sitter needs a good THWAP!!
>Later-
>Bryan Prince
>
Thanx. The concept of a totally cybered mage really irked me. My mage
characters never go below 5.0 Essence; it's too dangerous. While I was
ranting, I never realized that the cyber he had put him down to -1
Essence; I think that it was Ivy who noticed.
Death to all Munchkins!!
Christopher Higgins
Message no. 2
From: Christopher Higgins <as812@*******.CARLETON.CA>
Subject: Re: Essence=0
Date: Sun, 12 Jun 1994 12:33:49 -0400
>
>Complemented though I am,
>
>On Sat, 11 Jun 1994, Christopher Higgins wrote:
>
>> Thanx. The concept of a totally cybered mage really irked me. My mage
>> characters never go below 5.0 Essence; it's too dangerous. While I was
>> ranting, I never realized that the cyber he had put him down to -1
>> Essence; I think that it was Ivy who noticed.
>> Death to all Munchkins!!
>> Christopher Higgins
>>
>I have to say that it was GRANITE who caught him first. I have some
>mages in my game, Initiates all, who have as much as 3 Essence worth of
>cyber, and they are a handfull. That guy was ridiculous.
>
>And my Player's cybered mages never go astral if they can possibly help
>it. One lost an arm to a mine (Claymore type) and the other has Beta
>level Wired Reflexes 3. You should have seen her trying to cast and lock
>Increased Reaction on herself. Her Reaction was already a 14, so the
>Target Number was 28! Never did get it to work <grin>, I wonder
why<giggle>.
>
>The game can actually handle any level of insane play, as long as the GM
>is a stickler for the rules. But there are times. . . ;)
>
>Ivy
>
I know what you mean about hard to handle. My mages always have
Smartlink and R3 Optical Vis. Mag. so all firearms combat is based on a T#
of 2. The guy who plays the swedish decker GM's when I play and I imagine
he has a tough time with my mages. My previous mage quickened Personal
Combat Sense using elementals and the whole nine yards. His combat pool
came out to a 15, I think; some of the shots he was making were quite
gross.
Was that mage from your 350 group? If not, I would have liked to have
seen her make the roll; Inc. Cybered has some pretty nasty drain. She
should have locked the spell before getting the W.Reflexes installed. It
would have taken a lot of forethought but I do that with my characters are
all about: tactics, role-playing and forethought. Their karma and nuyen
allocations (wish lists) are usually planed a good year in advance.
Unfortunately, they don't get too disgusting because I try to run strictly
to character. My Bard is from the Gwynedd militia so since they prefer
wasting property to civilians, I ran my Bard along the same lines (eg.
Stun Missile instead of Mana/Power Missile, clips of Gel Rounds and Taser
weapons, etc.). It can get restrictive but it creates a real personality
(I even have an accent for him (I'm studying my Celtic ancestry so I'm
learning to speak Cymraeg(Welsh)) and use many Welsh words in play). Hell
of a lot a fun!!
Christopher Higgins

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