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Message no. 1
From: "J. G. du Chatinier" <chatin@*******.NL>
Subject: Low-money-lvl., Physad+mage,
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 23:01:03 +0100
Hya all!

The recent talk about Physad's and the inevitable money/power lvl. got me
thinking.
Have any of you used a 'low-money-lvl.' in your campaign? What I'm asking
is, what's your opinion on setting the rescources priority on a maximum lvl.
of C, or D?
I think this is a nice one...
Priority lvl. C: 90.000 nuyen. The guns department is okay, since your
average tooled-up predator would be something 'round 2.000 nuyen. Armor is
affordable too, even the heavy armor. However, the street sams will be the
ones havin _huge_ drawbacks, because of the cyberware.. maybe they may have
priority D???
Well, I kinda like this idea. I know this sortoff a 'It's your campaign'
idea, but, I'd still like your opinion anyway.;)

Also, I read something about physad's being able to cast mage spells. In
which book should I look for this?

Well, thanx in advance,

Jod
chatin@*******.nl

'People die. Old habits die hard.'
-me
Message no. 2
From: William Gallas <wgallas@*****.FR>
Subject: Re: Low-money-lvl., Physad+mage,
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 1997 09:42:32 +0100
>Have any of you used a 'low-money-lvl.' in your campaign? What I'm asking
>is, what's your opinion on setting the rescources priority on a maximum lvl.
>of C, or D?
>I think this is a nice one...

The new campaign I GM is like this. I used the point based system to create
the characters but it could be easily adapted to priority system.
Ressources were like this :
-5 0 Y
0 500 Y
5 2000 Y
10 5000 Y
15 10000 Y
Players couldn't spend more than 15 points in ressources. To create the
characters, the players had to spend 80 ponts.
If you want to use priorities, use this :
B 15000 Y
C 7000 Y
D 3000 Y
E 500 Y
With such a system, few characters will have cyberware. This also makes
shamans and adepts much more powerful in comparison to other type of
characters.
If your campaign will give them high fees, those who imagined their
characters with cyberware will be able to gain it. You will see that
characters buy different cyberware when they earn the money instead of
beginning with 1.000.000 Y.
Because the characters were young, they were limited to 5 in the attributes
and to 4 in the skills except etiquette(street). Mages didn't get the 30
free spell points and had to pay 1 point for 2 spell points.
With these rules, physads are awful ! But then, they're probably the best
in a street level environment.

>Priority lvl. C: 90.000 nuyen. The guns department is okay, since your
>average tooled-up predator would be something 'round 2.000 nuyen. Armor is
>affordable too, even the heavy armor. However, the street sams will be the
>ones havin _huge_ drawbacks, because of the cyberware.. maybe they may have
>priority D???

??? You don't need any other priority than ressources to create a street sam.

>Also, I read something about physad's being able to cast mage spells. In
>which book should I look for this?

Never read that ...

>Well, thanx in advance,

You're welcome.

Cobra.

E-mail adress : wgallas@*****.fr
Quote : "You are who you know"
Message no. 3
From: Fredrik Lindblom <fredrik.lindblom@******.KALMAR.SE>
Subject: Re: Low-money-lvl., Physad+mage,
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 1997 13:33:12 +0100
At 09:42 1997-11-26 +0100, you wrote:
>>Also, I read something about physad's being able to cast mage spells. In
>>which book should I look for this?
>
>Never read that ...

Well, there are "Physical Magicians" in the Awakenings sourcebook, and than
we have some edges in the Companion that allow any magically active
character cast "innate" spells, of sorts...

Could be one o'those, hmmm?

/FL
Message no. 4
From: losthalo <losthalo@********.COM>
Subject: Re: Low-money-lvl., Physad+mage,
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 1997 11:52:15 -0500
At 09:42 AM 11/26/97 +0100, you wrote:

>With such a system, few characters will have cyberware. This also makes
>shamans and adepts much more powerful in comparison to other type of
>characters.

I really think that if you're going to limit access to tech via limiting
resources, you should also limit access to magical ability (via caps on
starting skills or something similar). Otherwise magic is the only way to
have a powerful character, which seems against the grain of SR to me.

losthalo
Message no. 5
From: Sascha Pabst <Sascha.Pabst@**********.UNI-OLDENBURG.DE>
Subject: Re: Low-money-lvl., Physad+mage,
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 1997 20:14:35 +0000
On 25 Nov 97 at 23:01, J. G. du Chatinier wrote:
[snip]
> Also, I read something about physad's being able to cast mage spells. In
> which book should I look for this?
No real PhysAds, but check Awakenings, pp. 56-57 and 119 for "Physical
Mages".

Sascha
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