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Message no. 1
From: Loki <loki@*******.COM>
Subject: Oni and magic
Date: Thu, 12 Dec 1996 12:41:45 -0000
I've got a question from the SR Companion that's been bugging me.

Under the new meta-race of Oni, it says "at the gamemaster's discretion,
players creating oni characters may slecet magic as priority A and
Metahuman as priority B."

I can't see what game mechanics difference that makes at all. Whether its
magic at A and metahuman at B, or methahuman at A and magic at B, I just
don't see that anything really changes. Granted there might be some
roleplaying possibilities as to how a magic A or magic B person would view
things, but no numbers or points change at all.

Can anyone else explain what reason this optional rule would have?

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Message no. 2
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: Oni and magic
Date: Fri, 13 Dec 1996 12:59:36 +0100
Loki said on 12:41/12 Dec 96...

> Under the new meta-race of Oni, it says "at the gamemaster's discretion,
> players creating oni characters may slecet magic as priority A and
> Metahuman as priority B."
>
> I can't see what game mechanics difference that makes at all. Whether its
> magic at A and metahuman at B, or methahuman at A and magic at B, I just
> don't see that anything really changes. Granted there might be some
> roleplaying possibilities as to how a magic A or magic B person would view
> things, but no numbers or points change at all.

Absolutely nothing, if you ask me. You still only have C, D, and E left
for other things -- it looks a lot like making a mundane human, where you
have to make the big decision about whether to award E to race and D to
magic, or the other way round :)

One thing that this might do, depending on how you interpret the text, is
that it allows you to make a mundane metahuman at priority B instead of A.
That would leave A free for attributes, skills, or resources...

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Message no. 3
From: "Mike Mulvihill (FASA)" <FASAMike@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Oni and magic
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 16:12:21 -0500
In a message dated 12/12/96 07:43:56 PM, Loki wrote:

>Under the new meta-race of Oni, it says "at the gamemaster's discretion,
>players creating oni characters may slecet magic as priority A and
>Metahuman as priority B."
>
>I can't see what game mechanics difference that makes at all. Whether its
>magic at A and metahuman at B, or metahuman at A and magic at B, I just
>don't see that anything really changes. Granted there might be some
>roleplaying possibilities as to how a magic A or magic B person would view
>things, but no numbers or points change at all.

This was a mistake that didn't get caught by me on the proofread. The actual
text should be...

For the Oni Character, the player may take A as Resources (ie get the 50
Force Points) and then place Priority B for Metahuman and C for Magic. It's
the GM's option to allow for this. Sorry folks...
A complete list of such faux pas will get compiled by my lonesome as soon as
I can. (I'm shooting for early January).

Have Fun!
Play Games!
I'm working as fast as I can!

Mike Mulvihill
Shadowrun Line Developer
FASA
www.fasa.com
Message no. 4
From: Caric <caric@*******.COM>
Subject: Re: Oni and magic
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 14:46:53 -0700
> This was a mistake that didn't get caught by me on the proofread. The
actual
> text should be...
>
> For the Oni Character, the player may take A as Resources (ie get the 50
> Force Points) and then place Priority B for Metahuman and C for Magic.
It's
> the GM's option to allow for this. Sorry folks...

Ok this makes much more sense then...that could potentially make the Oni
major bad asses. <approving nod> but they must only be used for good.

Caric
Message no. 5
From: Faux Pas <thomas@*******.COM>
Subject: Re: Oni and magic
Date: Tue, 17 Dec 1996 18:10:24 -0600
At 04:12 PM 12/17/96 -0500, you wrote:
>A complete list of such faux pas will get compiled by my lonesome as soon as
>I can. (I'm shooting for early January).

Hope I'm not in there.

:P


-Thomas Deeny
Cartoonist at Large

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Message no. 6
From: Droopy <droopy@*******.NB.NET>
Subject: Re: Oni and magic
Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 00:33:15 +0000
> From: "Mike Mulvihill (FASA)" <FASAMike@***.COM>
> Subject: Re: Oni and magic

> This was a mistake that didn't get caught by me on the proofread. The actual
> text should be...
> A complete list of such faux pas will get compiled by my lonesome as soon as
> I can. (I'm shooting for early January).

As long as this errata sheet isn't as long as the tactical Handbook's
was, it's no big deal. <G>


--Droopy
droopy@**.net
Message no. 7
From: "Mike Mulvihill (FASA)" <FASAMike@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Oni and magic
Date: Mon, 23 Dec 1996 16:47:18 -0500
In a message dated 12/18/96 12:23:11 AM, faux pas wrote:

>Hope I'm not in there.
>
>:P
>
>
>-Thomas Deeny
>Cartoonist at Large


LOL!

Damn...now it's two pages.....

Have Fun!
Play Games!
Happy Holidays!

Mike Mulvihill
Shadowrun Line Developer
FASA
www.fasa.com

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