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Message no. 1
From: "V.A.L.I.S." <campbellcc@***.HENDRIX.EDU>
Subject: Quick Question Buying Karma
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 14:09:55 +0100
Was something mentioned on the list a while ago about _buying_ karma, or am
I out of my freaking gourd. Are there rules for buying karma in one of the
books somewhere. (I swear I heard someone mention something about it.) If
it's a house rule, I'm curious, so send me a copy if you have time, over
personal e-mail.
Thanks again.

(Hey, did you guys know what a great help you are?)


Sincerely,

Courtney C. Campbell...
(Male-Agnostic-Heterosexual-American)

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Message no. 2
From: Justin Pinnow <jpinnow@*****.EDU>
Subject: Re: Quick Question Buying Karma
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 15:16:03 -0500
V.A.L.I.S. wrote:

> Was something mentioned on the list a while ago about _buying_ karma, or am
> I out of my freaking gourd. Are there rules for buying karma in one of the
> books somewhere. (I swear I heard someone mention something about it.) If
> it's a house rule, I'm curious, so send me a copy if you have time, over
> personal e-mail.
> Thanks again.

It's in the Shadowrun Compainion....included are optional rules for
buying karma and trading karma for money.

> (Hey, did you guys know what a great help you are?)

Aw, shucks.

> Sincerely,

> Courtney C. Campbell...
> (Male-Agnostic-Heterosexual-American)

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Message no. 3
From: MC23 <mc23@****.NET>
Subject: Re: Quick Question Buying Karma
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 1997 15:18:49 -0500
V.A.L.I.S. asked,
>Was something mentioned on the list a while ago about _buying_ karma, or am
>I out of my freaking gourd. Are there rules for buying karma in one of the
>books somewhere. (I swear I heard someone mention something about it.) If
>it's a house rule, I'm curious, so send me a copy if you have time, over
>personal e-mail.
Well it's from the Shadowrun Companion which is a book of more or less
house rules. I guess that means yes to both counts. It's from a varient
setup where normal karma is not earned (Karmaless campaign) then again it
could be used to counter Mages being a karmic black hole. It all depends
on how you what to interpret what it does for your game. I guess I do
not need to state my opinion on it.

>Thanks again.
>
>(Hey, did you guys know what a great help you are?)
Me being the exception? B>]#




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Message no. 4
From: Gurth <gurth@******.NL>
Subject: Re: Quick Question Buying Karma
Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 14:46:18 +0100
V.A.L.I.S. said on 14:09/ 8 Jan 97...

> Was something mentioned on the list a while ago about _buying_ karma, or am
> I out of my freaking gourd. Are there rules for buying karma in one of the
> books somewhere. (I swear I heard someone mention something about it.) If
> it's a house rule, I'm curious, so send me a copy if you have time, over
> personal e-mail.

The SR Companion has rules for turning money into karma and karma into
money. I don't like them myself, but someone may find them useful -- page
78 of the Companion has rules for these things.

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Message no. 5
From: MC23 <mc23@****.NET>
Subject: Re: Quick Question Buying Karma
Date: Thu, 9 Jan 1997 11:34:19 -0500
Gurth wrote,
>The SR Companion has rules for turning money into karma and karma into
>money. I don't like them myself, but someone may find them useful -- page
>78 of the Companion has rules for these things.
>
We agree, I bet some people wouldn't have imagined it. I knew we
wouldn't argue about everything.



Ancient cultures believed that names held great power, personal
names more so and they were guarded very closely. To protect themselves,
they answered to another name, because if another discovered their real
name, it could be used against them.
History repeats itself.
Welcome to the Digital Age.
I am MC23

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