Message no. 1

From:	steven mancini <mancinis@******.CC.PURDUE.EDU>
Subject:	Re: SHADOWRN: Vampires, magic
Date:	Sat, 22 Jan 1994 11:59:42 EST

To quote Skrubbery:
]
] will stay. I was wondering what everyone here thought about essence
] draining monsters and magic? To note, Vampires essence can go up to twice
] normal through draining, meaning a human with a 6 esssence before
] infection could gain up to a 12 essence afterwards.
]

No reference to the Grimoire. How about 2 modules that have
full-blown descriptions of magically active vampiric
individuals. I will leave it this vague for sake of spoilers.

Vampire #1
Essence: 10.1 Cyber: 1 Grade: - MAGIC: 10

Vampire #2
Essence: 10 Cyber: - Grade: 0 MAGIC: 7

Would appear that even FASA is not sure how to handle it.
IMHO, I prefer the former, that their essence is in someway
linked to the amount of magical energy they can channel. As
such, a higher essence would conduct this magical energy
easier and this would be reflected by an increased magic
attribute.

-Da Minotaur