Message no. 1

From:	"MARTIN E. GOTTHARD" <s457033@*******.GU.EDU.AU>
Subject:	VR2.0 rules (was: Book Review!!!)
Date:	Wed, 2 Apr 1997 17:55:51 +1000

> > >> 'wonderful elves (immortal and otherwise) save the world.... again'
> > >> syndrome.
> > >
> > >Umm, they don't save the world. They bring it closer to the edge.
> >
> > Yup. Them immortal 'Highlander' elves playing their games of
> > intrigue, with the fate of the world at stake [almost as bad as those
> > damn vampires! :-]
>
> Yeah! Damn Elves!!!!!
> okay, on a more relevant note, I have a question to ask of everyone.!
> It concerns VR2.0, which since i hear very little about it i assume most
> people
> dont know very much about it (and about decking in general)
> it concerns the ratings of bod/sensor/mask/evade in relation to the MPCP
> say the MPCP is 8, and i have a masking of 8.
> when i go into masking mode, increasing my masking to 1.5X, does the new
> rating
> of 12 break the max-persona-rating rule or is it allowable..?
> i believe it is allowable because it only represents increased (almost
> jury-rigged)
> allocated resources, but was looking for other opinions since the book
> didnt
> say it was allowable or wasn't allowable.

As far as I'm aware it doesn't break the rules for max-MPCP rating
becasue there is a balanced downgrading in the other three attributes.
It's basically a rule for simulating the allocation of more of the decks
processing resource into the particular attribute.