From: | Alfredo B Alves <dghost@****.COM> |
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Subject: | Wish you were there |
Date: | Mon, 17 Aug 1998 01:26:33 -0500 |
than sending a dozen posts to the List, I'm posting them all in 2 posts
(one for general stuff, another for vehicles) It seems that the SR3
stuff has died down, I've finished digging through the back logs and so
it should be safe to post these (and the few back messages I wanted to
reply too) ... Let's see. Hopefully there won't be a sudden traffic
spike ...
1) Everybody keeps griping about the Econ of LAVs, well, use different
fuel grades to improve Econ.
2) How are spurs oriented? I got the impression that they were
perpendicular to the back of the hand which makes them easier to implant.
However, it seems to me that they'd be easier to wield (more like a
sword) but harder to implant.
3) People have mentioned getting cyberware in and out of Airports but
what about Airplanes? During landing and take-offs, you aren't alowwed
to use any electronic devices ... no walkmans, computers, nothing. And
you can't use cell phones and radios at all during the entire flight. So
how does this impact cyberware on airplanes? Do you have to have all
electronic cyber medically turned off before any and all airplane trips?
4) A story I read whilst in Portugal, "Magic, Inc", by Robert A Heinlein
is VERY good (IMO) for portraying life with magic and may spur some
interesting ideas. (BTW, the book was actually 2 stories and this story
may be only available as part of the pair. The Full title of the book is
"Waldo & Magic, Inc")
5) Here's an idea for Foci & Masking if they have become a problem in
your games (and might be nifty even if you have no problems) ... a
magician can only use the unmasked portion of a foci (so a mage can have
a R5 foci, mask 3 points of it and use it as if it was an R2 which will
likely draw less attention).
6) If you use the above (or if you don't), can you "fake" a foci using
masking? While this might be an interesting idea, I think it'd be a tad
unbalancing ... (Of course you could try to balance it with drain and
other factors ...)
7) What would egyptian magic be like? Current ruler (Pharoh?) becomes
the idol (as per Germany SB's Idol worship)? Or would they worship the
Egyptian Gods instead? And what would the magic traditions for the
Pharohs themselves be like?
D. Ghost
(aka Pixel, Tantrum, RuPixel)
o/` Trideo killed the Video Star ... o/`
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