From:	bellovar@***.WISC.EDU
Subject:	Re: Drain ....... Bioware (house ideas)
Date:	Fri, 29 Jan 93 13:30:28 CST

> From: Michael Baker <mike@******.EGLIN.AF.MIL>
> Subject: Re: Adepts and Mages
>
> Chris you must not be a GM, I personally have enough trouble challenging my
> mages as is without them being close combat fighting machines, the way that
> adepts have less power is in their limited focus not in their power levels.
Phys
> adepts focus their magic inward to improve themselves, elemental mages learn
> their element, etc. No full mages and shamans don't need anything extra, if
> anything the 2nd ed. didn`t scale their power down enough, at least for my
group
>
>
> Michael Baker Internet: mike@******.eglin.af.mil


In our game, one of the GM's uses force, and the other force-1 on the drain
codes
intead of force/2 - that does a lot towards helping game balance.

Of course we also trying an essence loss due to bioware being 50% of the body
cost. This applies to both mages and samurai, as it seemed pretty unrealistic
that one would lose massive essence, and the other guy none. Don't know how it
will work out, but it turns out identical for magical healing, as you normally
add body/2 to the cyberware modified target number, so that remains the same
if you only look at the essence.

Of course, for a LOT of money, the essence cost (not the body) can be reduced
as the bioware is produced more and more in tune with your actual body.

Any Comments?

Chris Bellovary Internet: bellovar@***.wisc.edu
- Celt