From:	"Robert A. Hayden" <hayden@*******.MANKATO.MSUS.EDU>
Subject:	Re: a side question.... THWAP at will
Date:	Sun, 5 Dec 1993 12:07:59 -0600

On Sun, 5 Dec 1993, Erik Hultgren wrote:

> Yeah, but Rob, wouldn't that make any Player who did that extremely dangerous?
> I, fo one, would not want my character in a group with some Sammie who was bare
> ly human and could go schizo and lopp my head of for no reason at all.
> Imagine a Troll Samurai with essence of -1.5. I wouldn't want to be anywhere
> around him.

Right. And I pity the fool who does hang out. Time for a little
creative ROLE-playing.

> Personally, I use the essence rule to limit the amount of cyberware a character
> can have. This is just to prevent my players,including a couple of munchkins,
> from having every single piece of ware they might ever need. Remember, you
> can always go to a shadowclinic and get the stuff there. Yeah, it's expensive,
> but it doesn't cost as much essence.

This still limits the amount of cyber you can get, but it also is
realistic consider there are persons in the rulebook with next to no
essence that are still perfecctly sane.

> suggestions??? They'd be most appreciated? How about you, Messr Hayden?

Never done the japan thing.

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