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From: Hal Mangold <hmangold@*******.AC.RUNET.EDU>
Subject: Two questions... (fwd)
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 1994 10:34:22 EST
> I need some advice on two rulings.
> First, one of my players wants to have a physical adept with boosted
> reflexes and also wants to take increased reflexes as one of his adept
> powers. This would give him 4d6 + 8 for initative. I looked everywhere I
> could for something about this in the rules, but I couldn't find a thing.
> I'm inclined to give it to him because boosted is a treatment of the body's
> nervous system & not a piece of cyber. Opinions?

Hmmm. While there may not be a specific ruling aagainst doing
this, it is, IMHO, what is known as a *rules screw*. I would disallow this
mainly on the premise of preserving game balance. Trust me, you do *not*
want someone with 4d6+8 running around your game world.

> Second, another of my players just wants to have a cyberleg from the
> knee down. He reasons that a full cyberleg is attached at the hip and that
> because he only wants a fractional cyberleg he should only pay half of the
> essence. Any ideas?

This seems reasonable to me.


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