From:	Luke Kendall <luke@********.CANON.OZ.AU>
Subject:	No mage bias?!!! (Was: potential ...)
Date:	Thu, 20 Apr 1995 11:35:29 +1000

Mark D. Fender wrote:

> Never, in all my years playing SR (since thta glorious day the Blue Book
> arrived in stores) have I ever heard anyone complain about how SR is mage
> biased.

Our whole group thinks it is. So that's eight people. My eyes bugged
out when I read the quote, above. I'd guess that you're misunderstanding
some of the magic or character generation rules. (Or I am!)

> Sure, they get the spellls. But in Character Creation, they suck!
> [...] the mage was slow, had no skill points, was weak, and couldn't
> afford an Ares Assault.

Huh? You put a low priority on Attributes, make Will high, buy a couple
of spell locks, and lock Increase Reaction and Willpower. Etc. etc.

> It's a bitch making a mage and very rarely does it turn out the
> way you want it.

I found it to be very easy, and it turned out exactly the way I wanted.
None of the other mages in the group had a problem with generation,
either.

And once they start Initiating ... !

luke