| From: | Jani Fikouras <feanor@**********.UNI-BREMEN.DE> |
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| Subject: | Re: potential ... |
| Date: | Thu, 20 Apr 1995 14:07:30 +0200 |
> equivelance (+pride and whatever work went into it). Stealing a focus or
> lock you are also destroying any and all karma that went into binding that
> item. (a spell lock - no big deal, a force 3 power focus/weapon focus - and
> your putting a major hurt on that person) (*yea yea so I'm soft hearted* - I
> just know I wouldn't like it)
>
> Money is just as valuable if not more so to a rigger than karma is to a
> spell-user (got in trouble over the word mage once... won't do that again).
> Street prices on rigger stuff is phenomenally high! You don't have to spend
> 4 times the karma to bond a spell focus you just picked up off a black
> market talismonger, do you?
Of course you do, when bonding a focus not built by you you have to
pay the full bonding kost 5x rating for power foci. No mage worth his
salt would go and do such a thing when he can built his own.
> And ask a rigger if he minds the guy driving
> off in his new Saab Dynamit more or less than the guy running off with a
> magician friend's spell focus?
Your enemies canot use the SAAB to blast you and your buddies to hell
and back :)
> Losing a focus, losing essence, etc... it all balances with losing drones,
> paying for repairs, etc. And you have to maintain a solid balance or things
> can get out of hand quick.
Loosing a focus could be used to balance things out, although
particularly powerfull foci can be irreplacable. But loosing essence
is final and irrevocable, its definitely out of the question.
If you want to hit a magician kill his locks (if he is dumb enough
to use any) and his quickenings (even worst). Steal some item that
can be used as a ritual link (or some blood/DNA) and watch him
sweat :) Make that nature spirit he used last week as a grounding-gate
call its big brother. Burn his library, defile his medicine lodge,
have a cleaning crew sweep the floor were he keeps his hermetic
circles :) make his superiors in his magical group real assholes,
set some corp after his talent (after all he IS such an acomplished
practitioner of the arts :) give his ally an attitude, make his
watchers total nitwits... Well I think you get the idea :)
> Overall, it sucks to lose things. Be it money, karma, vehicles, foci,
> etc... But it's one of the facts of shadow-life. The GM giveth and the GM
> taketh away, Fickle Fickle GM... It makes what they have worth more to the
> players. Give it a thought or two... you don't have to change, these are
> only my opinions and thoughts.
Your right, but some things are far too valuable to loose...
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