From:	Mark Steedman <RSMS@******.EEE.RGU.AC.UK>
Subject:	Re: rewards
Date:	Mon, 12 Jun 1995 09:59:23 GMT

Eve Forward writes

> You might try doing different pay for different character types. Maybe
> a corp could offer to pay the techie-types in cash, and the spell types
> in rare materials and foci and stuff....
>
An easy method of offsetting this problem is to keep a team cash
pool and put a fraction of all the money you earn into it. This can
then be used to pay hospital bills, replace destoryed drones, buy
special kit (rockets elementals, e.t.c. that you very rarely use in
normal runs as they cost so much) and so forth. Leaving normal ammo,
expolsives, fetishes and the costs of elementals the mages use to
help themselves to be paid for by the chararter using them is usually
no problem as if you use enough even APDS for the cost to matter you
should have found a more intelligent way to do it! (ok certain FASA
runs do have big unavoidable fights but the pay is still many times
the likely ammo costs)

> Speaking of which, does "karma" actually exist as anything other than
> a game rule concept? What does giving and recieving karma entail,
> role-playing wise? Is it something the characters are actually aware of?
The only lead on this is in the 'Quickening' example in the Grimoire.
Where it is noted as equivalent to lifeforce.

> Could a corp pay off a mage in Karma? (You can pay of spirits etc with
> Karma, right?)
>
Karma transfer other than to free spirits is a questionable matter. I
am not aware of a FASA ruling but many GM's are likely to say no!!!
Wether it is reasonable or not is another matter entirely, as the sam
being able to trade karma to the mage for newyen could make both
rather happy (for 50+ karma characters where the odd point of karma
means much more to the magician than the sam though is still plenty
valuable)

> Dunno, my rigger's mostly familiar with Karma as "that funny burning smell"
> when doing tricky flying stuff...
>

Ah the quantites the rigger gets allocated when its, well you are all
in my '_____' when it goes BANG, can i have the team Karma pool. YES
YES YES YES!!!!!

>

Mark