From:	MENARD Steve <menars@***.UMONTREAL.CA>
Subject:	Re: Mages, Cyberware, and Geasa
Date:	Wed, 9 Aug 1995 11:06:46 -0400

On Tue, 8 Aug 1995, Mike and Jill Johnson wrote:

> While scanning the grimoire I noticed that, according to the rules a mage
> can take a geas to make up for lost magic points. And according to the
> rules the geas basically makes up for the lost magic points. Now couldn't
> this lead to mages buying cyber and bio ware in the beginning, taking 3
> geasa and still being capable of tossing killer spells? I know this is a
> serious munchikin kinda thing but I'm trying to close up loopholes in the
> rules before they get abused.

geas are consequence of magic loss, the trauma associated with it, and
they DO NOT make up for the loss of magic! A mage who has lost 2 points
of magic must deal with the magic loss AND the GEASA. So, no loopholes yet!


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