From:	Mark Steedman <RSMS@******.EEE.RGU.AC.UK>
Subject:	Re: Bioware & Cyberware for magically active Characters
Date:	Wed, 16 Aug 1995 09:59:53 GMT

> From: Georg Greve <ggreve@*******.HANSE.DE>

> Date: Wed, 16 Aug 1995 02:18:55 +0200 (MET DST)
>
> Hi Folks !
>
> I got a question concerning Bioware and Cyberware for magically active
> Characters (as the Subject line says ;-) ):
>
> You lose Magic-Attribute for Cyberware AND Bioware, so what if you got
> BOTH ? For instance: A mage implants Cyberware for 1 point Essence and
> Bioware for 1 Point Body Index. As far as I see it, his magical
> Attribute would be 5 now (if it was 6 before implanting the stuff),
> because his Magical Attribute (without Augmentation through
> Initiation) cannot be higher than his Essence (that's why you lose
> Magical Ability when implanting Cyberware) and for Bioware there is
> some similar line of thought.
> Or do you say he loses EXTRA for his Bioware (which would mean he had
> to get the Bioware installed FIRST) ?
>
> Any comments would be appreciated...
> Georg
>
ok as i remember it.
Magicians lose essence for bioware equal to its body index. (mundanes
don't) so
essence = 6 - (total cyber) - (total body index).
magic = 6 + grade - cyber - bioware.
yes nasty.
I think magicians loosing essence for bioware but mundanes not is
plain silly, it just seems to be a game mechanic to keep the magic
rating comuptation the same. There are some comments somewhere about
magicians being more 'delicate' but.
Certainly your magic rating should be reduced by essence in cyberware
+ body index as both are replacing bits of you and affecting your
power handling capacity but essence should probably not be reduced
for bioware, as that affects lots of other things as well and is not
required.

> P.S. Are there any special rules for reducing the Body Index of Neural
> Bioware (which is already cultured, as the rules say, so please don't
> tell me that you can culture Bioware) like the "better surgery" Rule
> for Cyberware ? Is there a way to reduce the impact on magical Ability ?
>
not that i am aware of. actually i don't know how you would afford it
anyway, bioware is very expensive. Though the most expensive bit of
ware now cost 105 Million Newyen on the streets!!! [move by wire 4
(delta) = 3Myen * 3.5 (index) * 10 (delta) = 105Million!!!] yes like
when did i last see a PC with 1 million ... ah not in any game i got
near. (ok the party between them but.)

as to impact on magical ability a Physical adept with cyber, bioware
and magic rating retained by initation is already the Hardest thing
on two legs, they don't need more compatibility (Terchdaire is not
well designed and he's bad enough)

Mark