From:	Stainless Steel Rat <ratinox@***.NEU.EDU>
Subject:	Re: Essence, Magic Loss, and compensation
Date:	Mon, 21 Aug 1995 20:12:02 -0400

>>>>> "Gurth" == Gurth <gurth@******.NL> writes:

> [Rat saying that you can lose Essence without losing Magic after
> previous Magic loss]
>> You're citing a book rule but can't remember which book it's from?

Of course. I'm not a walking Shadowrun index, you know.

Gurth> I looked but couldn't find it, maybe somebody else did? I would
Gurth> like very much to see a page number that gives a definite
Gurth> answer...

Yeah, neither can I. Come to think of it, I might be remembering
something from the first edition, which didn't have a specific "path"
for the burned-out mage. Under first edition rules a burned-out mage was
a mage who'd lost a significant portion of his Magic due to injury, so
"filled" the holes with cyber. As I said, anything else and he doesn't
add up, point-wise; he'd be paying double Magic for any cyber installed.

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