From:	Sebastian Wiers <seb@***.RIPCO.COM>
Subject:	Re: Something to think about
Date:	Sat, 23 Sep 1995 20:41:39 -0500

> Oh well it was just a thought any way. and yes i relize that part of the
> reason FASA made an essence cost was to put the munkinizing down, but still
> some of the essence costs do seem a bit extreme don`t ya think. I mean -5
> for a wire3 don`t leave room for much else.
>
Yeah, it makes for unilinear caracters- One who chose to be (or ended up) Fast
over all other things. Something I noticed recently is the essence modifiers
for sugerry. Now, with a good surgeon and clinic, it is not hard to get 8-10
dice vs. a Tn 4-5 when doing implant sugery down to 0 essence. This reduces
base essence by 20%. Can you say cheap Betawear? Almost mekes the pain of
getting surgery, paing post caractert creation (ie EARNED) money, and paying
street index, worth it. I think any new caracters I have will start very LOW
cyber. Then again, most reflexive systems cost more than any caracter in our
campaign has eaarned. Then again, I can stock up on APDS in carecter gen and
sell it off....
Munch munch munch- boy, those rulebooks taste good.

Sebastian, aka Mongoose.