From:	GRANITE <granite@**.net>
Subject:	FAB questions and points of view
Date:	Mon, 09 Sep 1996 23:41:53 -0700

GRANITE wrote:
Faux Pas wrote:
> It all started when someone posted a question about a character having a
> club filled with FAB and using the club to attack an astral mage (caught in
> a FAB-Net). In the days that followed, dozens and dozens of messages were
> posted regarding this, bringing up newer questions.
>

I forget who it was that nominated you as the contact point for this but
here is my point of view,
and my questions:

1] is Metathesis as discribed by Majister in the sidebar comments a real
ShadowRun 2
phenomenon??? I happen to agree with it..It seems to be the most logical
[I know...it is magic
and not bound by logic] way to deal with the attempt of 2 or more auras
to occupy the same
space..

2] If Metathesis is a true phenomenon..then as a FAB net first strikes
and then wraps around an
astral entity as the net is pulling said astral entity to the
ground/floor metathesis should occur
within the net...the FAB should be destroyed and the net fall to the
ground/floor..freeing the astral
entity..

3] If Metathesis is not a true phenomenon then the original core rules
should take over and the
auras of the FAB in the net should be deflected away from the astral aura
of the entity..and once
again the net should fall to the ground..or perhaps this would be
happening at the same time as
Metathesis..The bacteria is supposed to be held in a compressed container
so there should be
plenty of room for the FAB to deflect around the astral entity since it
is no longer compressed..

4] If the FAB [normally not an astrally active bacteria] is allowed to be
used to capture an astral
entity and the aura of this astral entity is allowed to hold up the FAB
net as though it were
suspended in mid-air then why cannot an astral entity do something
foolish like create a
transparent diokoted container shaped like a blade and as sharp as a
razor, then fill the container
with FAB or some other living material and then go astral wrap the aura
of the astral entity's
hand around the container and then carry it into let's say a guardshack
through an open window
and slit the throat of the unsuspecting guard????

5] I didn't like the whole FAB idea even when Mike Colton ran the idea
past me before he had
submitted his manuscript to FASA..I argued against it strongly then and I
still do..Although, some
of the rules in the GM section of the CorpSec handbook are fair..however,
there is contradiction
in the rules for FAB for a room and FAB for the FAB net..

6] Please, do not give a politically correct..It is your game run it the
way you want..type of
answer..We are looking for some defining answers here..we have been
arguing this out for way
too long..and noone can agree on anything except to dissagree about
almost every aspect of this
subject..FAB is a fairly big part of this sourcebook and we would like to
know more how FASA
intends it to be run...

7] And on a completely different note..What kind of skull is the one in
the main logo supposed to
be??? There are those that say it is supposed to be a Dragon skull..And
those that say that it is
some sort of goat or antelope type skull..I am of the latter disposition
as I have seen skulls that
look amost identical to the one in the logo..Or is it suppose dto be
something else entirely???

8] Thank you for your time...
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-------------------------------GRANITE