From:	bluewizard@*****.com (Steven A. Tinner)
Subject:	Re: FAB questions and points of view
Date:	Tue, 10 Sep 1996 01:55:52 -0500 (EST)

>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).

That was me, sorry folks, but it sure was interesting! :-)

>>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...

Well put. :-)


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