From:	brett@***.orst.edu (Brett Barksdale)
Subject:	Re: Synaptic Accelerator and Increased Initiative
Date:	Tue, 10 Sep 96 16:47:28 PDT

>Ok, quick question for you boys and girls to toss about...
>
>A shaman in our group alread has Synaptic Accelerator Lvl 2, giving him 3d6
>initiative. He then quickens an Incrrease Initiative 3d6 spell onto
>himself. Now, nowhere in any books could we find that it doesn't work. The
>spell doesn't work with wired reflexes, but doesn't mention bioware at all...
>
>What do you think, and why...?

I have a mage player who tried the same. I ruled that the Increased Reflexes
spell Lvl 3 doesn't add 3 dice, but simply raises the number of dice for
initiative to 4. It doesn't matter if it's being raised from one die to
four dice or three dice to four dice. He has the benefit of 3 dice (with
the Syn Acc II) w/o magic of he wants, but he doesn't get some godawful
amount of dice to roll (6) by overlapped bioware and magic.

Why? That's easy. Game balance - pure and simple.

- Brett