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From: bluewizard@*****.com (Steven A. Tinner)
Subject: Re: Visibility mods for spellcasting
Date: Wed, 11 Sep 1996 02:47:12 -0500 (EST)
>What do you all do about magic loss related to bioware? I know it says in
>the notes that bioware causes the same magic loss as cyberware does, but
>what do you think of the house rule we've been playing (almost by
>accident)? We rule that one point of magic allows for two body index
>worth of bioware. Ie you still lose a full point of magic, but you can
>put in two points of bioware, rather than one. After all, most bioware
>items have a pretty high body cost (no little 0.1 items like cyberware
>has to fill in the gaps) and nuyen wise you pay a high premium for
>bioware. And the stuff's meant to be a lot more mage-friendly, but the
>printed rules don't reflect that...

Wait a minute . . .
Bioware affects Magic rating?
I was under the impression that a mage only had to test for magic loss
during the surgery?
Did I miss something again?
Please post book and page # where I can find this rule.


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