From:	Mark Steedman <M.J.Steedman@***.RGU.AC.UK>
Subject:	Re: Starting back in time
Date:	Thu, 1 May 1997 15:18:50 GMT

tom Cone writes

> >Physads require less of a magic count to get
> > their abilities.
> This was in response to several people saying something to the effect
> of physads being unlikely in 2010, or there abouts, when the book states
> that there are examples of Physads before the Awakening.
I made some comments about keeping them under control. Yes they might
be a few in the fiction, and even before 2011 but letting one group
member play one of say 6 full go physads on the planet while the poor
mundanes have decades to wait for cyber is not very balanced. I
suggest limitations and a slow rise for PC's in the aim of getting a
reasonable game if the physad can get 2 bonus initavive dice and
nobody else can by anay safe means (ie non drugs) it could get very
unbalanced.

> I don't know
> where a FAQ is, and if I did, would it make a significant difference?

It should be emailed to you. Failing that tray a few of the list
memebers web sites. I cannot remember who exactly has it but Paulos
and Gurths sites (Http usually in thier sigs) are always good places
to start.

Mark