From:	Lars Fucking Olsen <larsols@***.UIO.NO>
Subject:	Re: Cultured Bioware?
Date:	Thu, 15 May 1997 23:06:05 +0200

On Thu, 15 May 1997, Dust wrote:

> On Wed, 14 May 1997, Dale Talbert wrote:
>
> > I have a question that I am kind of confused about. Does cultured bioware
> > reduce the essence of a mage just as regular bioware does?
> > -Dale
> >
> Yup. If it doesn't reduce essence then I'm certainly not going to
> allow it in my campaigns. There's too much potential for munchkinism.
> A combat mage in my campaign wanted cultured bioware because he thought it
> wouldn't cost essence but I told him otherwise. CAN YOU IMAGINE A COMBAT
> MAGE WITH A BODY OF 5 WITH CULTURED BIOWARE THAT DOESN'T TAKE AWAY FROM
> HIS MAGIC RATING? Very scary thought, thank you.

It is wrong (imho anyways) to reduce essence by getting bodyware. Use the
bodyindex rule instead, and still take down their magic rating for every
1 they pass on their bodyindex (the bodyindex cannot go past their
natural body rating, else they collaps, or the sky falls on their heads
or something equally nasty)

-lars