From:	NightLife <habenir@******.SAN.UC.EDU>
Subject:	Re: [SR3] Drain
Date:	Thu, 3 Jul 1997 17:06:12 -0400

>I disagree. Correction, I STRONGLY disagree. ;)

Nice to know.
> Magic has it's
>advantages. Especially when it comes to versatility. However, I would
>only support Drain being as hard to eat as the damage caused by the spell
>when Street Sams have to start eating an amount of fatigue equal to the
>damage of the bullets they are firing. I played 1st Ed. mages, and let me
>tell you, it sucked. It sucked hard. It seems completely worthless to
>spend years of your life learning the ways of magic, just to go unconscious
>every time you actually succeed in casting a spell strong enough to make a
>dent in the opposition.

For the possibility to bring down a building with no more equipment that the
suit you were born in. Thats a pretty hefty advantage espically when
characters start to intiate I know it's spelled wrong but i wearing new
glass everything looks like I watching the world from inside a fish bowl.
Back on subject. Spells are supposed to be difficult to toss not at all like
throwing a grenade. I'd definately favor a stageing system like 1st edtion.
It let mages be powerful but it had some comsquence unlike the 1/2 force=
rules.

>And as far as the topic of Street Sams being more suited to battle, because
>that's all they do, my response would be to say: so what about combat
>mages? They fall into the same category...battle is all they do. Magic is
>supposed to be deadly. It's a wild card. That's why it costs 20 points or
>A priority to even get the privaledge of using it to it's full potential.
>That makes a mage much weaker in either, skills, attributes, or resources.
>These weaknesses can be exploited. Try to use some creativity instead of
>just slamming the mage.

It's defiantely worth more than a million ¥. The tech heads get seriously
screwed when a mage selects his money and force points. That why I favor the
idea of a mage getting the money from on bracket lower than their force=
points.

>None of this was intended as insulting. It just bothers me to see the
>thread of mages being too powerful all the time. I have had mages smeared
>all over the floor many times. They aren't all that.

As a gm I had way to much difficult in keeping mages under control with the
vanilla rules. Thank god for the companions gradual intiation. And I try in
insult you either but considering the past couple of days I've had it may
sound that way unintentionally. ;-)

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