From:	"Bruce H. Nagel" <NAGELBH@******.ACS.MUOHIO.EDU>
Subject:	Re: [SR3] Drain
Date:	Thu, 3 Jul 1997 19:16:52 -0500

You wrote:
> the sammy or merc needs equipme to do the job. Not the mage it's all natural
> like his birthday suit.

> No but they get in a natural weapon. That only damage and cyber can take away.
> money an be lost, cyber damaged, and karma burnt away but unless a mage
> loses his juju he's always got it with him. Besides a mage can duplicate
> everyhing a sammy or a merc can do with a few force one spells.

Well, mages also when taking a Deadly wound risk losing a point of Magic same
as sammies risk losing a dear piece of Cyber. They also suffer a +2 on
attempts to heal them, or again risk Magic loss. And mages also stick out like
a sore thumb to any other mage, whereas a sammie does not, in astral. There
are drawbacks both ways, arguing which are worse seems kinda pointless to me.
Why don't we start talking about how riggers are weaker tham magicians now?

losthalo