| From: | "Shadowrun ML demon <shadowrn-ml@*******.hanse.de>" |
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| Subject: | Re: Effects of Bioware on magic... |
| Date: | Sun, 6 Jul 1997 10:03:41 GMT |
John E Pederson <lobo1@****.COM> writes:
> Because the guys who programmed those character generators didn't manage
> to put that in? Technically, bioware increases Body Index. If the
> character is a magician, then it also reduces Essence, thus affecting
> their Magic attribute.
> <houserule>
> A common house rule is that it reduces Magic _as_though_ it had reduced
> Essence (Magic Rating becomes Essence-Body Index, rounded down).
> </houserule>
Uhm - I don't consider this a houserule, because the rules say: "the
character loses as much essence has he loses body" and "no body is
ever really lost". This implies that the essence loss due to bioware
is merely virtual as well.
Of course there has been quite a discussion about this because the
rules just can be read in two ways. So there are bascially three
positions:
1.) The rules say "Bioware costs Essence" and the rules are paramount
so we will follow them
2.) The rules say "Bioware costs Essence", but this doesn't make any
sense at all (Bioware is more intrusive than Cyberware that way and so
on) - so we create the houserule "Bioware just costs Magic".
3.) The rules say "Bioware justs costs Magic as if it had cost
essence" and this makes perfect sense.
Everyone should just pick whatever he likes the most, because this can
of worms has been opened too many times and we should not discuss this
anymore.
Later,
Georg
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Georg C. F. Greve <greve@*******.hanse.de>
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