From:	The Vagabond <nomad74@*******.COM>
Subject:	Re: Info wanted
Date:	Fri, 1 May 1998 14:52:40 PDT

>Alex van der Kleut escreveu:
>>
>>
>> Essence is a measure of how (meta)human you are, your soul, or just
how
>> much cyberware you can fit in there without croaking, depending on
your
>> slant. Body Index is a measure of how stressed your physical body is
from
>> all of the bioware you've had that's changed you so much. The higher
the
>> Body Index, the closer you are to shutting down. The lower your
Essence,
>> the closer you are to shutting down. The worse both are, the more
magic a
>> mage loses.
>>
>> Sommers
>
>
> Then B.I works like Essence, only it increases instead of
decreasing?
>What's the limit?

No. Your body index is like your body index. It's a gauge of how
much bioware you can put into your body, and it doesn't increase or
decrease- it just is. If you have a body of 5, you can put 5 points
worth of bioware into your body. Bio and cyber mods do NOT count when
determining your body index.
As I said, the limit is your unmodified body rating. All of this is
in ShadowTech.
And note: When a magically active character uses bioware, the B.I.
rating is the same as it's cost in essence.
For example, if a mage used a piece of bioware that had a BI rating
of 1, he would subtract also one point of essence.


-Vagabond
"Under wandering stars I've grown"
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