From:	Wafflemeisters <evamarie@**********.NET>
Subject:	Re: Cyber and Body Index
Date:	Thu, 7 May 1998 02:59:02 -0500

>> Re: Cyber and Body Index
(was Re: Munchkinism at it's finest) (Gurth , Tue 5:30)
> Hardly anything is available
> except what's in SRII, the Grimoire, and one or two other books subject to
> GM approval. All the gear will only be for sale once the dates in the book
> come by in the campaign -- no SSC until late 2050/early 2051, bioware
> won't be available until 2052, and so on.
>

The knowledge in the grimoire, as a "Manual of Practical Thamaturgy",
should not be openly availble, either, IMO. It can lead to people
playing them exclusively, and is one reason we've allowed characters to
start with items from Shadowtech in our 2054-5 game. YMMV.

> Now all we need to do is convince the other half of the group that this
> is the best thing to do to solve the mess we're in...
>

The above does not invalidate that this may indeed be good for your
game, although I'd cut the grimoire stuff for now, and wait for SR3, to
keep "adaptation" to a minimum (or decide to chuck SR3 after seeing
it). Straight BBB IS pretty fun...

-Mongoose