From:	Wafflemeisters <evamarie@**********.NET>
Subject:	Re: Otaku Ver 2.1
Date:	Thu, 14 May 1998 06:49:25 -0500

>
> Re: Otaku Ver 2.1 (Alfredo B Alves , Wed 4:15)

> Is it 6/2 + racial mods or (6+racial mods)/2 and in the second example do
> the racial mods still aply as norm or are they halved as well?
>

Racial max would be racial max shown on the racial max chart, and
modifications would be based on that.

> example troll otaku (uhm, it could it happen?)
> [we'll name him Bison ;)]
> would his physical racial maximums be
> a) 8 body, 2 Quickness, 7 Strength; or
> b) 6 Body, 3 Quickness, 5 Strength?

Normal otaku add one to mental max, and subtract one from physical.
That gives a troll max bod 10, quick 4, str 8, chr 5, int 5, will 6.
BTW, I made a troll otaku (comp 6), just to make the "worst otaku
possible", decking wise. He actully wasn't bad, and at least he could
survive a street fight, or black IC... plus his potential for bioware
use was SCARY. (I didn't go out of my way to use low mental stats, and
they pump up easy with karma anyhow).
"Troll Otaku", you say? Sure, I could easily see that the resonance
would have use for an Otaku who could actually CARRY a largish computer
or a big toolbox... I called him "Lineman Torvald". <linked "detect
pun / carp barrier" anchor activates, as I run for Gurth's stairs>

>
> and if you picked b) would starting physical attributes be
> a) 6 Body, 1 Quickness, 5 Strength; or
> b) 4 Body, 1 Quickness, 3 Strength?

"SRnorm" is to round down, but this is an exception where you round UP,
so using half the charts racial max gives bod max 6, quick max 3, and
str max 5.
To use this option, you assign only one in each physical atrributte,
but assining 1 in each physical attributte as a troll is technically
impossible, as quickness would then be 0 (same goes for otaku dwarves).
The simplest conclusion is that otaku trolls and dwarves can NOT use
this option. How much sense does an inferm troll or dwarf make, anyhow?

>
> Btw I am opperating under the assumption that you *must* allocate at
> least 1 point to each attribute...am I correct?

Yes, and the attribute, after racail mods, must be at least 1, also.

-Mongoose