From:	"Ubiratan P. Alberton" <ubiratan@**.HOMESHOPPING.COM.BR>
Subject:	Re: Biophysical Armor
Date:	Tue, 26 May 1998 20:30:45 -0300

SThanatos escreveu:
>
> I noticed a spell in Paolo's Shadowrun Character Generator called
> Biophysical armor. Unfortunately I have found no other information
> regarding this spell, so I don't know what it does. But it got me
> thinking...wouldn't it be cool to make a spell that produces the effects
> (and some sort of Guyver-esque looking biosuit) of dermal plating that
> protects the target...so here's my idea...if anyone cares to shoot it down:
>
>
(snip spell stats)

This made remember about an article in a Brasilian RPG magazine...
Something
about a critter (_Arthroderma sp._ :) ) wich was some kind of symbiote,
wich stayed in the
brain, and released chemicals in the bloodstream that caused a chitinous
armor to form aroud
the bearer's body. They gave stats from three species (_Arthroderma
gladius_, _A. hydra_ and
_A. araneus_ ), each with different characteristics. If anyone wants, I
can make a quick conversion
(the artivle was originally for GURPS).

Ubiratan