| From: | Stuart M. Willis hbiki@****.geocities.com |
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| Subject: | A perfectly acceptable reason to test the new list... |
| Date: | Tue, 9 Feb 1999 11:25:40 +1100 |
>
>We all know how munchie a mage/shama can become once, if his initiation
>rating is high enough, he tries to cram cyber into his body...
>
>So the question is this... We all know there are no rules against
>Mages/Shamans getting cyber... We all know all they must do is leave a
>magic rating of 1 intact, and the initiations will compensate for any loss
>(although I'm obviously talking about high-level characters here).
>
>So, should roleplaying dictate the fact that a mage/shaman
>(goddamn...magic-user :) ) cannot get cyber? Should we ostracize any player
>with munchie intentions, or, as GMs, make them hard as hell on them to get
>cyber?
I think the easy way to deal with it is make the character get ostracised
by *other* magicians. Even if the character themself doesn't have a problem
with getting chromed almost every other shaman and mage will, the former
especially. Talismongers may treat the runner differently, and no longer be
as helpful. Magical contacts could start lecturing the character on
burnout. If the character is a member of a magical group, you could easily
have a field day.
Maybe a verging-on-toxic Eagle shaman decides to hunt the character down
because s/he has corrupted the Art.
Maybe Johnson's feel uncomfortable in dealing with mages with cyberware -
thats probably an indication they're not very good.
Yes, it is mostly role-playing, but role-playing in a way munchkin's
understand.
Incidently, I played a level 2 initiate Troll Earth Mage once. He had
cyberware. But he got it when he was young and on the streets, figuring
that cause he's a troll he should become a street sam. Hence he got a
Smartlink, and DataJack and an Encephelon (he hated being called stupid).
Then he discovered he was actually magically active. Well well well. Weak,
but it was there.
:-)
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