From:	Sven De Herdt Sven.DeHerdt@***********.be
Subject:	Cyber-Mages (was: A perfectly acceptable...)
Date:	Sun, 14 Feb 1999 04:08:25 +0100

You wrote:

[>] The comparison to buying spells is apt- when buying
power points, the
[>] adpet has not increased his magic power, he just has more
uses it in more
[>] ways.
[>] Obviously, intiation is not in the basic SR3 book, so
its good that
[>] SR3 lists some way to improve physad magic powers.
However, even if you
[>] have rules for it, itiation is not alwys possible (or
shouldn't be).
[>] Sometimes, just paying the 20 karma will be easier-
its automatic.
[>] Maybe you just don't know how to intiate. Maybe you
don't want to raise
[>] your magic rating, because then you risk magic loss more
often. Maybe
[>] there are other reasons (GM limits or whatever).
<Munchkin> Heck, at some
[>] point, the 20 karma for a power point will be cheaper
than intiation!
[>] </munchkin>

This does mean that the physad's powers are no longer limited by
his magic rating, he just buys powerpoint with karma.
What about magic loss then??? Previously the physad would loose
some of his powers, but now the magic attribute and the physad powers
seem no longer related to each other!?

Sven :-\