From:	Patrick Goodman remo@***.net
Subject:	Companion now available? (was: Quick Healer)
Date:	Thu, 25 Mar 1999 12:02:10 -0600

>Did you happen to peek at the build point system? Did they just adjust
>the starting number of build points, or have they kept it at 100 build
>points and adjusted the costs to reflect the changes in SR3?

Start at 120 points (the archetypes, it says, weigh in at around 123, so I
might allow my players 125 if they choose to use the system). Orks and
Dwarves cost less to build than Elves or Trolls; there are additional costs
to play shapers, ghouls, or otaku. Costs for playing magicians and other
magically-active types went up (but the number of points you had to start
with also went up, so you still seem to come out ahead).

>And did you happen to see if they expanded the table for Resources
>Nuyen to include values for a whole range of build points, instead of
>just the half dozen options available in the previous companion?

They've rearranged that slightly, but there still aren't very many options
there, so your houserule chart should still be more or less accurate. You
can't start off flat broke anymore. Here, let me type in that part and
appeal to the Copyright Gods not to smite me before my time. <g>

RESOURCES (in nuyen)

500 - 5
5,000 0
20,000 5
90,000 10
200,000 15
400,000 20
650,000 25
1,000,000 30

Hope that helps.

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