From: | Robert Watkins robert.watkins@******.com |
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Subject: | Bio-ware, cyber-ware and mages |
Date: | Fri, 2 Jul 1999 13:05:49 +1000 |
> Looking at the Blue Banded Mage (5 bands) on p 84 of RA:S,
> essence loss due to cyberware is 1.32 essence. Leaving 4.68
> essence left, tallying with the character sheet. That's cyberware
> only - the magician also has synaptic 1 and trauma damper, which
> as everyone knows are both automatically cultured bioware (and I
> didn't include in my original cyberware calculations). These two
> combine for a BI of 0.7, which should give the magician an essence
> of 3.98
There are two possibilities.
1) It's a mistake. God knows that's happened before.
2) The optional surgery rules were used to reduce the Essence cost by up to
40%.
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