From:	Sebastian Wiers m0ng005e@*********.com
Subject:	PhysAd and extra Power Points (was: Big Bag O' Questions(3))
Date:	Fri, 16 Jul 1999 02:04:44 -0500

:I've been following the Big Bag o' Questions thread and I saw the houserule
:of letting a PhysAd choose Priority A (or 4 building points in the
:sum-to-ten-system) for magic to give him more Power Points. Now, if you
:would want to do this, why not give him the option, like full mages/shamans
:and aspected mages/shamans to buy extra Power (Force/Spell/Whatever) Points
:at a rate of 25,000Y each. You could limit him/her at, let say, twice his
:magic rating.

Force points are (more or less) equivalent to karma points. You spend
them as such to "learn" starting spells and bond foci (and maybe on bound
spirits).
Power Points cost 20 karma. Threfore, a power point "should" cost
500,000¥ if you allowed that kind of thing.

:I know that when a mage/shaman buys the same points, that they are worth 1
:Karma point, so effectively a PhysAd buys 20 karma points for the same
:money. But I think PhysAd's and the 20-karma-a-power-point-rule is shite
:anyway. So there!

:Any thoughts.


A power point is sure as shit worth more than a force point, and
definately worth more than 25,000¥. I don't think you should let folks get
to many extra of them in any case (at character creation). An adept with 12
power points and 850,000¥ left to spend is a bit much, I think.
I don't see why you badmouth the 20 karma / power point cost. Its
actually pretty genrous. For example, raising a physical attributte from 5
to 7 costs a human 33 karma points, but you can do the same with just one
Power Point.
I personally don't see why people want "more effective" adepts. SR3
adepts seem pretty butch to me, easily able to hold thier own as a good
character option.

Mongoose