From:	Patrick Goodman remo@***.net
Subject:	Rarity of new Companion Races
Date:	Sun, 25 Jul 1999 22:12:18 -0500

> > How often do people use these new races as PCs or NPCs?
>
> So far, I haven't. The only race from the Companion (either edition) that
> I've allowed so far are shapeshifters, and in part that's only because a
> player sneaked one into the game. If I do allow them, I think I'll
> increase the priority by one, or maybe even two, from that of the "base"
> race to discourage players from taking them...

This would be consistent with the new point system in SR3 Companion, which
assesses an additional cost for meta-variants.

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