From:	abortion_engine abortion_engine@*******.com
Subject:	Essence (was Re: Cyberware and Cosmetic Surgery)
Date:	Wed, 22 Sep 1999 12:59:20 -0400

> Before start slamming the new essence rules/definition, let's see what
FASA
> came up with. The explanation given by MikeM at Gencon was quite murky and
> not completely satisfying.
>
> I think that everything will be explained much more clearly in M&M :)

Oh, be rational, will you...</me begins sharpening a good eye-poking stick.>

Uh, I mean, you're right. If someone asked my for details on something that
wasn't going to be done for another three months, I'd probably not give the
best explanation, either. Hopefully, the real thing will turn out to be
better. [And if it's not, as they say; just ignore it. I doubt the
justification will turn out to be so essential that we can't just use our
own.]

> BTW: Dowd did a great job on the game, but, on a personal level, I much
> prefer MikeM...

Not knowing either of them except by their work, I am, unfortunately, not
qualified to make a judgement on that level. So I will refrain.

[However, I've been wanting to mention something for a long time; has anyone
else been picturing Tom Dowd as looking just like the lead character in
"Strange Days," even long before the film came out? Or am I insane?]