Foci Question, Adepts + Weapon Foci Options

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Hey everyone, new to SR and this forum, but amazed at the wealth of knowledge and amount of activity amassed here!


I'm creating a character for a campaign/mission that Raavek has been amassing information for the last week or so here. Anyway, as being so new, I'm having trouble understanding the rules pertaining to Foci.

In the chart pertaining to Foci, the Weapon Focus states that it's availability is (Force x 5)R, now is that force upto the magic rating of my current adept? Say if the adept has a magic rating of 4, but availability is restricted to 12 for character creation, I would only be able to obtain a weapon foci with the force of 2, because it would make it an availability of 10 based on the above equation?

Also, how is the foci dice added to a melee weapon? The monofilament sword damage is calculated at (str/2+3)p which is 5 for my current stats, is the dice modifier just added to the 5 for the melee attack dice pool?

Or is it even possible to obtain a weapon Foci at character creation?

Thanks in advance, some of this is overwhelming to begin with. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/indifferent.gif)