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 Mar 13 2006, 05:42 PM
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Target  Group: Members Posts: 40 Joined: 13-March 06 Member No.: 8,371  |
I have a question about the essence drain ability from p288 SR4...
Once essence has been drained from a character/npc, how quickly, if ever, do they recover lost essence? Also, any character with a lot of cyberware and low essence is very vulnerable to death by essence drain - is that correct? Thanks in advance for any help. |
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Mar 13 2006, 05:54 PM
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Prime Runner Group: Banned Posts: 3,732 Joined: 1-September 05 From: Prague, Czech Republic Member No.: 7,665 |
It never comes back.
Not really any more so than anyone else. Essence Drain requires the complete submission of the victim, and a good part of an hour to complete. So it's not really a combat manuver. It's also repeatable however. So if a Wendigo knocks you out and drags you home and starts eating you, you're going to die. It doesn't really matter if the Wendigo consumes you in one bit or 6. -Frank |
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Mar 13 2006, 06:14 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,408 Joined: 31-January 04 From: Reston VA, USA Member No.: 6,046 |
A few creatures in SR3 (like the bean sidhe, and I think blood spirits) had a temporary essence drain power which was suitable as a combat tactic. Targets who had their essence temporarily drained in this way went unconscious until they got their essence back (which recovered at 1 point/minute). I would think low-essence characters would be pretty vulnerable to this, since the critter would only have to drain one point from you to put you down.
I don't believe that there are any rules for this in SR4, though. |
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Mar 13 2006, 06:35 PM
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Technomancer Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,638 Joined: 2-October 02 From: Champaign, IL Member No.: 3,374 |
Didn't the Master Shedim have some form of essence drain? Or were they the critters that got the much maligned karma drain?
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Mar 13 2006, 08:37 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,408 Joined: 31-January 04 From: Reston VA, USA Member No.: 6,046 |
I think the karma drain goodness was associated with wraiths. |
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